Topic: Konami Bringing pop'n music to America

[Kairon]

The Wii incarnation of the light-hearted rhythm series will feature accessible controls and downloadable songs.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=18819

 Konami announced last week that an entry in their pop'n music line of games is making its American debut, and it's coming to the Wii.    

The pop'n music line of games actually spans more than 15 titles on consoles and in arcades, stretching back more than a decade. The games are recognizable for their bright colors, cute graphics, and upbeat songs. On the Wii, Konami will be offering a standard mode for casual users as well as a more intense challenge mode intended for rhythm game veterans.    

Konami will also be offering avatar creation and customization, and easy Wii controls using both the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. The game will feature both original and licensed music, and will also allow for downloads of additional song content through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.    

KONAMI ANNOUNCES pop'n music FOR Wii™    

06.03.09    

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced pop'n music is being developed for Wii™, Marking the first time in North America, pop'n music has a rich history in Japan that includes 15 console games as well as arcade iterations.  This rhythmic game for all ages allows for players to play entertaining music with exciting graphics. With easy and intuitive controls, pop' n music takes full advantage of the Nunchuk™ and Wii Remote™ as you move up, down, left and right to original and licensed music.    

pop'n music is also great for entertaining as it offers a robust feature set which includes a variety of game challenging game modes including co-op and battle modes to play against friends. In addition, you can customize your experience by selecting sounds, characters and stages. Even your Mii™ will be integrated in the experience as it reacts to the gameplay through its emotions.    

pop'n music is scheduled to be released this fall on Wii. For more information, please go to www.konami.com/popnmusic.

[Flames_of_chaos]

I think it's a real shame that this iteration of pop'n music doesn't feature the standard 9 button pop'n music controller. From the screenshots I saw, this game resembles Beat'n Goovy for the XBLA which fans were not happy about.

[Jonnyboy117]

I like pop'n in the arcade but wouldn't want to play it without a special controller.