Not too much to note this week, though a couple of gems stand out: Suda 51's (No More Heroes, Killer 7) Flower, Sun and Rain on DS, and Let's Tap, an innovative game set from Yuji Naka's (Sonic) Prope studio.

The latter game utilizes a control scheme whereby the Wii controller is placed on a flat surface in order to detect small vibrations; tapping the surface, then, serves as your input.

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Sega has announced that there will be a soundtrack for their Prope-developed title, Let's Tap for the Wii. This soundtrack will be released on February 25, 2009 and will retail for 2625 yen. Contained in the album will be the game's twenty Rhythm Tapping songs, all catchy in their own right. Also included is a special Tap Runner song. Three of the songs from the soundtrack will be available on the iTunes store one week earlier on the 18th. The album will be distributed by SuperSweep co.,...

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"SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. have today announced Let's Tap, a game that is blazing new ground in Nintendo Wii control design. Developed by Prope, the studio that Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka established in 2006, Let's Tap is the first product from the new studio to be released to in North America and Europe. Developed exclusively for Nintendo's Wii system, Let's Tap utilizes a ground-breaking control scheme where the Wii controller is placed on a box or flat surface so ..."

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An embargo had been lifted on one of Sega's games at midnight earlier tonight, with the unveiling of the localization of the title from Sonic creator Yuji Naka's Prope studio: Let's Tap for the Nintendo Wii. Coming packed with and utilizing an orange box, Let's Tap is a game collection based on the tapping of the box to play one of five available games and modes.

And of course, the memorable and ridiculously catchy theme song will also make its way over:


Stay tuned for the official P...

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At the Nintendo Fall Press Conference today, Nintendo announced that they will be rereleasing some GameCube classics under a new label: "Wii de Asobu Selection" roughly translated by Chris Kohler as "Games You Can Play on Wii Selection". One of these games will include Pikmin.

Also revealed was a new game from Sonic Team creator Yuji Naka's studio, called "Let's Tap".

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