SoraNews24 —Japan News—

Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.

RocketNews24 Japanese

Featured

If you’re good at rhythm games, you might also be an expert at petting cats【Video】

Japanese gamer’s feline pet would be blissfully happy as a controller substitute.

Musical rhythm video games can largely be divided into two categories. In one, the player uses some sort of controller modeled after an actual instrument, while the other simply uses standard video game controller buttons or a touchscreen for inputs.

While they’re both games first and foremost, some would argue that the first type is the better choice out of the two. It feels more like actually playing music, and if the simulated instrument is close to its real-life counterpart, like a set of drum pads, it could actually be stepping stone to learning to play the instrument itself.

But it turns out playing rhythm games that use a touchscreen can also teach you valuable skills. As shown in this video from Japanese YouTube user fubuki765, if you’re good at hitting notes on a touchscreen, you’re probably also really good at petting a cat.

In the video, fubuki765’s pet cat stretches out across half of his tablet. On the part of the screen that’s still visible, we can see bars of light representing the notes in a song from Sega rhythm game Chunithm sliding downwards, and fubuki765 skillfully taps and slides his fingertips across the animal’s body while keeping time with the music. Even as the driving beat intensifies, the kitty remains perfectly relaxed, stretching and happily swishing its tail.

But while pet and owner alike are thoroughly enjoying themselves, fubuki765, unfortunately, hasn’t exactly found a way to combine petting a kitty and playing video games. Chunithm is an arcade exclusive, with no home version, so what’s being shown on his tablet isn’t the game running in real time, but a pre-recorded video, with fubuki765 merely pretending to play the game.

Still, his timing is spot-on, which means that touchscreen video game skills still translate into kitty-pleasing finger action, and until someone develops an actual cat-based game controller, this is about as good as it gets for feline-loving gamers.

Source: IT Media
Images: YouTube/fubuki765

Like this:

Like Loading…

Related Stories

Trackbacks

  1. There are no trackbacks yet.
  2. Trackback URL

Trending Today

  1. Pokémon card game’s expansion features art from Fist of the North Star creator
  2. Amazing Japanese yogurt spoon scoops up every last drop of dairy effortlessly
  3. Japanese hoodie for cat-loving gamers will keep you and your feline friend warm and fuzzy [Pics]
  4. New Era celebrates three decades of Pokémon with new 30th anniversary cap line [Photos]
  5. Kenshi Yonezu’s Lemon hits 1 billion views on YouTube and he’s still not quite sure why
  6. Two Tokyo neighborhoods to gather on bridge and shift their recognized border through tug-of-war
  7. Katsuya takes perhaps a little too much liberty with its take on a Niigata soul food
  8. Starbucks Japan unveils new Potato Soupuccino that’s said to be more than just soup
  9. Japanese convenience store offering chance to have your shopping be effectively free for one day
  10. Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups

© SoraNews24 —Japan News— / SOCIO CORPORATION

Powered by WordPress VIP

%d