is a

music video game A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs. Music video games may take a ...

released in 2000 for the

WonderSwan Color The is a handheld game console released in Japan by Bandai. Developed in collaboration with Gunpei Yokoi's company Koto Laboratory, it was the final piece of hardware Yokoi worked on before his death in 1997. Launched in March 1999 during the ...

. Although being developed by

NanaOn-Sha is a Japanese video game developer founded by Masaya Matsuura in 1993. History In 1993, Matsuura founded the Tokyo-based production company, NanaOn-Sha, which began the development of video games. He was mainly involved in the development of ...

, it was released exclusively in Japan.

Gameplay

In similarities to ''

Vib-Ribbon (stylized ''vib-ribbon'') is a 1999 rhythm video game developed by NanaOn-Sha and made by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The game came out in Japan on December 9, 1999 and in Europe on September 1, 2000, but was never released ...

'', the game's plot involved the adventures of Kerorican, a female astronaut wearing kemonomimi-style frog-helmet, as she walks along accompanied by music import from NanaOn-Sha's debut game ''Tunin'Glue''. As Kerorican continues her walk, she encounters enemies and obstacles. Kerorican must jump, duck, kick aside, or otherwise dodge these obstacles to progress and as she does so, the actions she takes add notes to the song such that the player's actions results in a generative melody. By successfully clearing obstacles, Kerorican's combo count increases for a result to reward the player a crown that acts to skip over obstacles. It is the only WonderSwan Color game to be held diagonally, although the text in the game was oblique.

References

* "Rogulgot", N.p.. Web. 23 Mar 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb5fcxlB4EI.

External links

* {{moby game, id=/rhyme-rider-kerorican 2000 video games Bandai games Japan-exclusive video games Music video games NanaOn-Sha games Single-player video games Video games about amphibians Video games developed in Japan WonderSwan Color games WonderSwan Color-only games