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Plain-English introductions to the arcade rhythm games you can play in North America – how each one plays, where to find it, and your options for playing at home.
CHUNITHM is SEGA’s other great rhythm game – and where maimai asks you to play around a circle, CHUNITHM asks you to play on a touch slider at waist height and, at the same time, in the air above it. It is a top-tier favourite in Japan, a recognised cult game in North America, and…
SOUND VOLTEX is Konami’s knob-driven rhythm game: six buttons for the notes, two analog knobs for the lasers. It has been running in Japanese arcades since 2012, it became the first of Konami’s flagship rhythm games to run officially online in North America, and it has the deepest hardcore scene – and the most mature…
maimai is SEGA’s flagship arcade rhythm game: a big round touchscreen ringed by eight buttons, played standing up, often two people side by side on the same cabinet. It launched in Japan in 2012, the current generation (maimai DX) arrived in 2019, and in the last couple of years it has gone from import curiosity…
North America is quietly in the middle of an arcade rhythm game boom. Games that were Japan-only curiosities five years ago now run, online and current, in ordinary suburban arcades – and a few of them have never been more popular in search than they are right now. This is our field guide: every major…