Let's Tap
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Let's Tap is a video game developed by Yuji Naka
's studio Prope
and published by Sega
for the Wii
console. Along with Let's Catch
, Let's Tap was the first game from Prope to be announced. Owners of Let's Tap will be able to unlock content in Let's Catch. The game was later released as five individual applications for the iOS.
face-side down on a flat, stable surface, with the accelerometer
picking up their vibrations as they tap the surface to move an on screen character in a race, inflate a balloon, create ripples in a pool of water or paint swirls on a canvas.
In a video released by Sega the player is shown resting the Wii Remote on an empty box originally used to package the Wii console. In Japan and Europe Sega has released the game with two foldout cardboard boxes that players are able to use as a tapping surface. However these are not included in the North American package.
.
Eurogamer
praised the innovative control method and the well designed minigames, and believing it to be "one of the few worthwhile and interesting mini-game compilations in existence". N-Europe called it "very original and conceptually ambitious", praising its accessible control scheme and multiplayer modes.
Yuji Naka
, is a video game designer and programmer, best known as the former head of Sonic Team, a group of Sega programmers/designers, where he was the lead programmer of the original Sonic the Hedgehog....
's studio Prope
Prope
Prope Ltd. is an independent video game development studio of famed programmer Yuji Naka.-Construct:...
and published by Sega
Sega
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for the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
console. Along with Let's Catch
Let's Catch
Let's Catch is a video game developed by Yuji Naka's studio Prope and published by Sega for the Wii console. It was released as a downloadable WiiWare game in Japan on December 16, 2008, in North America on June 15, 2009 and in the PAL regions on June 19, 2009.Essentially a virtual game of "catch",...
, Let's Tap was the first game from Prope to be announced. Owners of Let's Tap will be able to unlock content in Let's Catch. The game was later released as five individual applications for the iOS.
Gameplay
Let's Tap consists of a number of minigames that requires the player to tap a flat surface with their hands to play. The game requires the player to set the Wii RemoteWii Remote
The , also known as the Wiimote, is the primary controller for Nintendo's Wii console. A main feature of the Wii Remote is its motion sensing capability, which allows the user to interact with and manipulate items on screen via gesture recognition and pointing through the use of accelerometer and...
face-side down on a flat, stable surface, with the accelerometer
Accelerometer
An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...
picking up their vibrations as they tap the surface to move an on screen character in a race, inflate a balloon, create ripples in a pool of water or paint swirls on a canvas.
In a video released by Sega the player is shown resting the Wii Remote on an empty box originally used to package the Wii console. In Japan and Europe Sega has released the game with two foldout cardboard boxes that players are able to use as a tapping surface. However these are not included in the North American package.
Minigames
The game features the following minigames:- Tap Runner: Up to four players compete in a side scrolling race along an obstacle course where they must jump over chasms, climb up ramps and edge along tightropes, in addition to completing mini challenges such as inflating a balloon the fastest. The game is controlled with the speed of taps, with rhythmic tapping making the player jog, faster taps to run and a hard tap to jump.
- Rhythm Tap: Players tap in time to a moving timeline of musical beats.
- Silent Blocks: Players must pull away blocks that make up an unstable tower by carefully tapping. A puzzle mode variation sees players making stacks of three or more matching colored blocks in order to make them disappear.
- Bubble Voyager: Players control a character through a maze of floating mines, collecting stars along the way. The minigame also features a multiplayer battle mode for up to four players.
- Visualizer: A freeform mode where players use taps to create imagery such as fireworks bursting over a futuristic cityscape, paint splattering on a canvas, and ripples of water across a pond.
Reception
Let's Tap has received generally favorable reviews from critics, garnering a Metascore of 70 at MetacriticMetacritic
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Eurogamer
Eurogamer
Eurogamer is a Brighton-based website focused on video games news, reviews, previews and interviews. It is operated by Eurogamer Network Ltd., which was formed in 1999 by brothers Rupert and Nick Loman. Eurogamer has grown to become one of the most important European-based websites focused on...
praised the innovative control method and the well designed minigames, and believing it to be "one of the few worthwhile and interesting mini-game compilations in existence". N-Europe called it "very original and conceptually ambitious", praising its accessible control scheme and multiplayer modes.
External links
- Let's Tap official website (Japanese)
- Let's Tap at IGNIGNIGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
- Let's Tap at Giant BombGiant BombGiant Bomb is an American video game website and wiki that includes gaming news, reviews, commentary, and video, created by former GameSpot editors Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis in collaboration with Whiskey Media...