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Let’s Tap (Your iPhone)

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Let’s Tap, former Sega talisman Yuji Naka’s quirky Wii party game that involved…tapping things, is coming to the iPhone as a series of individual apps. More »
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Sega Says Let’s Party!

6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Sega of Japan is apparently bringing the party, registering a trademark and logo for Let’s Party, presumably the latest in a line of games from developer Prope, responsible for Wii games Let’s Tap and Let’s Catch. More »
Hands On

Let’s Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | When former Sonic Team lead Yuji Naka left Sega to form the semi-independent Prope, he said the studio would focus on “original entertainment.” Prope’s first major release, Let’s Tap, is certainly original, packing five multiplayer focused mini-games into one title. More »
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Let’s Tap Arrives, Sans Dedicated Tapping Peripheral

10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Sega and Prope’s Let’s Tap has shipped for the Wii, a mini-game compilation that requires players to lightly tap or firmly rap whatever surface the Wii Remote rests upon. Sadly, Sega did not provide North American consumers with cardboard boxes. More »
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Let’s Tap Box Art: Hands-On, Party On

7:20AM Michael McWhertor | Sega has released the North American box art for its upcoming Wii mini-game collection Let’s Tap. What does it tell us? Pretty much everything we need to know about Let’s Tap!
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Let’s Tap! Soundtrack To Stay Japanese-y In America

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Typically, when rhythm video games come across the pond, their poppy bubblegum Japanese soundtracks get amputated in favour of something more lowest common denominator. Not Sega’s Let’s Tap!, though. Its soundtrack is staying intact.
Culture

Sonic Creator Welcomes Your Boring Sonic Questions

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Try asking Harrison Ford about Han Solo, and you’ll only get dirty looks. But ask Sonic programmer Yuji Naka (pictured) about working on Sonic the Hedgehog, and he’ll gladly cooperate…
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Yuji Naka Wanted Sega To Stay In The Hardware Biz

8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Former Sonic Team head honcho Yuji Naka is a Dreamcast fanboy. And he was very much against Sega’s decision to bail on the hardware business, to kill off the Dreamcast, he says in a new interview.
Rumours

Let’s Tap Is Bound For America

8:30PM Brian Ashcraft | While penguin-playable game Let’s Tap didn’t exactly set the Japanese sales charts ablaze, that doesn’t mean it, um, won’t set American sales charts on fire.