DanceDanceRevolution and Frogger for the iPhone
Konami’s going touchscreen mad
We’ve been hot on Konami’s trail all morning, with news that Metal Gear Solid Touch and Silent Hill: The Escape are coming to the App Store very shortly, so we thought we’d round out our coverage with a look at DanceDanceRevolution S Lite and Frogger.
Rhythm games are proving pretty popular on the iPhone - what with the likes of Tap Tap Revenge tearing up the App Store charts, so it’s only right that the original music/rhythm game gets an iPhone port.
DanceDanceRevolution S Lite appears to work along the lines of those miniaturised stepping controllers that came out when the console versions of DanceDance appeared, with a touchscreen overlay to let your fingers do the dancin’. [Update: DDR isn't currently announced for Europe].
Frogger fits the iPhone screen perfectly, as the original coin-op used a portrait orientated monitor, too. The result looks like a pretty accurate and welcome picture-perfect port, with all the log-hopping, traffic-dodging action (with touchscreen and/or accelerometer controls) that made the game such a cult classic.
Hopefully we’ll be seeing these on the App Store before long, as both are labelled as having a late December release date. Keep checking back at Pocket Gamer for more Konami iPhone news as it comes in.
