In case you missed the Playstation Blog this morning, rhythm game sensation Jungle Rumble: Freedom, Happiness, and Bananas is heading to PS Vita. This new version will have more levels to drum through, more beats to bang, and more medals to earn. Truly, this is bananas.
What’s Jungle Rumble? If you didn’t check out our post from PAX EAST… The player drums to control a tribe of monkeys. A rival tribe invades to steal bananas. The player sends monkey minions into the fray by drumming on the screen. It’s the world’s craziest rhythm game.
Tapping along to the beat of the jungle, players drum on monkeys and then drum on trees to have their simian soldiers swing through the trees. Drum on coconuts and then drum on enemies to throw those coconuts with rhythmic flair. The player jaunts through the jungle with a rhythmic grammar. Unlike a traditional rhythm game there is no script to follow—in Jungle Rumble drumming controls the game.
As the game evolves, the questions pile up. Why would that tribe invade and shatter the peace in the jungle? What would cause them to risk war?
The game has a dynamic soundtrack. As more and more monkeys team up, the music swells with intensity. As more coconuts are grabbed, the beats bang bigger. Make a mistake? The music stops and the quiet is palpable.
After releasing on iPhone and iPad over the summer, Jungle Rumble rode to the top of music game charts in places like the US, Japan, The Netherlands, and UK. For PS Vita we are expanding the game with some bright, shiny things.
- New tutorial. Being a quite different control mechanic, the game explains how to play. We have playtested with (literally) thousands of con-going types in the Indie MEGABOOTH at PAX, next to the Heian Shrine at BitSummit in Kyoto, and wherever else they let Disco Pixel set up shop. We watch what trips new players up. Then we fix it. We want you to love this as much as we do.
- More levels. We have expanded the game with bonus levels exploring the “hot step”, a way for monkeys to speed through the jungle. More levels, more medals to earn, more achievements.
- Badder beats. This is a rhythm game. More music. Hot stuff.