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Nintendo DS Game and Music Composer All in One

Posted by Zonk on from the cuuuuute! dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In the shadows of launch titles like Super Mario 64 DS, Feel the Magic XY/XX and Wario Ware Touched! is Daigasso! Band Brothers (the working title is Jam with the Band in America). This little gem is a music game similar to a Bemani title. It features over 50 songs with a blend of J-Pop, TV themes and Nintendo melodies. What is hidden inside the title is a full out MIDI composer. You can use the stylus and the touch screen to write your own songs." An aspect I found interesting with this title is that it can use the microphone to sample sounds, which can then be mixed with the composer.

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  1. This is great by MilenCent · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is great.

    This is GREAT!

    I'm serious guys, this is just so awesomely cool. I can't believe there are so many people down on this here, they're releasing a cartridge with a full music composition tool in it! Here's a sampling of comments:

    "Is this Nintendo's way to prove that the DS can be more than just a video game player?"

    Oy, what's with all the antagonism? Does everything have to be through the reacting-to-Sony filter? One thing about Nintendo, you can't honestly say they plan products just to react to other companies.

    "I have to ask if there's going to be any practical way to get your MIDI compositions off the DS (as opposed to sharing between DS's) once they're done."

    It'd be cool to get them off my DS, yes, but c'mon! Remember the many hours kids spent with Mario Paint? (Link is to a large, but familiar, Quicktime file.) Fun creation software for game systems is a huge, largely untapped, market, and one of the ways that video gaming can actually make a positive impact on this tired old world. I'd think that Slashdot's strong individualistic streak would turn people out in this game's favor.

    Plus, since the DS has wireless, and the composition mode probably has multi-system playback, I figure it's only a matter of time before someone hacks together a program that intercepts the intersystem play stream and saves it in a file.

    "...about half of the titles for DS right now are odd enough to make Sega shake their head."

    And why do I love Sega? It ain't because of Sonic Adventure!

    "It's not the first time we have seen a music composer on a PDA. No that is not a typo. The DS is a god damn PDA."

    Thanks for that insightful comment. Labels are fun, kids!

    ARGH! Don't you guys see how COOL this is?! Is that worth nothing?