Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/07/08/ipods-new-square-enix-srpg-better-than-ffta2/


Talk about 'Unsung', this game has received very little press. Probably because it is on such an underrepresented platform for gaming, no major game reviewers have done more than briefly mention it. Which is a surprise because everyone who HAS played it loves it. Square-Enix doesn't seem to have done much to promote it, probably because it is an experiment. What it shows is that there doesn't need to be an absolute connection between why you're using songs to generate troops (excepting the song related puns which are apparently the worst part of the game). Instead it uses the platforms advantages, mining into the MP3s on your iPod like a vast resource. It creates in the user a pokemon-like drive to "Collect them all" and constantly see which of your favorite songs create the best troopers.

Verdict:
Pros:
Uses musical resources on a platform with musical resources to spare

Cons:
Does not actual analysis of music, Troopers generated from songs have no connection to the actual song