Matsuura's suite in the chic Palomar Hotel downtown is covered floor to ceiling in promotional tchotchkes for his new Wii game, Major Minor's Majestic March, which will be released March 31. It follows the wacky cartoon style and musical gameplay of PaRappa, a 1996 game that helped kickstart the nascent music genre. You play the role of a marching band leader, and thrust the Wiimote up and down like a baton to set the tempo for your ensemble.
Matsuura, sporting a greying ponytail, puffy black jacket, and kelly green pants, spoke with Wired about his new project and his latest thoughts on the ever-changing, topsy-turvy world of Japanese game development.
John Jacques of Game Rant writes: "Okay, I know what you're thinking. You're seeing a chicken, a hamster with maracas, and a uniformed something all at once – this isn't a creepy porn site.
No, today I'm listing off what I think are the Top Ten Worst Wii Games. Folks, brace yourselves, we're about to dig through some shovelware."
Not all games are created equal: Some are gems, some are turkeys. Here's a quartet of turkey titles to avoid like that fruitcake your great aunt's gonna give you for Christmas.
That's a really tame list. Haven't heard of 3 of them, and didn't know the 4th was getting a PS2 port. Where's the undisputed turd of the year, "Tony Hawk: Ride"?
Why pick shovelware to put on this list? Put big name turkeys like WET or Ninja Blade
i thought this game might be fun, like drawn to life.
i thought you could draw stuff and it would stay, but it doesn't. it falls to the ground, plus you can only draw basic shapes and you can't pick them up either. need a stair case? have fun drawling tons of squares and drawling them so they fall on each other in the right way.
ONM will forgive you for instantly dismissing Major Minor's Majestic March as a load of rubbish. After all, there have been more colourful, childish games released on the Wii than there have been Cliff Richard concerts, and, much like Sir Cliff's gigs, the vast majority are pretty forgettable. However, when you consider that Major Minor is being put together by the creator, development team and artist responsible for cult classic PaRappa The Rapper, it becomes clear that this one could be worth keeping an eye on.
Hayatatatacha!
Kick! Punch! It’s all in the mind
If you wanna test me, I’m sure you’ll find
The things I’ll teach ya is sure to beat ya
But nevertheless you’ll get a lesson from teacher
Kick – Punch – Chop - Block
Once more now
Kick – Punch – Chop - Block
Don’t get kocky, it’s gonna get rock
We gonna move down to the next ya jockey now
Duck – Jump – Turn - Pose
Listen carefully
Jump – Pose – Duck - And turn
Hm, yeah I see you’re gettin’ better
Kick to the limit in order to get her now
Kick, punch – Chop, block – Chop, kick – Punch, block
It’s gonna get harder now
Duck and jump – Turn and pose – Duck and turn – Jump and punch
Come on now, why don’tcha follow my words
Because we’re almost done, I’ll make it easy at first
I wanna see if you wanna see what it takes
To be the man with the master plan
Are you the man now?
Kick, punch, block
Chop, kick, block
Block, turn, and kick it
Block, duck, punch
Duck, duck, turn
Jump, kick, chop
Punch, punch, punch
Hatatatacha! That’s it for today.
Good job, Parappa, you can go on to the next stage.
Well done son! now let's do the um jammer lammy dance! ;)
Sounds like it would be more of a Mad Maestro type of game rather than a Parappa the Rapper game.