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Rock-n-Roll Domo

by Lauren Ronaghan - June 3, 2009, 11:48 am EDT
Total comments: 4

Domo joins up with his friends in a garage band in this DSiWare rhythm game.

Rock-N-Roll Domo is part of the five game series of DSiWare games centering on the popular Domo character. This game puts Domo in a rock band with two of his friends, Tashanna and Mr. Usagi. Music notes come down from the top of the screen in rhythmic batches to each of the three rockers, and the player taps A when the music note

reaches the music note outline (in a DDR manner). When the batch of music notes switches from one player to the other, the player selects the new player by pressing the D Pad. Tashanna is playing keys on the

left side of the screen, so when the music notes come to her, press left on the D-Pad. Domo is singing in the middle of the screen, so when the music notes come to him, press up on the D Pad. Mr. Usagi is playing drums on the right side of the screen, so when the music notes come to him, press right on the D Pad. I personally felt that it was easier to hit the notes for the keyboard and the drums rather than the vocals, since those came down from the top corners of the screen on a diagonal, which made the outline much easier to see.

The game has a simple concept which is a fun way to take a cute, portable, and easy Rock Band on the road. The player can select

either Normal Tour, Hard Tour, or Mixer. Only Normal Tour and Mixer were playable on the E3 floor, and Mixer appeared to be a sampling of the songs playable (which were very hard to hear on the floor).

Talkback

vuduJune 03, 2009

Disappointed to hear about the control scheme.  After viewing the video on the Nintendo Channel I thought it was going to be touch-screen based (like a combination of GH/RB and EBA).

mamacitalewLauren Ronaghan, Staff AlumnusJune 03, 2009

Nope, just a very basic selecting with the D-Pad.  Touch screen would have been better because it would have allowed the notes to go between the characters without being in massive clumps.  It's like, 20 notes for Domo, 20 notes for Mr. Usagi, etc.  At least in Normal Tour; as said, Hard Tour is not playable here.

vuduJune 03, 2009

I wonder why they're not utilizing the touch screen for any of these games.  They know the DS has one, right?

Who's developing these games, anyway?

LuigiHannJune 03, 2009

Quote from: vudu

I wonder why they're not utilizing the touch screen for any of these games.  They know the DS has one, right?

Who's developing these games, anyway?

Have you tried Guitar Rock Tour? It looks like shovelware (and has hilarious shovelly cutscenes) but the guitar gameplay is the perfect GH/EBA hybrid.

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Genre Rhythm
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Players1

Worldwide Releases

na: Rock-n-Roll Domo
Release Oct 19, 2009
PublisherNintendo
RatingEveryone
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