Flash Game: Typing Mania 4 - Romaji Madness

[VLSmooth]

Game Link:
http://somoe.org/typing/

Direct SWF Link (to play full screen, can't save and play offline with just that file though)
http://somoe.org/typing/312094791820471 ... 230762.swf

Playing Comments:

• None of the Japanese lyrics have spaces.
• When spaces do appear, they’re displayed as underscores, but you can use Space.
• You do not need to capitalize English words.

The above comments are from the blog post I discovered this game from. Quirks behind the romaji transliteration are also mentioned there for the interested.

Other Comments:

• Several songs are NOT in Japanese (see Caramelldansen (Swedish) under Nightmare Mode)
• There is feedback lag for quick bursts of typing (flash sucks!). If you don't need feedback, feel free to rush, but don't make a mistake unless you want a slew of unintentional misses.
• I found having non-moving small font romaji get highlighted is easier than relying on the shifting large letters, however some songs have hiragana instead
• Somewhat addictive, but definitely very hard at the higher levels
• Traditional typing skills might not help for non-English words
• If you don't like the music you can always mute it!

[VLSmooth]

"Origa - Rise - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Opening"
is all in English, but also level 13 (hardest difficulty, under nightmare mode) if you want to try something fast but more "traditional". It's also < 90 seconds.

My first try was a "D" rank

Songs with mostly / all English words are definitely better for me though. For example, I AAA'd Utada Hikaru's rendition of "Fly me to the Moon" (level 11, under hard mode) on my first try (made lots of stupid mistakes too, silly colons)


Must... stop... playing.

Aside: I'm really surprised there isn't a super profitable typing rhythm game already. Guess that goes along with Piano Hero, etc.

[VLSmooth]

More Notes:

• Haha, they have "Symphonic Poem Nausicaa" as level 0, the "lalalalala" song.
• "God Knows" is crazy hard, but pretty fun. At least this game doesn't kick you out for sucking!
• Thanks to the prior point, this game can be used as a music sampler.

Pretty Famous Songs Others Might Know
(sorted by difficulty, prefixed with ENGLISH if the lyrics are entirely English/Engrish)

• Easy
  * stories - code geass insert song
  * kiseki no umi (sea of miracles) - record of lodoss war tv opening
• Normal
  * owaranimono - (neverending things) - the girl who leapt through time
  * kimi wa boku ni niteiru (you are similar to me) - gundam seed destiny ending #4
  * life is like a boat - bleach ending #1
  * kimi wo nosete (carrying you) - laputa castle in the sky ending
• Hard
  * ENGLISH eyes on me - ff8 theme
  * cruel angel's thesis - evangelion opening
  * sora iro no days - gurren lagann opening
• Nightmare
  * ENGLISH Danzai no Hana~Guilty Sky (english version) - claymore ending
  * ENGLISH red fraction - black lagoon opening
  * Motteke! Sailor Fuku - lucky star opening (yes, this is level 99)