August 2, 2009

Piano Hero?

Engadget reports that the game Easy Piano for the Nintendo DS will launch in November in Europe and Asia. There is no US launch date yet.

easy-piano-nintendo-ds-game

  • 8 note piano keyboard peripheral
  • Requires GBA slot, so only works on the classic Nintendo DS and not the new DSi
  • Includes 40 songs, such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Bittersweet Symphony, Every Breath You Take.
  • Lesson mode and mini-games for learning to play the piano
  • Creation mode allows recording up to four 3 minute songs

There have been arcade piano games, like Keyboard Mania (scroll to bottom of that post for video). But actual fake plastic music games with keyboards are somewhat rare.

I know you’re just quoting the Engadget article, but it seems to me there are 13 notes (buttons) there… Are the black keys not playable?

Adam
August 3, 2009 at 10:14 am

Actually it’s from the press release:

> The 8-note piano keyboard peripheral represents a complete musical octave

Maybe 8 notes isn’t the same as 8 keys?

(note: I am a musical idiot..)

Jeff Atwood
August 3, 2009 at 12:03 pm

Still beats RB/GH by 3!

FiveFingerDeathPinch
August 4, 2009 at 3:21 pm

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