BPM Racing For WiiWare
Well, as much as Asterick and Gameboy are pimping out WipEout HD for its fantastic graphics and music selection, I thought maybe all the non-PS3 owners out there might like to hear about a game just announced to come to US audiences on WiiWare, BPM Racing. No, it's not a game based on the British motor racing team whose logo I stole for the image of this article, it's apparently a racing game combined with a rhythm game. The game is slated as a marriage of "white knuckle racing with a pulsating, diverse electronic soundtrack." As you race in the game you are rewarded for staying in rhythm with the music by being given increased speeds, handling, and score multipliers. No word on to whether or not the game allows you to import your own music to the game, but you can apparently add samples and effects to the already present soundtracks like some motorhead DJ bent of saving mankind from slow driving and bad music. The game sounds somewhat similar to Harmonix's first few games of Frequency or Amplitude, so I'm excited to see how it turns out.
Full Press Release after the jump.
YUKE'S Company of America, the U.S. publishing arm of Japanese game developer YUKE'S Company Limited, today announced it will be publishing BPM Racing for WiiWare™. Set to turn heads out of the starting gate and turn up the volume on television sets, BPM Racing complements white knuckle racing with a pulsating, diverse electronic soundtrack for a complete visual and audio driving experience. Riders will be rewarded for staying in rhythm with increased speeds, handling, and score multipliers, even getting the opportunity to be the DJ by adding their own samples and effects to various soundtracks."The racing genre is ripe for a new, innovative direction and increasing the aural experience seemed like an obvious choice." said Ken Koyama, Director of Business Development at YUKE'S Company of America. "BPM Racing will reinvent the relationship between a racing game and its soundtrack."
BPM Racing isn't the only title being driven onto WiiWare by YUKE'S Company of America. "We have several titles in addition to BPM currently planned for WiiWare," added Ken. "The opportunity to be a part of Nintendo's surge into the online market is very exciting."
BPM Racing is scheduled for release in early 2009.
PixelPoet
Posted to Video Games on 30 September 2008
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Name: Dave
This article made me go from zero to "omgsoawesomebbq!" in one paragraph. I'm so ready to jump on the pimping bandwagon for this.
...after I get all of WipeOut's trophies.