Parappa Creator Debuts New Title, To Be Honored At GDC

Thanks to Game Science for its article revealing the first visuals of Parappa The Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura's new title, Vib Ripple. An earlier post at Game Science has further details, mentioning "'Vib Ripple' is a similar style of game to [PlayStation 1 title] 'Vib Ribbon' but with different content. The player takes control of Vibri with a photograph as the game field, and must jump at designated points to free characters from the field. The game can use photographs taken from your mobile phone or digital camera via the USB port." Elsewhere, Matsuura is to be honored at the Game Developer's Choice Awards at GDC in San Jose, receiving the oddly named First Penguin Award, "acknowledging developers who have taken risks to break new ground."

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Vib Ribbon

[it0]

Vib Ribbon was one of the hardest games I have played. Vib constantly walks then it can reach an obstacle loop, pit, barb wire, block. For each obstacle you have to press the associated button, so the entire game is controlled with only 4 buttons no directional stuff...

It becomes hard when you get an obstacle that is a combination , for example a block and a pit (looks like the letter M) then you have to press both buttons at the same time. So then it becomes a game of quick thinking... But one of the most innovative games i have seen in years...

Re:Vib Ribbon

[curtisk]

I agree, the game can be manic at times, and as you "devolve" the clean shapes start to distort as if static interference....its a crazy game but addicting, and its a good excuse to bust out some REAL old cds that you haven't had a listen to in a long time and see what kind of trouble they cause you.

I hate (in a good way) the songs that produce the double line at high speed AND combo shapes! Ugh!

This game looks interesting as well, using simple color and it sounds simple in the description but I'm betting its not