Tuesday, October 14, 2008

In Regards to Beat'n Groovy

Dear Konami,

Your recent releases of music games in America (excluding DDR and UBEAT) have been an embarrassment to the music gaming and Bemani community. Please introduce Pop'n Music as Pop'n Music and Beatmania IIDX as Beatmania IIDX and GuitarFreaks/Drummania as GuitrarFreaks/Drummania in America. None of this Beat'n Groovy, Beatmania US mix, or Rock Revolution (I'm aware that Rock Revolution was not developed by Konami, however the fact that Konami is publishing the game is already bad enough since a lot of people can't tell the different between developing and publishing a game).

In fact, don't even localize the games. Just romanize or translate the hiragana and katakana in a home or Arcade game and release it. It'll make the American Bemani fans much more happy with you, and while it won't be a smash hit among the mainstream crowd. People may see it in a more positive light due to the effort you put into those games when compared to their American counterpart.

Sincerely,

A Loyal Bemani Fan of 7 Years and Counting.

P.S. It's Awesome that you are releasing Pop'n Music 17 THE MOVIE. But wheres Pop'n Music Adventure CS?