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EA Commits to Xbox Live Arcade Title

Posted by Zonk on from the bounce-bounc-win dept.

njkid1 writes "Electronic Arts has committed to launching a game for Xbox Live Arcade, their first ever downloadable console game. Entitled Boom Boom Rocket, it's slated to be a musical rhythm game using rockets to keep the beat. From the coverage at Eurogamer: 'Originally conceived by Pogo.com, the game challenges you to trigger rockets to the beat of the music whilst travelling through a 3D cityscape. The better your timing, the higher your score. Ian Livingstone has composed 10 original tracks for Boom Boom Rocket, each choreographed into three skill levels. Master these to unlock new firework designs.'"

18 comments

  1. so instead of DDR by OutOnARock · · Score: 1

    we have BBR???

    Can I launch the rockets from the DDR dancepad???

  2. I think we've seen this before by kmkz · · Score: 1

    Isn't this kinda like DDR, but not?

    1. Re:I think we've seen this before by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 1


      I think it's more like Guitar Hero, but not.

      Or perhaps like Elite Beat Agents, but not.

      Who knows what new variation on the "push the button at the exact right moment, and receive a pellet" formula some hack will think of next?

    2. Re:I think we've seen this before by horsedreamer · · Score: 1

      The term you're looking for is "rhythm gaming," and to be perfectly honest I think it'll be around for a while yet.

    3. Re:I think we've seen this before by MBraynard · · Score: 1

      The term that can generally be applied to these games, though it is trademarked, is bemani.

  3. Live Multiplayer Arcade, Dancing, Camera .... by CK2004PA · · Score: 0

    ... this is going to be one funny game...please follow UNO and the Hardwood card game's lead and tie the camera into this game's multiplayer mode!

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  5. Awesome! by Endo13 · · Score: 1

    One more EA game I just can't wait to not play!

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  6. Chu Chu Ripoff? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It may only be the name, but the first thing I thought of when I read the name was that mice in Chu Chu Rocket now had bombs to destroy those devilish cats.

  7. Re:Profit by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 1

    Step3 is debatable

  8. Re:Profit by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 1

    Prequal step 1 : Take Parrapa the rapper (I know games did it before this, but it's the first game I know where it was the main game style)
    Prequal step 2 : Take arcade gimmicks
    Prequal step 3 : Add Teenage girls and idiots wanting to be cool like Japanese teenage girls
    Prequal step 4 : ???
    Prequal step 5 : Profit!

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  9. Re:Profit by tlhIngan · · Score: 1

    You missed a step:

    2.5) Charge for each and every song and features beyond the basic.

    It's EA we're talking about here. And you know the Lumines thing...

  10. Wrong headline by JFMulder · · Score: 1

    Actually, EA has multiple projects in the pipeline for XBLA, according to this article (4th paragraph, starting from the end).

    And dammit people, you haven't even seen a screenshot yet and you are already making comparisons to DDR or saying it's a rippof from another game. Just because it's EA doesn't mean it's going to suck. That brief description alone got me interrested in the game.

  11. Rez by InsaneLampshade · · Score: 1

    Will it be anything like Rez?

  12. FantaVision by tepples · · Score: 1

    No, it's rhythm FantaVision!

  13. Does anyone remember? by Quasicorps · · Score: 1

    This reminds me a little of ChuChu Rocket for the Dreamcast. With the almost identical name structure and the fact that it's a simple sounding game involving rockets.

    ChuChu Rocket was also the first popular online console game, and was distributed free, mostly. Maybe a puzzle type game involving rockets is required when you start a new console online technology.

    1. Re:Does anyone remember? by twistedsymphony · · Score: 1

      it sounds like it really don't have any similarities to Chu Chu Rocket other then it's name... though I would love it if Sega re-released Chu Chu Rocket for the Xbox Live arcade. I still play my Dreamcast and that's one of my favorite titles, along with Space Channel 5, which is probably more like Boom Boom Rocket since they're both rhythm games.

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  14. Rhythm Heaven by Velops · · Score: 1

    Rhythm Heaven for the GBA has a mini game where you time the button press to the beat set off fireworks. This game sounds like it's just an expanded version of this elementary idea in 3D. This game could get very repetitive without more depth beyond keeping to the beat. DDR could be considered repetitive except for one important factor. You are actually moving your body around, adding a level of depth that simply pressing a button can't replace. Rhythm games are heavily reliant on a unique interface these days. Guitar Hero 2 and Elite Beat Agents are prime examples. Lumines doesn't count since it's a puzzle game first and foremost.