Let’s Tap

Intro
The Let’s Tap is a Nintendo Wii game that falls under the Party genre and it was released on the 12th June, 2009 by its publisher, Sega. The game is rated as E (Everyone) which means that it may contain minimal violence, some comic mischief or mild language, and it is suitable for players who are more than 6 years old by ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board), while the game’s developer is Prope. The Let’s Tap is designed with an easy to pick-up-and-play control concept where players can put the Wii Remote on a box or a flat surface and do the tap sequences of either light, medium or hard, which in turn allows you to jump hurdles and create environmental effects. The game is designed with simplicity in mind to cater for all level of players whether from hardcore gamers to people who do not even familiar with videogames. Every family member can play the game with its easy controls, along with five game play modes which include Tap Runner (running races), Rhythm Tap (a rhythm game), Silent Blocks (a block puzzler), Bubble Voyager (a 2D side-scrolling shooter) and Visualizer (an abstract drawing mode).

The Let’s Tap is a party game that comes with a unique motion controls using the Wii’s technology where players need to place Wii Remote face-down on a cardboard box, and tap your feet with the rhythm to interact with the game. This game comes with a tutorial to help provides information on how to use its unique control scheme. The Wii remote is quite sensitive, therefore a simple tap or minor vibration can even be detected. Players can also navigate its menus by just pointing at the screen. One of the game play modes is the Tap Runner which is a racing game where players need to tap their way to the finishing line. Players need to tap on the card box lightly or harder enabling you to avoid or jump over an obstacle. It offers up to 16 different courses with its own difficulty level, which include slides, hurdles, springboards, ice wall, tightrope-walking, trapeze-swinging, electric fields and warp gates. Earning four medals in a four-race series enables you to move on to the next level. Apart from engaging in a single playing mode, it also support up to four AI animation or four players to be involved in a multi-player gaming simultaneously.
In the Rhythm Tap, players will be able to tap following the rhythm of various ranges of music which include 16 abstract and forgettable J-pop, dance, and instrumental songs to unlock, plus a further four if you earn the highest rating on all tracks. You can tap along with the rhythm that scrolls across the screen from right to left with a light, medium or hard tap in sync with the on-screen tap indicators. It also supports multi-player where up to four players can play the game simultaneously. Silent Blocks’ puzzle game play is a challenging game where it requires the skill of player in removing coloured circular discs within a tower without making the tower collapse. Player need to strategically use light and hard taps to remove blocks one at a time. The tower will become unstable if the tap is too fast or too firm, while if the removed blocks consist of three or more of the same colour and it ends up next to each other, they will combine becoming a single, more-valuable block, plus you will be receiving bonus point to your score. Additional colours will be introduced if you proceed to the next stages. This mode also supports multi-player gaming (up to four players).
The game also has a Bubble Voyager game play mode which is a 2D side-scrolling shooter that challenges you to maneuver your character through a landscape and avoid obstacles, lasers, and also an angry squid. Light taps will enable you to move upwards and forwards, while a firm taps will fire missiles to gun down your enemies. This mode also supports multi-player gaming of up to four players simultaneously. Last but not least, there is the Visualizer game play which is a single player mode that allows player to draw different patterns according to four themes such as Fireworks, River, Paint, Gem Game and Ink. This mode provides two types of variations. Firstly, player can create light, medium, or firm taps, or draw a specific shapes by just tapping the right pattern, such as smiley-shaped firework, a sumi-e drawn cat, or a painted dandelion. As for the second Visualizer variation, it requires you to tap three balls of the same colour into a single container to progress further. In addition, you will be able to unlocked new ball colours, and finish the game after replacing all the balls with the highest-ranked colour. The Let’s Tap Wii game also comes with an ambient electronic soundtrack that fits in according to the design and game play modes, while the sound effects also blends along with the action that the game provides.