{"id":1028,"date":"2009-02-06T22:42:48","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T22:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2009-02-06T22:42:48","modified_gmt":"2009-02-06T22:42:48","slug":"from-the-creative-mind-that-brought-sonic-the-hedgehog-to-life-comes-a-finger-tapping-sensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1028","title":{"rendered":"From the Creative Mind that brought Sonic the Hedgehog to Life Comes a Finger Tapping Sensation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yuji Naka\u2019s Next Creation Set to Revolutionize How Gamers Interact with Nintendo\u2122 Wiis\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 5th February 2009 \u2013 SEGA\u00ae of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announces Let\u2019s Tap\u2122, a game that is blazing new ground in Nintendo Wii\u2122 control design. Developed by Prope, the studio that Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka established in 2006, Let\u2019s Tap is the first product from the new studio to be released to in North America and Europe. Developed exclusively for Nintendo\u2019s Wii\u2122 system, Let\u2019s Tap utilizes a ground-breaking control scheme where the Wii controller is placed on a box or flat surface so that the controller can detect minute vibrations. Players of all ages and skill levels then tap the box or flat surface to interact with the game; there\u2019s no need to hold the controller. Let\u2019s Tap is slated for a winter 2009 ship for the Nintendo Wii in Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yuji Naka\u2019s Next Creation Set to Revolutionize How Gamers Interact with Nintendo\u2122 Wiis\u00a0 Thursday 5th February 2009 \u2013 SEGA\u00ae of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announces Let\u2019s Tap\u2122, a game that is blazing new ground in Nintendo Wii\u2122 control design. Developed by Prope, the studio that Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka established<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1028\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1029,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions\/1029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}