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Louise Verneuil for Beware Magazine back in 2019

(2019)

interview here

What was happening in your mind when your first EP was still just a blank sheet?

Louise Verneuil: I needed to write to externalise things that did not come out at first orally. I am an extroverted person, extravagant but with flaws, which I had to express. I wrote poems, unconfessed or even unfinished things that turned into pieces. I needed to affirm my femininity, to unlock this sensuality that now advances my compositions. I can't write in a form of pressure, it's above all spontaneity, a certain catharsis.

How did you fall in love with melodies and words?

Louise Verneuil: Words are not recent since I have been writing poems since I was a child. I have always admired this literary culture present around Francophone or even Anglophone music. I had a free education, my parents let me search, discover these universes on the shelves. I had great composers at my fingertips, such as Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy, Bashung, or Reggiani. I felt able to write or at least want to do it. Regarding the melody, my father was an amateur guitarist, all family meals ended in whirlwinds of sounds. When I'm singing, I feel like I'm connected to my entourage, it's a form of connection. The reason why I perceive the interpretation as a naked one is that I constantly carry these memories with me.

Your pieces are poetic. Where does this exacerbated sensitivity come from?

Louise Verneuil: It seems to me that I have always been a hypersensitive person. I am moved by everything around me, I sometimes find myself crying for unexplained reasons. This sensitivity helps me feel alive. I tried to hide it, to contain it for several people but I did not feel fulfilled. It is a part of my personality that I now assume, it allows self-affirmation but above all personal fulfilment. To be authentic whether in my texts, in my music, this sensitivity is necessary.

Your sounds are sweet, your words are sharp. Do you see your first EP as a duality between hatred and love?

Louise Verneuil: The first duality is found in the notion of woman-child. Become a woman while preserving your memories, this freshness of mind. Duality is also found in loving and hating. I titled my first album "Lumière noire(black light)" for all these confrontations, these introspections. Find light in the dark, find love in sadness, find hope in despair. I try to bypass these disappointments to perceive only the positive. I touch wood. Everywhere.

What is the feeling you wanted to express through "Desert"?

Louise Verneuil: "Desert" is the story of a person who leaves overnight, leaving you in a deep misunderstanding. The elusive side of love moments helped me compose, it's 6 years of my life. At first, I felt a form of shyness at the idea of interpreting these words on stage that are very carnal. I had to do it, we lack feminist authors and female sensuality nowadays.

The cinematographic dimension is present in your musical universe. Do you build your pieces like short films?

Louise Verneuil: I constantly compose by imagining things. When I use words, colours, smells or even flowers cross my mind which puts an aura around music. I like to bring texts to stories, lived or not lived elsewhere. When I arrived at the studio, I said to Samy Osta "I want it to be silk, like falling rose petals" in other words strangely. I like it to be organic.

How did the shooting of "Desert" go?

Louise Verneuil: All the sequences are shot in analogue, everything is old-fashioned, we could not anticipate the rendering. We didn't know what was happening in real time behind the screen, or what we were going to perceive, in other words, it was risk-taking. "Desert" is a summary of my life in recent months, everything had to be authentic, in music as in images. I wanted to propose a form of onirism, a mixture between dream and reality. I didn't write a script, I was thinking above all of an atmosphere, a mood. In the video, I suddenly disappear but we still don't understand how this effect occurred. I love these accidents.

Which female artist is closest to this timelessness to which you are tending?

Louise Verneuil: I am inspired by several female artists, such as Nico, whom I constantly quote. She made an album with the Velvets, she brought an instrument on stage from nowhere that she kept throughout her career. Patti Smith, who lived with Mapplethorpe, was not content with being a muse, she took photos, she wrote poems, books. I admire these people who do not stay in a specific box but who feed on everything. It's a way to discover ourselves, it's a potential that we can all have and exploit.

What did you have to do with the scene?

Louise Verneuil: I try to tame it every day, alone at first. I only went on stage alone 5 times, I didn't think I would be able to present these intimate words. Finally, you simply have to get started. I am not looking for the perfection of a performance or a piece but imperfection, sensation and sensitivity. I sing my experience, my feelings and if people manage to connect with it, I would be delighted.

What is your next musical challenge?

Louise Verneuil: I don't compose every day, so it would be to get back to writing. I often meet musicians who tell me to work constantly, unfortunately I do not work in this way but by "creative epiphanies". When a strong emotion occurs, I will feel the need to put words on it. I would like to bring people to other stories, other themes by not feeling slowed down. Things are already burning my fingers!

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A new album by Isabelle Boulay inspired by songs by Alain Bashung

Isabelle Boulay will launch a new album on March 17, entitled The horses of pleasure (Boulay sings Bashung)inspired by his encounter with the work of the Alsatian artist. Posted at 2:18 p.m. “I had been circling his work for years, I found it so demanding, from a literary and musical point of view. It’s as if I had watched his songs run like wild horses and thought I wanted to ride at least…

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Kees van Dongen : Femme sur un sofa, 1920, 

Alain Bashung meets Kees van Dongen

Alain Bashung, « Madame Rêve », 1991 (Madam Dream)

Madame rêve d’atomiseurs Et de cylindres si longs Qu’ils sont les seuls Qui la remplissent de bonheur Madame rêve d’artifices De formes oblongues Et de totems qui la punissent

Rêve d’archipels De vagues perpétuelles Sismiques et sensuelles

D’un amour qui la flingue D’une fusée qui l’épingle Au ciel Au ciel

On est loin des amours de loin On est loin des amours de loin On est loin

Madame rêve ad libitum Comme si c’était tout comme Dans les prières Qui emprisonnent et vous libèrent Madame rêve d’apesanteur Des heures des heures De voltige à plusieurs

Rêve de fougères De foudres et de guerres A faire et à refaire

D’un amour qui la flingue D’une fusée qui l’épingle Au ciel Au ciel

On est loin des amours de loin On est loin des amours de loin On est loin

Madame rêve Au ciel Madame rêve Au ciel Madame rêve

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My Top 10 Favorite Songs From Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart: Concept Album and Movie

Here I will rank my top 10 favorite songs between the movie and concept album versions of Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart. I personally believe that the French concept album songs are quite different from the translations in the English movie, so I will rank them independently. That means that one song may end up on this list twice for the reasons I will explain as we go down the list. Let’s start from number 10:

10. “Mademoiselle Clé”

As simple and intimate as this scene in the movie is, I’m going to have to put the French version on this list. Mainly because it stays a bit more true to the scene in the novel which is much less PG than the movie. The French song shares the line “...she works her Blue Fairy magic on me, like in Pinocchio, but more real. Except it’s not my nose that’s growing longer.” The implications of that quote in the novel and the French song are obvious, but are much more loosely intimated in the film. Also, I simply prefer the composition of the French album song over the movie version.

You can find the French song from the concept album here on Dioysos’ official Youtube channel and the scene from the movie here on a fan’s Youtube channel.

9. “Tais-Toi Mon Coeur”

This song can only be found in the concept album and corresponds more directly to the plot of the book than the movie. The title means “Be Quiet my Heart” (or, more aggressively, “shut up, my heart”). It is such a catchy song and the old music video associated with it has a really cool animation style which some hoped would have been the style of the entire movie, but alas.

You can find the official song here on Dionysos’ official Youtube channel and the music video here on a fan’s Youtube channel.

8. “Flamme A Lunettes”

There are actually three versions of the song “Flame with Glasses” because it also shows up in the book. The book version is quite short, and is actually the most similar to the movie for that reason. However, the song in the concept album encapsulates more of the action in the novel itself, not just the song that Miss Acacia sings. Additionally, the imagery in the song from the album is much richer and Jack and Miss Acacia’s banter goes on for a little longer. Even though the scene in the movie is visually intriguing and captures some of the imagery with its setting, I’m going to have to put the album version on this list.

You can find the French song from the concept album here on Dionysos’ official Youtube channel and the scene from the English movie here on a fan’s Youtube channel.

7. “L'école De Joe”

“The School of Joe” can only be found in the movie in its instrumental form, so I don’t want to make a direct comparison to the lyric version in the album. However, I don’t think I have to. Both incarnations capture the same menacing energy and climactic build, and what the movie may lack in lyrics it sure makes up for in the scene. And while I hate to put Joe nearly halfway up my list, the song is just too powerful to put any lower.

You can find the French song from the concept album here on Dionysos’ official Youtube channel.

6. “Malagueña”

Doing the research on the Spanish songs in the album and the movie sure gave me a run for my money because I had no idea about the multilingual talents of Olivia Ruiz. She both voices and sings Miss Acacia in the French movie, the concept album (which is in French, of course), as well as the Spanish songs in both (if not all) of the translations of the movie. Her version of “La Malagueña”, a traditional Mexican Huapango song, was originally covered on two of her albums [1], and is of course identical in the concept album and the movie because there is no need to translate it. It was tough for me to choose between “Malagueña” and “Quijote”, but for the wonderful and fantastical elements surrounding it in the movie and for the great references to quotes from the novel during the scene, “Malagueña” makes it on this list.

You can find the song from the concept album here on Dionysos’ official Youtube channel and an amazing live performance of it by Olivia Ruiz here.

5. “Le Jour Le Plus Froid du Monde”

Thanks to this Youtube video and the fanart included in it, “The Coldest Day on Earth” was the first song I ever heard from the “La Mécanique Du Cœur” concept album and was how I discovered the movie in the first place. I have always been an enthusiast for anything vaguely steampunk, and a rhythm set by cuckoo-clocks is exactly the kind of song I’m looking for. Once I figured out what the French lyrics actually mean, I knew I needed to find out more about this weird world. It took me exactly two years to get my hands on a copy of the book after watching the movie, and I discovered the entire concept album around that time as well. Perhaps this song should be number one on this list because it is literally the reason I have this blog to begin with, but I just can’t deny how much I love the other songs at the top of this list.

I also can’t fail to mention the sort of reprised version of the song, called “Le Réveil Des Coucous Vivants”, or “The Awakening of the Living Cuckoos” which makes an appearance very early in the movie, but is actually the last song on the concept album. If you want to experience an amazing example of how cuckoos can be used as incredibly haunting musical instruments, I recommend you check it out.

You can find the French song from the concept album here on Dionysos’ official Youtube channel here is the link to “Le Réveil Des Coucous Vivants” on their channel as well.

4. “La Panique Mécanique”

I absolutely love how much this song builds and how it captures the experience of traveling on a train alone for the first time. This song does make a shortened appearance in the movie during Jack’s train ride, but I’m not a huge fan of how they altered the lyrics. Another thing that makes the French album version so much more striking than the English movie version is Alain Bashung’s [2] performance of Jack the Ripper’s lines. His voice is so mysterious and menacing and creates the perfect bridge into the chaotic latter portion of the song. Perhaps it is my relative lack of exposure to a variety of French voices, but his rendition just hits different than the English one in my opinion.

You can find the French version from the concept album here on Dionysos’ official Youtube channel. Unfortunately I can’t find a good link to the scene in the movie, so you will have to do some digging yourself if you are interested.

3. “Jack Et La Mécanique Du Cœur”

In third place is the French concept album version of the titular song “Jack Et La Mécanique Du Cœur”. It is the very first song on the concept album and serves as a sort of summary for the plot and kind of resembles a Greek chorus [3] that speculates what our protagonist Jack is going to do. It includes some interjection from Georges Méliès and ends with him saying “Et maintenant, bon film” (”And now, enjoy the film”), which I find very cute since it’s sort of like we are watching Méliès’ own film adaption of the story, which he tells Jack during the movie that he could very well make.

You can find the French concept album version here on Dionysos’ official Youtube channel.

2. “Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart” (English version from the end credits  of the movie)

Maybe this is a cop-out, but I just couldn’t decide which version of this song to put on this list, so I included both. After much deliberation, I decided to put the English version at number two instead of three. It seems sacrilegious somehow, but I just had to put it a little higher for a couple of reasons. One, I discovered it first so it lodged itself in my consciousness before the French version did, and two, I just can’t get over Orlando Seale’s voice in this song. Of course Mathias Malzieu is completely unparalleled, but there is something about Seale’s optimistic and gallant tone that is completely enrapturing.

It’s sort of a bummer that this amazing song only shows up at the very end of the credits, but I must admit it is a difficult song to place anywhere else in the film considering the inexplicable presence of Méliès (which makes it hard to put at the beginning for the sake of the plot). But, it also doesn’t make sense at the end since it’s a summary of what we just watched and the final line tells us to “enjoy the film” as the last few credits roll up on the screen. Regardless, I should be happy that the song was ever translated into English because I can thank it for keeping my interest and passion for the story alive.

You can find the English version here on a fan’s Youtube channel.

1. “L’Homme Sans Trucage”

And finally, number one. You’d think “Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart” would have taken this spot considering how much I went on about it, but “L’Homme Sans Trucage” (”The Man Without Special Effects”) from the concept album has an absolutely tangible feeling of adventure and boundlessness with instrumentals that are out of this world. Who else but Dionysos can mix record-scratching, keyboard, banjo, drums, and more simultaneously and make it sound that amazing? The song perfectly captures the “coming of age” theme of the story, and the imagery in the song is beyond inspiring. 

I also need to mention the reference in the title and in the chorus to Méliès’ diary in the story which he titled “The Man without Special Effects” (or “The Man Who Was No Hoax” per the English translation of the novel). That diary in both the movie and the novel is Méliès’ retelling of his time spent with Jack (which is why I think putting the song “Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart” in the beginning of the movie would be so cool) and is emphasized a bit more in the novel than in the movie. That diary makes a sort of legend out of Jack, and its title implies entirely different layers of meaning between the movie and the novel. 

To give the movie some credit, though, the scene is a lot of fun, and I love how they styled it à la Méliès with paper cutouts and the reference to “The Impossible Voyage” [4] by the real Georges Méliès. The scene stays true to the surrealism of the story, and is definitely quite enjoyable. But, in the end, I have to give “L’Homme Sans Trucage” the number one spot on my list.

You can find the French version from the concept album here on Dionysos official Youtube channel and the scene from the movie here on Shout! Factory’s Youtube channel.

There are 31 tracks (including interludes) on the complete “La Mécanique Du Cœur” concept album, so of course I couldn’t include them all here. The styles and tones of each song are so unique, and I think the entire album is worth a listen. I first listened to the entire album roughly concurrently with the plot of the novel, and that was a pretty great way to experience it, in my opinion. But, if you’re like me and you aren’t exactly fluent in French, it’s not like you’ll get many spoilers from the songs.

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All quotes are from the film and/or novel “Jack and Cuckoo-Clock Heart” by Mathias Malzieu unless otherwise specified.

Sources and additional information:

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malague%C3%B1a_Salerosa

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Bashung

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_chorus#:~:text=A%20Greek%20chorus%2C%20or%20simply,voice%20on%20the%20dramatic%20action.

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impossible_Voyage

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Discothèque

Rien de très intéressant par ici, juste la liste complète de la collection de synecdoques vinyles(299) qui envahissent mon appartement.

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21 Questions

Rules: Answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people who you want to get to know better.

I was tagged by the marvellous @petiteredlady (sorry for taking so long to answer these questions!...)

Nickname: Juju

Zodiac: Scorpio!! (the worst ones! :P)

Height: 1m57

Last Movie I saw: Django Unchained!

Last Thing I googled: Probably something about alternative photographic processes.

Favorite Musician: I'm very fond of the Hall family!! <3 They are so very talented!!

Song Stuck in my Head: This UFO https://youtu.be/mboDhEJtHvg (“НО ГДЕ КУРИЦА?” by Tip Stevens)

Other Blogs: Nope! I don't even have a Tumblr XD

Do I get Asks: I don't exist, so I don't get Asks

Following: 12

Followers: 7

Amount of Sleep: 8 hours, but given the fact that I can't have a full, complete, restful night... let's say about 5-6 hours?... When things turn out fine...

Lucky Number: 1994

What I’m Wearing: In my dreams? Some wonderful dress or badass sweater. For real? Only shitty un-fitting clothes...

Dream Job: Bespoke dressmaker and/or costume designer

Dream Trip: New Zealand. Then Japan of course! ^^'

Favorite Food: Food is life, how can I choose?? Koroke? Boeuf en daube? Pumpkin Pie? Cuajada? Let's say Basmati Rice, because it's so versatile!! :D

Play Any Instruments?: *sigh* No... I'm not patient enough for that I guess? But I like to sing.

Languages: I... Hahahaha... speak French. And some English. That's all. I'm a human garbage.

Favorite Songs: Chop Suey, by System of a Down ; La nuit je mens, by Alain Bashung ; Kingdom of Welcome Addiction, by IAMX ; Tôt le matin, by Gaël Faye... and so many other songs!!

Random Fact: My left pinky finger is a bit twisted and I can't fully bend it...

Describe yourself as Aesthetic Things: Honestly, I'd love to give this one an answer, but I just don't know... :(

I won't tag anyone, but whoever reads this and wants to do it, please give it a try! I'd love to read your copy! :D

[quentinbidaud22-23]

POST 4

Elsa, Leo Ferre, 1961

Lettre à Monsieur le Chef de gare de la Tour de Carol, Brigitte Fontaine, 1969

Ma Maison, Barbara, 1973

Le Singe Bleu, Vangelis, 1973

Cortez the Killer, Neil Young, 1975

High on a Rocky Ledge, Moondog, 1978

The Orchids, Psychic TV, 1983

Whatching You Without Me, Kate Bush, 1985

Spell, Patti Smith, 1997

Venus, Alain Bashung, 2008

[poumpatate]

10 Random Songs

Harrassed Tagged as usual by dear @omelettedufromage-24601, I have to put my music on shuffle and make a list of the ten first songs!

1. Aux Sombres Héros de l’Amer by Noir Désir

2. Make ‘Em Laugh from Singing in the Rain

3. YOLO by Tom Rosenthal

4. Hawkguy by Adam WarRock

5. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer from Cats

6. I’m Not in Love by 10cc

7. Madame Rêve by Alain Bashung

8. Un Garçon Pas Comme les Autres from Starmania

9. The Inquisition Marches from Dragon Age Inquisition

10. Yorktown from Hamilton

Honestly I thought this was going to be a disaster but this list is so me it hurts. Although if I had to choose a song from Cats it wouldn’t be that one, but it’s the game! Sorry for all the French songs ahahah (check them out they’re good).

I tag @piepito, @lux-morningstar, @trashmel and @dimancheetoile and I’m too lazy to tag anyone else ahah

[suzukube]

Test réalisé à partir d’une version commerciale, fournie par Koch Media. Vidéo maison, captures d’écran éditeur.

[drocap]B[/dropcap]on… Me voilà conforté à un exercice difficile : Comment noter un jeu dont l’interface se résume à un oscillogramme et des clips vidéos ? Sur la playlist du jeu ? Ses “graphismes” ? Son taux de reconnaissance des intonations de la voix ? Bonne question… Et je pense que la solution sera tout simplement de vous donner mon feeling sur ce jeu, très particulier !

La Switch n’a pas vraiment de port USB. Son dock oui…

Let’s Sing 2018 sur Nintendo Switch

Première chose à savoir : Vous ne pourrez pas jouer à Let’s Sing 2018 sans le dock de votre Switch ! Alors si au début j’ai trouvé ça totalement débile (bah oui, ça aurait été tellement cool de faire du Karaoké dans le métro), je me suis rappelé que Nintendo a “oublié” de faire une entrée micro-casque (la prise jack ne prend en charge que les casques) sur sa petite dernière, nous obligeant à utiliser des micros USB sur la console… D’autant plus que le bluetooth de la console semble être bridée par Nintendo, empêchant également la connexion de téléphone portables à la console… Du coup, pas de secret : sortir la console de son dock avec le jeu Let’s Sing 2018 vous donnera un joli message vous ordonnant de reposer la console sur son dock !

Let’s Sing 2018 sur Nintendo Switch

Passé cela, sachez que le jeu est compatible avec quasiment n’importe quel micro USB. J’ai testé mon Samson Meteor et mon Blue Yeti, ils fonctionnent très bien – en revanche, dès qu’on branche un de ces casques avec sortie son, le son passe dans la sortie son du micro lui même et non plus par le port HDMI ! Fâcheux pour les soirées Karaoké, dans quel cas je vous recommanderais chaudement de tout simplement acheter le pack avec ses deux micros, qui n’ont pas de sortie audio et ne vous poseront donc pas ce soucis…

Et cette playlist musicale alors ?

J’avoue j’écoute que du KeBlack

Hmm… Le soucis de cette playlist, c’est qu’elle est adaptée à un public français, mais pas forcément ultra-marin… Dans mon cas, difficile de m’y retrouver, et à part Vaiana Le Bleu Lumière (et à la limite KeBlack Bazardée), il n’y a pas grand chose qui me plaise… Les scènes Hip-Hop et Dancehall ont été complètement mise de côté, et l’achat de musiques en ligne est impossible pour le moment sur la version Switch ! Cela dit, les goûts et les couleurs étant variés d’un individu à l’autre, voici la playlist disponible, composée de 40 musiques :

Chansons Françaises  Chansons Internationales Kendji Girac – Conmigo Louane – Maman Vianney – Je m’en vais KIDS UNITED – L���Oiseau Et l’Enfant L.E.J – La dalle Soprano – En feu Alma – Requiem Black M – French Kiss Joyce Jonathan – Ça Ira RIDSA – Porto Rico Slimane – Paname Cerise Calixte – Le bleu lumière ZAZ – Si jamais j’oublie KeBlack – Bazardée Cats On Trees – Sirens call Christophe Maé – Dingue, Dingue, Dingue Olivia Ruiz – Elle Panique Jean-Jacques Goldman – Envole-moi Johnny Hallyday – Vivre Pour Le Meilleur Alain Bashung – Osez Joséphine Gnash  ft. Olivia O’Brien – I hate U, I love U LP – Lost On You Charlie Puth – Attention Kaleo – Way Down We Go Kygo ft. Parson James – Stole The Show s Lady Gaga – Million Reasons Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye Alan Walker – Faded The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey – Closer Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend Lukas Graham – 7 Years Maroon 5 – One More Night OneRepublic – Counting Stars Lorde – Royals Imagine Dragons – Demons Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong Maroon 5 – This Love Seal – Crazy Queen – We Are The Champions John Lennon – Imagine

Hormis cela, le jeu dispose de modes de jeu originaux, comme le mode TV où certains mots des chansons n’apparaissent pas à l’écran… Le soucis étant qu’en fait, en disant n’importe quel mot sur la bonne tonalité, le jeu vous validera vos lignes ! Pas très marrant seul du coup, il vous faudra forcément un arbitre humain pour ne pas être tenté de tricher…

Même niveau fonctionnalité, il n’y a pas grand chose. Je veux dire, impossible de vous revoir chanter comme dans Just Dance (remarque, on a pas de caméra sur Switch), impossible de réécouter la chanson que l’on vient de chanter histoire de se foutre la honte, rien de tout cela. On a affaire à un Karaoké interactif et c’est à peu près tout… Ca reste sympa pour délirer entres potes, mais un peu léger dans l’ensemble.

Verdict

Bref, au final, cette version Switch, ne disposant ni d’un mode 4 joueurs, ni de la possibilité de jouer avec son Smartphone, et ne permettant même pas de jouer en mode nomade, est vraiment la moins bonne des version de Let’s Sing 2018, que je vous conseille d’acheter sur une autre plateforme – sauf si vous disposez uniquement d’une Switch à la maison. De plus, je n’ai pas pu trouver le magasin de chanson sur cette musique (cela viendra peut-être plus tard ?), ce qui fait que si la Playlist ne vous plait pas, il va vous être difficile de trouver du plaisir à travers ce jeu… Ou alors, je ne suis peut-être pas le public pour ce genre de jeux ?

Un jeu honnête, sans plus.

Points positifs

Points négatifs

J’aime bien Yono, il est trop mignon ! Les combats super inintéressant. Jeu entièrement traduit en français Un jeu beaucoup trop simple. La narration très enfantine. Le charadesign peu inspiré des personnages secondaires Durée de vie très faible (3h)

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Let’s Sing 2018 sur Nintendo Switch

Let’s Sing 2018 sur Nintendo Switch

Let’s Sing 2018 débarque sur Nintendo Switch !

Let’s Sing 2018 sur Nintendo Switch

Let’s Sing 2018 sur Nintendo Switch

Let’s Sing 2018 sur Nintendo Switch

Let’s Sing 2018 sur Nintendo Switch

Test : Let’s Sing 2018 sur Nintendo Switch, est-il bien ou… Bien ? Test réalisé à partir d'une version commerciale, fournie par Koch Media. Vidéo maison, captures d'écran éditeur.