One octave? You might as well stick with a touch-screen keyboard. As a pianist I really don't see the point in taking the time to create the hardware if it can barely fit the melody to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" on it. Maybe they're just pumping up their profit margin with the novelty factor, riding the "Hero" wave?
I'd rather wait for Korg DS-10 Plus - but even that could use some better "acoustic" options (guitar, drums, piano, staff composing, basic stuff). I love chiptune, but not everything needs to sound like a whirlwind of microchips in a discotheque. #easypiano
If this has any merit as a piano teaching tool, I might just get it. It sounds silly when you look at it, but I can see the merit in the idea - there was similar software/keyboard for the NES.
Why the DS, a portable system? I have no farkin' clue. #easypiano
@Koztah: You'd be better off at least getting some kind of a keyboard, unless you can afford a piano. For one thing, it only has one octave. Also, when it comes to a real piano, the way you touch the keys really affects the way the strings vibrate. That tiny little thing isn't going to teach you that. As for me, I'm no grand piano player, but I go to church sometimes just because they let me play the piano before and after mass. Sacrilegious, I know, but who wouldn't for a grand piano... #easypiano
@Count Hippopopolous: I don't intend to ever own a piano. I play guitar, and I pretty much just want to train my ear and maybe learn enough to start plinking on a keyboard. #easypiano
Before reading the article I immediately thought Piano Hero, which lead me to brainstorm more and more "hero" games. How about Xylophone Hero or Harp Hero?! I can see Mad Catz peripherals now! ;) #easypiano
@Szin: Indeed. No matter how bad the game may end up... you got a free Nerf gun.
This should be some sort of slogan for optimism.
"My dog jumped off a bridge, my car got repossessed, I have six months to live, and the zombie uprising just started. But I got a free Nerf gun. Pew pew, bitches! Best day ever!" #nerfnstrikeelite
@BahamutNeo: haha. In the time it takes to lay out all the swag she's sending off in a picturesque pile, and then let swag cat mosey over and choose the cream of the crop, she could write about 10 HQ articles. #nerfnstrikeelite
Was there a thought process to this? A board meeting? Focus groups? How did they arrive at the conclusion that penetrating a plastic infant with a remote was the first step on one's way to fun? #wii
If you don't like it, don't buy it. No one's holding a gun to your head to make you pretend to be a mommy. I would have loved this when I was a little girl and many little girls will. I don't see the big deal. You'd probably think it was really cool if you were 4 or 5. #wii
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I'd rather wait for Korg DS-10 Plus - but even that could use some better "acoustic" options (guitar, drums, piano, staff composing, basic stuff). I love chiptune, but not everything needs to sound like a whirlwind of microchips in a discotheque. #easypiano
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@Sustenance: "I love chiptune, but not everything needs to sound like a whirlwind of microchips in a discotheque."
This guy would disagree. How can he flail to music using real instruments? XD #easypiano
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Why the DS, a portable system? I have no farkin' clue. #easypiano
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@Rampage: #easypiano
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{/Postal Strike-RoyalMail in General snide remark mode} #nerfnstrikeelite
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This should be some sort of slogan for optimism.
"My dog jumped off a bridge, my car got repossessed, I have six months to live, and the zombie uprising just started. But I got a free Nerf gun. Pew pew, bitches! Best day ever!" #nerfnstrikeelite
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Was there a thought process to this? A board meeting? Focus groups? How did they arrive at the conclusion that penetrating a plastic infant with a remote was the first step on one's way to fun? #wii
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