Let's Tap

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Let's Tap
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Developer(s) Prope
Publisher(s) Sega
Director(s) Shunsuke Kawarazuka
Tetsuo Shinyu
Producer(s) Yuji Naka
Hiroyuki Miyazaki
Artist(s) Hiroyuki Yamamoto
Composer(s) Ayako Saso
Naofumi Hataya
Shinji Hosoe
Azusa Chiba
Masaharu Iwata
Mitsuhiro Kaneda
Noriyuki Kamikura
Platform(s) Wii, iOS
Release
  • JP: December 18, 2008
  • NA: June 16, 2009
  • PAL: June 19, 2009
Genre(s) Rhythm, Minigames
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Let's Tap is a video game developed by Yuji Naka's studio Prope and published by Sega for the Wii console. Along with Let's Catch , Let's Tap was the first game from Prope to be announced. Owners of Let's Tap can unlock content in Let's Catch. [1] The game was later released as five individual applications for iOS. [2]

Contents

Gameplay

Let's Tap consists of a number of minigames that requires the player to tap a flat surface with their hands to play. The game requires the player to set the Wii Remote face-side down on a flat, stable surface, with the accelerometer picking up their vibrations as they tap the surface to move an on-screen character in a race, inflate a balloon, create ripples in a pool of water or paint swirls on a canvas. [3]

In a video released by Sega the player is shown resting the Wii Remote on an empty box originally used to package the Wii console. [4] In Japan and Europe Sega released the game with two foldout cardboard boxes that players are able to use as a tapping surface, [5] but these are not included in the North American package. [6]

Minigames

The game features the following minigames:

Reception

Let's Tap has received mixed or average reviews from critics, garnering a Metascore of 70 at Metacritic. [9]

Eurogamer praised the innovative control method and the well-designed minigames, calling it "one of the few worthwhile and interesting mini-game compilations in existence". [10] N-Europe called it "very original and conceptually ambitious", praising its accessible control scheme and multiplayer modes. [11]

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  6. ↑ "What Do I Tap On, Sega?". Siliconera. June 17, 2009. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Let's Tap gameplay overview trailer". Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2008.
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