Space Channel 5
If the recently announced Tetris Effect looks right up your alley, well you probably want to check out Space Channel 5 which comes from the mind of Tetsuya Mizuguchi, also working on the former. If you’ve played any of Mizuguchi’s other games like Rez or Child of Eden, you’d probably expect that Space Channel 5 is one trippy experience.
Space Channel 5 takes place 500 years in the future and has you playing the funky space reporter, Ulala. Throughout the game’s levels, you have to save hostages by grooving to the music in rhythm gameplay, as well as shooting bad guys in shooter style gameplay. The strange mix of gameplay styles makes Space Channel 5 something entirely unique, and one heck of an experience. With recent rhythm games like the Persona dancing titles and Taiko Drum Master, there’s certainly enough interest to drum up for a new Space Channel 5, and it’d be great to see Mizuguchi flex his creative muscles once again. Strangely, a VR experience titled Space Channel 5 VR: Ukiuki Viewing Show, but we’ve heard very little news since. Hopefully, Sega has something in the works for this quirky series.
