Stages contain four basic obstacles block, loop, wave, and pit, which require players to press the L1, R1, X, or Down buttons respectively at the right time to navigate. Vib-Ribbon is a rhythm game in which players guide Vibri the rabbit across a line filled with obstacles tied in correspondence to the beat of the song, in a dimension called Music World. It spawned two Japan-only follow-ups: Mojib-Ribbon (2003) and Vib-Ripple (2004).Īn in-game screenshot, where the player-character Vibri runs through a loop, one of the game's basic obstacles. Vib-Ribbon has received generally positive reviews from critics, praising its minimalist visuals and innovative concept, and has garnered a cult following though the game has also received negative reviews criticizing its simplistic gameplay and design. The graphics for Vib-Ribbon are simple, consisting of straight, white vector lines forming crude, angular drawings of the level and the player character, named Vibri. The game's software loads into RAM, letting the player use any music CD to play custom levels the game can generate a unique level from any track on the CD.

Masaya Matsuura, the producer of PaRappa the Rapper and Um Jammer Lammy, returned to lead Vib-Ribbon. After design issues surfaced with the car and the ad plan was dropped, development continued as a stand-alone game. The game was initially commissioned as an advertisement for the Mercedes-Benz A-Class car.

Although the original PlayStation version was never released in North America, the game was re-released on PlayStation Network in North America in 2014. It was released for the PlayStation in Japan on December 9, 1999, and in Europe on September 1, 2000. Vib-Ribbon is a 1999 rhythm video game developed by NanaOn-Sha and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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