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MojibRibon is an unreleased single-player PS2 title - a rapping love letter, Japanese syllable-writing game |
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created by Masaya Matsuura: the funky genius behind Parappa, UmJammer Lammy and VibRibbon |
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In this beautifully rendered game, characters run along arcs of clouds, writing calligraphy (Hiragana and Katakana) with black ink (the game's only resource) - in time to raps, music and beats. |
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As ink is expended, the player must make timed jumps to a suspended ink pool, renewing their supply. Ink is metered to the left of the screen - in a bamboo pipe. |
The strength of your calligraphy (its darkness) and how often you "trip" over phrases increase your ink expenditure.
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The gameplay is essentially managing brushstrokes and jumps in time to the music*, which is rapped by the characters using text-to-speech synthesis. As you progress through the game, character names and phrases which you select between levels are worked into the raps!
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*This game uses only the right analog joystick for control. |
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