Do you know that Sega developed precisely one sport on the PS1? ? Properly there’s a fan translation now out there. The sport is Mini-Moni: Shakatto Tamourine Da Pyon, and… wait, the place are you going?

Hear, this is superb information if you have already got the PS1 tambourine controller, however felt that the official sport for it was too obscure in its native Japanese. I’m not saying it is a doubtless state of affairs, however within the off probability that you simply fall into this class, then that is the second you’ve been ready for.

Printed in 2002, Mini-Moni: Shakatto Tambourine Da Pyon is a rhythm sport based mostly on the Japanese idol group of the identical identify. I hadn’t heard of them as a result of I wasn’t listening to Japanese idol teams in my highschool years, but it surely appears that they had a reasonably sizeable advertising and marketing push between 2000-’04. This consists of a number of video games, a lot of them on the ageing PS1. I assume it’s because most youngsters had been nonetheless on the console.

The interpretation comes from outstanding fan translators Hilltop, OldGameBox, and Cargodin. Hilltop describes it on their Patreon web page as a “bonus English patch we made fairly fast whereas engaged on our larger initiatives.” Regardless of this, it’s a really spectacular effort with a number of graphical textual content redone for anglophones.

The sport itself, alternatively… I’ve a passion for rhythm video games, however possibly not youth-focused Jpop. Additionally, I’m having hassle internalizing the controls. It’s largely designed for the aforementioned tambourine controller however might be performed with a regular pad. Nonetheless, its prompts aren’t very clear, nonetheless. Pink and blue orbs characterize X and O button presses however don’t ask me which is which. I’ve already forgotten. Then you definitely’re purported to “Shake the Tambourine,” which on a controller appears to be utilizing the directional buttons to observe a… factor whereas possibly urgent a button repeatedly.

I did actually poorly within the 10-or-so minutes I performed. The sport really referred to my efficiency as “Drunken.” It’s the morning, I’m simply groggy, which, in my case, can simply be mistaken as inebriation.

The Mini-Moni: Shakatto Tamourine Da Pyon translation patch might be discovered right here on Hilltop’s Patreon web page.