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18-563: Gitaroo Man follows a young boy named U-1 who is often picked on by his rival Kazuya and passed over by the girl of his dreams, Pico. One day, as U-1 is suddenly attacked, his talking dog Puma transforms and gives him a weapon known as the Last Gitaroo, which transforms U-1 into the legendary warrior Gitaroo Man. After defeating many enemies, sent by Prince Zowie of the Gravillian Empire, and obtaining their Gitaroos, Puma brings

36-432: A more confident person. Gitaroo Man is a rhythm game in which the player character, U-1, faces against various opponents in musical battles. In each level, both the player and opponent has a life bar, with the player tasked with depleting the opponent's life bar and reaching the end of the song without running out of life. With some exceptions, each level consists of three main phases; Charge, Attack, and Guard, followed by

54-468: A reluctant U-1 to Planet Gitaroo, which had been invaded by the Gravillian Empire. Upon arriving there, U-1 befriends a girl named Kirah, only to later discover that she is Zowie's gladiator. Refusing to fight her, U-1 uses the power of music to convince Kirah to stand up against Zowie. Obtaining all eight Gitaroos, U-1 becomes the True Gitaroo Man and defeats Zowie, after which he returns home as

72-539: A well-known cult classic. Since then Yano has developed a number of other music video games including the Ouendan series. The Ouendan games have been criticized as unintelligible to Western markets due to its emphasis on Japanese Ōendan culture, however despite this Yano has created Western-targeted localizations such as the Blues Brothers -influenced Elite Beat Agents . Most recently Yano has created

90-500: Is a game for up four players, where players battle against each other in two teams playing Gitaroo Man's parts and his opponent's parts respectively. Not all songs are available in the mode, and some songs are altered to provide better balance for both players compared to the single player mode. The PSP version additionally features Duet Mode, in which two players can play co-operatively ad hoc in two exclusive new levels; "Metal Header" and "Toda Pasion". The Gitaroo Man Original Soundtrack

108-659: Is a port of the game released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan on June 8, 2006, in Europe on September 29, 2006, and in North America on November 14, 2006. Along with local Ad-Hoc multiplayer and additional difficulty options, the game adds a new Duet mode, in which two players control Gitaroo Man and Kirah in two exclusive new stages, "Metal Header" and "Toda Pasión". These levels may also be played alone if

126-567: Is an audio CD released in 2001, containing the majority of the songs found in the PS2 video game Gitaroo Man . While it is missing the background music played during the Collection viewing and the Masters' Play versions of songs, it does have four "Ropeland" remixes of certain stages. Gitaroo Man One ( ギタルマン ワン , Gitaru Man Wan ) , a budget trial version of the game, was released prior to

144-548: The karaoke game , Lips Yano is personal friends with fellow music video game pioneer, Tetsuya Mizuguchi , and Yano's contributions to the world of music video games have gained him notability as one of the pioneers of the genre. Aside from music games, Yano has worked on a number of other utilities such as the NFactor2 (a Realtime 3D Engine), the MixJuice Interactive Music Engine, and

162-668: The 2002 cult video game , Gitaroo Man . Yano has been involved in music (especially jazz music) from a young age and he earned a major in jazz studies at the University of Southern California . He has spent time playing saxophone in Tokyo jazz clubs. In 1996, Keiichi Yano co-founded the production company, iNiS , and began development of video games. His first project was the early music video game , Gitaroo Man for which he acted as lead programmer. The game enjoyed only moderate sales, however it received critical accolades and became

180-520: The Harmony and End phases at the end of the level. During the Charge and Attack phases, players follow a "trace line" using the analog stick, upon which red "phase bars" will appear. By pressing and holding down the button at the start of a phase, timing it to its appearance at the center of the screen, and releasing the button at the end, the player plays music. In the Charge phase, successful notes restore

198-614: The North American and European versions of Gitaroo Man were produced in very low quantities by Koei and, as a result, have become somewhat rare; it is regarded as a cult video game. Around November 2005 in North America, copies of Gitaroo Man began popping up in GameStop game stores. This was due to a reprint by GameQuestDirect, similar to their previous reprints of PlayStation RPGs Persona 2 and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure , both of which were previously very rare. The game

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216-555: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 550027477 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:55:07 GMT Keiichi Yano (video game designer) Keiichi Yano ( 矢野慶一 , Yano Keiichi ) is a Tokyo-based video game designer and musician responsible for a number of music video game titles including his most famous game,

234-403: The full game's Japanese launch, on April 5, 2001. It features the original TGS trailer, alternate versions of some of the game's songs, an art gallery mode, and a mini game starring Puma. Each copy also included three collectible cards with which players could play rock paper scissors . Gitaroo Man Lives! , known in Japan as Gitaroo Man Live! ( ギタルマン ライブ！ , Gitaru Man Raibu! ) ,

252-513: The handheld's Ad-Hoc is activated. According to the game's designer Keiichi Yano , the game was commercially successful in the United States, where it sold more copies than it did in Japan. Edge awarded the game a score of 7 out of 10; the game was later included in that magazine's staff- and reader-voted "Top 100 Games" list published in July 2007. Despite a number of positive reviews,

270-476: The player will no longer take damage. After each level, players are given a rank based on their performance, with good ranks earning items for the collection, which unlocks character bios. Masters' Play is an additional mode unlocked after clearing the game once. In this mode, gameplay is harder as more complex notes appear, the "trace line" becomes more complex with more twists and turns and thus harder to follow and players take more damage from mistakes. Versus Mode

288-461: The player's health, whereas in the Attack phase, successful notes damage the opponents whilst missed notes will hurt the player. During the guard phase, players must hit corresponding buttons as they reach the center of the screen to avoid attacks from the opponent, taking damage should they miss. Unlike the player's life, which ends the game if depleted, the opponent's life bar indicates the progress of

306-477: The player. Most levels are split up into different sections, which can have multiple variations on each playthrough, and the player must damage the opponent enough to move onto the next section. Otherwise, they will have to repeat the section until enough damage is dealt. At the end of a level, players play through the Harmony phase, which is similar to the Attack phase, and keep on playing til the End phase, at which point

324-589: Was also reissued in Europe around this time. Blake Fischer reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation , rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "The genius here isn't in any bold gameplay innovations; it's that it delivers a fun, well-rounded package that is beautifully crafted." It was a runner-up for GameSpot ' s annual "Best Music on PlayStation 2" and "Best Game No One Played on PlayStation 2" awards. Tokyo Game Show Too Many Requests If you report this error to

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