Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:38 pm
lawlRiot wrote:Screw ITG, upgrade Beatmania.
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:18 am
don't forget about PPP... we could use one of those
*image for reference
*image for reference
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:35 am
OMG what is that?! I've never seen that before in my life...
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 7:30 am
Lol that's para para...it's like a dancing game but you have to use your hands, and everybody that's ever played it EVER looks like an idiot when they're doing it...plus you have to be pretty "secure" with your masculinity to play that if you're a guy.
-Dan
-Dan
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:54 am
Para Para is a style of choreographed line dance that is and/or has been popular in Japan. There are defined routines that go with various Eurobeat songs that involve mostly upper body/arm motions and limited footwork.
ParaParaParadise is a game by Konami that used infrared sensors to grade your ability to perform these routines. As you moved your hands and arms around inside the sensor cage, the game could tell if they were in the right locations based on the routine you were supposed to be performing.
In 2nd Mix, there was an onscreen animated character that you could follow if you didn't know the routine already. The PS2 version of the game acutally had video that you could follow. Here is an example from the PS2 version.
You'll notice that the video is played as a mirror image (text is backwards). This way you can mimic the people in the video left-to-right without having to turn it around in your head. Also, no one is actually playing in that video, so all the grades come up as "poor."
ParaParaParadise is a game by Konami that used infrared sensors to grade your ability to perform these routines. As you moved your hands and arms around inside the sensor cage, the game could tell if they were in the right locations based on the routine you were supposed to be performing.
In 2nd Mix, there was an onscreen animated character that you could follow if you didn't know the routine already. The PS2 version of the game acutally had video that you could follow. Here is an example from the PS2 version.
You'll notice that the video is played as a mirror image (text is backwards). This way you can mimic the people in the video left-to-right without having to turn it around in your head. Also, no one is actually playing in that video, so all the grades come up as "poor."
That's probably because most people in America have no concept of the routines and how you're actually supposed to "play" the game.dance1005 wrote:and everybody that's ever played it EVER looks like an idiot when they're doing it
Para Para routines are performed by both males and females in Japan. However, many of the routines are quite feminine--especially so when viewed from an American cultural perspective--and probably wouldn't be performed by guys even over there...though that has never really stopped me.dance1005 wrote:plus you have to be pretty "secure" with your masculinity to play that if you're a guy.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:35 pm
Ho has one in his basement. And no, PP has no room for PPP. It'd be too many P's.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:52 pm
Please Play Para Para Paradise at Putt Putt
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:55 pm
ALLITERATION! You really ARE an English major!Riot wrote:Please Play Para Para Paradise at Putt Putt
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 1:13 pm
Yes, I rescued Westside's machine when they liquidated all their games. I enjoy the game, but it's not one I would have purchased had I not gotten a killer deal on it.SoDeepPolaris wrote:Ho has one in his basement. And no, PP has no room for PPP. It'd be too many P's.
I left-angle-bracket-three alliteration.SoDeepPolaris wrote:ALLITERATION! You really ARE an English major!Riot wrote:Please Play Para Para Paradise at Putt Putt
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 5:49 pm
how bout some Lucky and Wild?
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:54 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:41 pm
Wow, Para Para Paradise sounds really interesting...it doesn't really look like something I would try. I'm perfectly satisfied with DDR and ITG.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:00 pm
Aww...and here I was going to suggest you come try it sometime.blackcat24 wrote:...it doesn't really look like something I would try.
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:01 pm
omg are you even kidding me? I would suck so bad!
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:05 pm
Well, you probably weren't all that great at DDR the first time you tried it either. (I sure wasn't.)
So is that interest or disinterest?
So is that interest or disinterest?