Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash!
February 25, 2020
Dance is your power to protect the earth against invading aliens. SEGA’s legendary Dreamcast rhythm game “Space Channel 5 ” is coming to virtual reality as ”Space Channel 5 VR Kinda Funky News Flash!&s;. Heroine Ulala will navigate you through the world of “Space Channel 5”. Your task is to …
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"A delightful albeit brief return for Ulala in VR, which while hardly game-changing for the tech, brings back the simple joy of dance for space cats everywhere."
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"I mean there really isn’t much to say about Space Channel 5 VR other than there is not enough game here for the price they are asking, and more salt is poured into the wound because what is here is …"
Read original review"While it may not be a long experience, with a story lasting roughly a half an hour, Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! is still a groovin’ good time. The music and dancing is addictive fun, and it …"
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60.0
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85.0
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"Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! is an absolute delight—for the entire 27 minutes of its play time. While the music, swirling lights, and dancing are all accessible and fun, the price for this game is incredibly out …"
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"Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! presents an opportunity to inhabit 1999&s;s idyllic vision of 1960&s;s culture through 2020&s;s virtual reality. Delivering this extremely specific hallucinatory novelty required an alarming price tag and the notice of a brisk …"
Read original review"Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash makes a good first impression with its nostalgic visuals, funky tunes, and easy to pick up gameplay. It’s just a shame that once you’ve wrapped up its five-minute intro chapter, you’ve already …"
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62.0
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"There’s a lot to like about SC5VR, but it’s definitely geared toward fans of the series. Newcomers to VR will find an easy rhythm game with a low barrier of entry and style oozing from every pore, but rhythm players …"
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"Having Ulala back is a welcome return and, Space Channel 5 VR manages to capture the world perfectly, and tug at all the correct nostalgia related heartstrings. It would be great to get lost in the cosy bosom of that …"
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"Has a lot of styles that lives up to the series name; however, its lack of content prevents the game from living up to its true potential as a great VR rhythm game."
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"Space Channel 5&s;s dancing aliens and high camp work well in VR, but with only around half an hour of gameplay this represents astoundingly poor value for money."
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"Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! was much more hands-on and immersive than I originally thought it would be. Although I know I must have looked very stupid in real life, in the virtual world I was a …"
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70.0
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"Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! is an ode to its Dreamcast roots. While it is as short as the original, it translates perfectly to the PSVR. The game&s;s got style, and it&s;s great to see the shiny …"
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"There isn’t much I can recommend within SC5. The few positives were all brought from twenty years ago and haven’t been improved upon. There was a lot that could’ve been done, but it seems like a cash grab on the …"
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55.0
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"Overall I certainly enjoyed this game. It was full of personality and it was a nice change to be making dance poses instead of attacking or defending like in some other popular VR rhythm games. I did feel like it …"
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