Pop n Music Portable - Best

A judgment bar sits on the bottom of the screen and colorful notes fall from the sky towards the bar. These notes are called "Mr. Pops" and players must slap the corresponding button for each "Mr. Pop" in order to receive a rating. Hit the proper button as the note massages the judgment bar perfectly and you'll receive a favorable rating ranging from "Fever" to "Good." Miss the bar like some unprepared chump and meet Mr. "Bad."

The arcade and PS2 versions of Pop'n Music were played with special controllers which sported colorful buttons that corresponded to the cues on screen. Playstation Portable gamers won't have such an extravagance. What PSP players will use are the face buttons, the four cardinal directions on the rift-pad, and the trigger buttons to hit the nine possible cues in the game. Confusing? Yes. Impossible? No. As with all Bemani games that are played on unconventional platforms, the cue-to-button management takes a little practice but eventually practice does make perfect. Or near-perfect. Or just okay. Konami adds an Adventure Mode where Mimi or Nyami travel on a tiled world map which is reminiscent of a board game. The tracklist contains 80 songs including "Always" by Shoichiro Hirata feat. RayZY, "Psychology" from SENAX and "together 4ever" by Sota Fujimori feat. yoshiko.

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