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I loathe putting together these round-up posts because they require so much effort and no one bothers to read through them, but someone has to cover these DSiWare items, right? Sure, Nintendo Life and Go Nintendo mention this junk from time to time, but I’m kind of focused on building the audience for this site. Anyway…

This trailer for Burning Puzzle Flame Tail presents a curious concept: the game scrolls like a vertical shoot’em-up with the DSi turned on its side but has the mechanics of a puzzler. You ignite block groups by touching them with your snake-like form, and collect letters spelling out power-ups. It’s the latest from Mindware, the little known studio that produced surprise gem Maboshi’s Arcade.

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tags / burning puzzle flame tail / mindware / dsiware / imports / suzak / genterprise / gg series / assault buster / drilling attack / dark spirits / d-tank / maestro jump in music / maestro green groove / iphone / ec

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Pastagames implores pirates to import Maestro: Jump In Music

I can understand why some of you might have downloaded Pastagames’s rhythm platformer Maestro: Jump in Music instead of opening your wallets for the DS game — up until last week, the Europe-only release wasn’t available through any obvious import shops. As Rebecca Gunn recently pointed out, though, Games Basement now ships Maestro internationally for $44.98 (free shipping).

[Update: Never mind! They’re out of stock now.]

Pastagames can also see why people aren’t paying to play the game, but the French studio is pleading with pirates who enjoyed Maestro to pick up a copy:

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Maestro: Jump in Music’s tutorial, palace, outer space, and Wild West areas. The rhythm platformer features a total of 24 songs/stages split into these six themed stages.

Pastagames just put out Maestro’s full tracklist, and while it’s filled with classic (royalty free) songs for the most part, there are also a few contemporary pieces like “House Of The Rising Sun” and “ABC”. Yubaba Smith & Fortune, which also composed music for Big Bang Mini and Soul Bubbles, is handling the re-interpreted pieces, some of which you can download here.

I discovered another interesting bit of media at the game’s official site — the Sesame Street animation that helped inspire Pastagames to develop Maestro:

This releases pretty soon in Europe, but I still haven’t heard any news of Maestro picking up a U.S. publisher, so you might have to suck it up and import this if you want to play the game this year. Why not pick up Freshly-Picked Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland, Giana Sisters DS, and 100 Classic Book Collection while you’re at it?

See also: Maestro’s new trailer (watch this if you haven’t yet!), Maestro: Jump in Music artwork

tags / maestro jump in music / pastagames / neko / imports / yubaba smith and fortune / soundtrack / sesame street / ec

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Maestro: Jump in Music artwork. I adore the Castlevania parody and Presto’s pose straight out of the original NES game’s box. The Commando and Wild West pieces are goofy, too, considering there’s very little if any gunplay in this music-based platformer.

I’m clueless on what’s going on in the Super Mario Galaxy-esque art — a fleet of carrot ships piloted by rabbits are attacking a moon? And somehow a miniature galaxy wandered into the solar system? How is that possible?

I would be thrilled if any of these paintings somehow factored into Maestro: Jump in Music’s storyline.

See also: Maestro’s new trailer, Maestro for DS, DSiWare

tags / big ben interactive / maestro jump in music / neko / pastagames / castlevania

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Maestro: Jump in Music’s new trailer. Notice that Pastagames added indicators to the tightrope/strings that let you know when you should strum. Neat!

The singing bit around 1:18 warmed my usually bleak heart, so I’m less upset now about the studio cutting the planned multiplayer mode (it may reappear in a possible sequel).

Still no word on whether Maestro has a U.S. publisher. :o/

See also: Maestro releasing for DS, DSiWare

[Via GoNintendo]

tags / pastagames / maestro jump in music / neko / big ben interactive / import / ec

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Maestro releasing for DS, DSiWare

Parisian outfit Pastagames hasn’t yet announced a U.S. publisher for its very promising rhythm platformer Maestro: Jump in Music, but Neko Entertainment hopes to release it for the DS in Europe sometime during the third quarter of 2009 (in the next month or so, then?).

The developer will later port a condensed version of the game to DSiWare with a planned price of 200 Nintendo Points. iPhone and iPod Touch are also in the works — I suspect the App Store will receive the full retail version.

The DS game includes 18 tracks/stages and 7 boss fights. Though I remember single-cart multiplayer modes were initially announced (as well as beat-box and chorus modes), the company now says it’s saving multiplayer for a potential sequel due to budget concerns. :o(

If you haven’t heard of Maestro, by the way, make sure you get familiar with this wonderful trailer:

Buy: U.S. Matte Black and Blue DSi

Import: Japanese Nintendo DSi (White, Black, Pink, Red, Lime Green, Metallic Blue)

See also: Maestro! Jump in Music trailers

[Via Gamespot, GoNintendo, PlanetDS]

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Eight minutes of Maestro! Jump in Music.

The title, the fact it’s developed by a Parisian studio you’ve likely never heard of (Pastagames), and the video’s first 20 seconds all point to this being a cheap, terrible game, but if you stick with it, you’ll see it’s amazing. Around the 1:20 mark, you’ll wonder where this music-based platformer has been all your life. It’s been in France, apparently.

Maestro will feature six different worlds and 18 music tracks, including classic songs like Beethoven’s 5th Symphony as well as contemporary tunes such as”Our House” (Not sure if this is the Madness or Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young version) and The Jackson 5’s “ABC”.

Publisher Neko Entertainment plans to release the game some time this Autumn. Here’s another video of Maestro, which shows off the only awesome underwater area that has ever existed (an exaggeration, of course).

See also: Taito’s rhythm-action light gun game

[Via GBAtemp]

tags / pastagames / neko / maestro jump in music / ec

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