Daigasso! Band Brothers 2 (or DX) is the sequel to the original Japanese DS Daigasso Band Brothers music game.
The sequel has players playing an instrument by manipulating notes using the DS’ inputs just like the first time around but also introduces a Karaoke Mode and allows players to play chords instead of a single note for certain instruments.
Players will also be able to connect their game to a Wii console and utilize a game-specific Wii Channel called the Speaker Channel which will transmit the game’s audio through the television. Players can also download up to 100 songs out of over 400 onto the game, via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, as well as play locally with up to eight people using single-card download play.
Here’s a list of the game’s features:
* Downloadable Speaker Channel for the Wii allows songs’ audio to come through your TV speakers
* 31 all new base songs (most are classical standards)
* New instruments, including a touch screen guitar (Advanced modes have you playing with the buttons as well as strumming)
* New Karaoke Mode (you can test the accuracy of the mic to recognize your voice in options)
* A better song editor that allows you to upload compositions to a server in order to share you work with others
* Training Mode features a pitch bar (like Karaoke Revolution) but it’s only used for Training
* The ability to download additional songs from a selection of over 540
* More storage space means you can store up to 200 songs (only up to 100 downloads along with 100 of your own compositions)
* Features the largest capacity save chip used in a DS game, which can hold 8 megabytes of save data. Previously, the largest capacity chip was 512 kilobytes.
* Back of manual features a few sample songs for you to input into the game and help you learn how to compose
For those who don’t know about Band Bros., it was a music game for the DS that never got a release outside of Japan. What set it apart from most music games is the fact that you actually play the notes, you don’t just cause the game to play back a pre-recorded track. You can play the wrong notes, and it’ll still make music, not ‘error’ sounds. Though naturally, your score is based on doing it right. It also supports up to 8 players locally in multiplayer. On the downside, the game-generated instrument sounds are pretty simplistic. But the game is definitely recommended for anyone who likes music games, and the sequel improves on the original all around.
Here’s some videos to give you a better idea of how these games work.
Guys plays 4 minutes long Irish tune:
Japanese Daigasso Band Brothers 2/DX trailer: