Soon set to be the videogame of choice for both Fred Astaire and Pingu, Let’s Tap is the brainchild of Sega’s Yuji Naka - you might remember him as the man who programmed the original Sonic the Hedgehog. It’s the game widely reported as so simple that it could be played by penguins, and the above video shows why, as someone rests the Wii remote upside down on the console’s box, and taps away either side to make a wire-frame man run and jump, remove a tile from a precariously-balanced pile, and swirl water and paint around.

It shows the remarkable sensitivity of the Wii remote when people bother to program for it properly, and is possibly the weirdest control method I’ve seen for a game since Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. A game where you don’t actually touch the controller? The revolution is here!

Indeed, it would arguably be the perfect way to make up for the lack of bongos in the forthcoming re-Wiilease of EAD Tokyo’s palm-blistering platformer, but I bet good money it’s not included as an alternative control scheme, more’s the pity.

I’ll bring you more details of this fascinating game as I get it. Interest well and truly piqued.

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This entry was posted on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at 8:24 am by Chris Schilling
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