Game Boy Advance Music/Beat Games

Robert H. Magnusson · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jan 2003

For those of us unable to import a WonderSwan for Beatmania, there seems to be only three choices for a music game on the GBA...

1. Britney's Dance Beat, with even less music choice than the console versions.
2. Importing DDR GBC, which has somewhat awkward controls (due to the GBC design).
3. The upcoming Space Channel 5 port.

Am I leaving anything out? I would like to see how SC5 stacks up against the Dreamcast version... The Chu Chu Rocket! port was excellent, after all. (Admittedly, I haven't really gotten into the Dreamcast SC5, except in store demos long ago - with the sound OFF. Bleh.)

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Kuma · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Location: London, UK.

There is also Beatmania on the GBC, I think there are 3 versions. BMGB. BMGB 2 and I thank there is an Anime one too.

Pop n' Music has also had a few incarnations on the GBC. Again I think there are 2 mixes plus the animelo tunes version.

cfusionpm · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: San Diego, CA

the pad isnt really an "adapter", its a snap on piece that fits over a GBC and has springs and levers connected to the arrows that push corrosponding buttons on the gbc. i have DDR GB, and its terrible. im not sure if its this way with others, but the buttons dont match up correctly. well all do, except for Left, which matches up with B (used for Right). and there is no way to change the controll scheme. anyway, beatmania on the other hand is really decently made for game boy, the controlls are a little more logical. if you can find it though (and i have never seen it) pop n music for GBC is also very good.

and for the record, britneys dance beat is the single worst gba game ever made. yes, i am classifying it as worse than mortal kombat advance
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Robert H. Magnusson · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Sound interesting; I think the beat/rhythm/music genre needs more GBA support, especially since the system can handle much better audio than the GBC ever could. And as for DDR GBC... well, good luck fitting the GameBoy *COLOR* snap-on onto the GameBoy *ADVANCE* (or SP)...

Also, has anyone worked with the excellent NeoGeo Pocket Color SNK vs. Capcom: Match Of The Millennium? A great game, and technically a fighting one, but among the minigames is a simple Bemani-style Cat Dance... Anyone tried this one?

Kuma · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jul 2002 Location: London, UK.

You are right, cfusionpm, about it not being an adaptor but I used that for lack of a better word. I have all the DDR's for GBC, yes I was mad enough to buy Disney and Oha

I also have BM 1 and 2 and Pop n' Animelo. Of all of them Pop n' works the best.

The best thing about BM for GBC is that they did a GB mix for each song, I have not really played them all that much but a friend that really like BM says they are very good.

Pop 'n works really well on the SP, once you have a damn phones adaptor that is. Call me a freak but I really like to play it on widescreen mode.

As for Britneys Dance Beat, it really does suck however the worst game ever is any Mary-Kate and Ashley game. I would like to point out that I do not, will not and never have owned said Britney and MKA games.
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Robert H. Magnusson · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jan 2003

And the inevitable question: Best place to import GBC games?...

Also, do you think the music genre will grow on the GBA?

SPF5.Ash · Posted: Sun May 18, 2003 9:05 pm Post subject:

[quote]Also, has anyone worked with the excellent NeoGeo Pocket Color SNK vs. Capcom: Match Of The Millennium? A great game, and technically a fighting one, but among the minigames is a simple Bemani-style Cat Dance... Anyone tried this one?[/quote

yes! One of my favorite handheld games

my best score on Cat Walk = 100% on Chun-Li's stage...which is pretty much as high as it goes =X

chill182 · Trick Member Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Location: Columbus, OH

I've heard about a Neo Geo Pocket rhythm game called Cool Cool Jam. Supposedly it is linkable to the Dreamcast game Cool Cool Toon. Does anyone have some more information on these?

I agree there needs to be more rhythm games for the GBA. Something similar to Parappa or Frequency would be cool. Too bad those are both Sony games.
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Bean · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY

The Cat-Walk mini-game is classic. My best score is still one note away from a 100% on Chun-Li's stage.

Someday...

One of my friends has Cool Cool Toon for the NGPC. Apparantly each stage is a different 'instrument' that you play, and the story is you trying to 'get the band back together'. The controls are quite strange, and it's a really difficult game from what he says.
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Regenesis · Trick Member Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Location: Rockford, IL

Mary-Kate and Ashley Girls Night Out is actually a surprisingly good rhythm game considering the license it draws upon and the inherent limitations of the GBA platform.
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chill182 · Trick Member Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Location: Columbus, OH

The screenshots of this game are funny. "Let's get ready to LOOK SO GOOD!"
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Robert H. Magnusson · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jan 2003

You're right about the MK&A game; according to the latest Nintendo Power, there is also a GBA title based on MGA's Bratz doll line featuring a dance-type theme; also, the Donkey Kong Country GBA title, in addition to the fishing minigame from the GBC title, will have some kind of dance minigame. Interesting. (This is neither here nor there, but if Sony's portable is successful, would they continue the Frequency/Amplitude series on it, or would the technology allow it?)

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PS: Does the GBC DDR pad fit on the GBA or SP?

cfusionpm · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: San Diego, CA

MeltyKiss · Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 2:09 am Post subject:

From what I hear... There seems to be a Beatmania-like game on Wario Ware, Inc.

*shrugs*

I have yet to find it but I'm only 10% through the game.
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Robert H. Magnusson · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Re: Wario Ware Inc.: I'm not sure about a Beatmania-type game; the closest I can find is a game where you try to clash cymbals to hit notes. So far, I've played all the minigames, and have the target score on Wario's Intro, Jimmy's, Mona's, and 9-Volt's games...

Milza · Trick Member Joined: 05 Oct 2002

Well Jet Grind Radio's being ported.
It may not exactly be a music game but it does have a lot of rhythm to it...

And I know for a fact that Wario Ware does NOT have a Bemani-style game in it. The only reference is 9-Volt playing Beatmania in his intro movie.

Remy · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Location: Astoria, NY

Yeah, the Beatmania stuff is just the intro movie for 9-Volt, where he is playing something remarkably similar to 5-key.

There's a couple other music-related minigames on there besides the cymbals one; one where you're doing Simon-style dance moves (remember these button presses, then do them back in sequence), and another where you're making a funky little band play.
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Robert H. Magnusson · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jan 2003

It's been awhile since I posted on this topic... I do consider the Simon-type games in WarioWare to be more that than rhythm / reflex like the cymbals one.

I did just purchase Sonic Pinball Party at Target (which I understand has it as a store exclusive), and it's a pretty darn solid pinball title, with themes based on Sonic (naturally), NiGHTS, and Samba de Amigo. The latter (SdA, I mean) has a very simple minigame where you tap the left or right flipper buttons in time to the music and "rhythm balls" to "shake" the maracas... fun stuff. (For fans of the Dreamcast title, it does have many of the familiar tunes... even a Chu Chu Rocket! one.)

an0maly · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 2:09 am Post subject: