Obama Says: Yes We Can is a Simon Says clone accompanied by will.i.am’s music single inspired by the Democratic presidential candidate’s New Hampshire primary speech. It’s not an enjoyable game, which I’ll explain shortly, but it’s interesting for a few reasons:

• Other than Olympic Battlefields, there are very few DS titles that address political issues
• It creatively exposes people to Obama’s rhetoric
• It’s a stark contrast to programmer Multiple:Option’s last release, Sexy Blackjack Trainer, a strip blackjack game starring adult movie stars Sunny Leone and Sora Aoi
• Propaganda with rumble support!

The game generates a random pattern of buttons for players to input, with difficulty ramping up depending on your performance. Because the gameplay portion has no effect on the top screen’s visuals or Obama’s speech, though, it seems like there’s little reward for playing along, save the score screen at the end.

Also, this is a terrible song. will.i.am should leave sampled mixes to DJ Premier and other more capable artists.

Download: Obama Says: Yes We Can

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