Spin Rhythm - Viva La Revolution
Edge|December 2018

Super Entertainment is really leaning into the DJ fantasy.

Spin Rhythm - Viva La Revolution
For one, we’re playing Spin Rhythm on real DJ equipment – our left hand thumping a Roland SPD One kick synthesiser, our right twirling a Casio XW DJ1 wheel. For another, we’ve just somehow pulled off a move too flashy to be true, following up a wild spin of the wheel by stopping it expertly on the correct colour note to continue the song. It’s a brilliant bit of fakery, the game detecting our on-beat tap on the wheel and auto correcting the landing. All we’ve done is hit a note in time, as in any other rhythm game – but it feels so thoroughly cool.

Part of it may be because Super Entertainment co-directors Stephen Last and Shath Maguire helped develop hit mobile game Fruit Ninja. While the immediate comparison to draw is DJ Hero, Spin Rhythm has a much more analogue feel to its controls, with Fruit Ninja a key influence. “You’re not just tapping, you’re swiping and slicing, and doing a lot of complicated movements,” Maguire says. He knew the same variety of movement would perfectly suit Spin Rhythm.

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