Oshare Majo Love and Berry

For the uninitiated, Love and Berry are the names of two gal witches who love to dress up and dance. Originally released in Japanese arcades encased in a custom card dispensing cabinet, Oshare Majo Love and Berry plays a mean game of rhythm dancing.

In the arcade cabinet, the controls consisted of two big palm-sized buttons which were slapped. Since the NDS can't accommodate two big buttons, it can recreate the feel of the game with one virtual button which is tapped on the touch screen. The arcade version of the game also dispensed a Fashion Card once a credit was inserted. The Fashion Card contains a certain hairstyle, makeup, footwear, or dress up cards to customize the appearance of the girls.

Stages include Street Court, Fashion Stage, Seaside Stage, and others. Before each stage, players may choose either Love or Berry as the onscreen dancer. Once selected, either girl appears in her bedroom in pajamas but you may slide a Fashion card to change her clothing into ball gowns, teenybopper duds, etc. Once the clothes are chosen, start the game and watch the tambourine on the top screen and tap the virtual bongo on to touch screen in time to its beat. At first, the tambourine is tricky to follow but memorizing the songs and their beats make things a lot easier to the point where you're matching it like a well-oiled meter.