#i really loved beat saber when i played it at a vr arcade once. but i do not have the space or money for vr rn LOL

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my inability to play mobile games nowadays is also a source of suffering as a person who loves rhythm games. i miss her (SIF1).....

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What is your favorite rhythm game?

omg you do not know the floodgate you have just opened

first of all, thank you for asking!! <3 second of all, i'm gonna do that thing i always do and give a very very longwinded answer where i don't pick just one 🙈

currently i'm very VERY into beat saber. my family an oculus for my brother's birthday and i've been playing every day for the past week because it's the first exercise i've been able to get in like 2 years and god is it an absolute BLAST. my love of rhythm games got really strong as a kid once i discovered ones that involved physically moving around, like i would always play ddr whenever i went to an arcade (even though to this day i suck at it), and someone had just dance at a new years party one year and i dragged my cousin into playing it with me basically the entire night. i got both the ddr wii game and a copy of a just dance game because i liked those games so much. i just like being able to actually dance to songs, but i'm literally a dancer so i guess that's not surprising adfsgdgdgs

anyway

beat saber is. first of all vr is suuch and experience so its the most immersive of all the fullbody rhythm games i have played and because if gives you fucking swords you feel just like so very badass. its kind of the perfect combination of ddr and just dance. it has the very simple, straightforward interface design that ddr and most handheld rhythm games have with basic directional hitboxes, paired with just dance's more movement based gameplay because girl, it sure makes you do more than just swing your arms around. the walls and crouch mechanics have had me sweating myself to drenched lol. it just makes me so happy, i've really missed dancing and this has been a great way to get back into it. we could barely afford the oculus's we got so its hard for me to recommend this to folks because vr is difficult to get your hands on but if you ever get the chance. its so fun. the learning curve is steep because its such a new type of experience for your brain, i thought it would just be another ddr for me where i can never go past normal/medium difficulty, but ive managed to get myself all the way up to being able to play at least one expert level, which is the first time that has ever happened to me with a physical dancing game and its exhilarating lmao please look up the song they have on the base game called spin eternally by camellia. im trying to get 100% in that one on hard difficulty rn and its. well. just see for yourself (and trust me, it is always faster and more difficult irl than it looks in recordings).

now for the handheld rhythm games >:)

i would be straight up lying if i said the idolish7 mobile game wasn't. significant to me. like i'm sorry if you hate gacha games, i'm sorry if you hate mobile games, i'm sorry if you hate idol anime, i'm sorry if you hate anime in general, i also hate all of those things and i understand. but this one is different i swear to you i swear i am on my hands and knees please take this seriously. i doubt the idolish7 app is going to hit unless you're also into the anime so like be prepared to get invested in some boys if you really want to get the most out of that as a rhythm game but the music is. so good actually please listen as hard as you can (with headphones!!) to any TRIGGER or zool track and pick up on all the little instrument and synth details and tell me that's not the tightest shit you've ever heard. not to mention it is the best balance i have seen in a basic mobile rhythm game like that! again, i am not into and refuse to get into any other idol thing, i tried with love live when it first came out and believe me snow halatian is still my bop, but the story and song layout was too boring for me and my metronome settings kept resetting and it just got to be too much for me. also, idk anything about prince-sama or whatever but someone i knew was really into it and they had me attempt one of the levels and i canNOT get down for that kind of torture. 6 cabochons is...why would you do that to someone. idolish7 also suffers a bit from metronome issues but i have found the exact perfect settings to make it actually on beat (who tf came up with rhythm games making you hit a note BEFORE the beat btw i have a bone to pick). it also has a very nice and normal amount of cabochons to tap. and ya'll, idolish7 was the first rhythm game i have ever been able to get a perfect on in expert on MULTIPLE SONGS. its easy enough to get a grip on, but still hard enough that it feels rewarding to learn the songs on the hardest difficulties! it is the perfect storm of good story and characters, good music, good interface, and mostly good gacha. do you know how long i have waited for that...man

i also--dude--fucking love parappa the rapper so much. and i would love it so much more if the rhythm interface wasn't COMPLETE AND UTTER GARBAGE i know it was 1997 and i was just being born then but holy shit. apparently the remastered is better but i wouldn't know, all i know is on ps vita it is ridiculously both so out of rhythm and so hair-pin specific in random places that its insane. i cant even tell you how many tries it took me to pass taste of teriyaki in um jammer lammy. btw idk if this is controversial yet brave but ujl is my favorite ive played in the series so far. original parappa songs are iconic but the sound, gameplay, and songs are all better in ujl imo. the entire milkcan discography fucking SLAPS and i mean like every song in the game. all of them unironically slap

finally, i also wanna mention the first rhythm game i ever fell in love with: everyone's favorite rhythm game, rhythm heaven! not only is rhythm heaven the most creative rhythm game i've ever played, but it TEACHES YOU!! so much!! about rhythm and song formating! perhaps even music theory! without feeling like one of those educational ds games for kids they had back in the day. you fully learn so much about off-beats and syncopation and stuff simply by playing, it doesn't have to explain shit. the repetition creates wonderful muscle memory, to the point i still find myself singing "stretch out your neck, *caws like a bird*" quietly under my breath throughout my days even now. the remixes are genius, and my favorite games built to scale and glee club are some of the most simple visually, but very valuable and at times difficult. its also just so cute and colorful. god i miss rhythm heaven, wish the megamix was real. i played rhythm heaven so much and so hard my ds lite is in shambles. 10/10

that was. even longer than i thought it would be, i should've made a youtube video! thanks so much again for being curious and i hope my answer was not only satisfying but something actually readable LMAO 😊