KORG Gadget made its debut on the Switch eShop earlier this year in April. As you might have previously heard, the music maker came bundled with a stack of synthesisers and drum machines. It even had unique features like real-time pitch control and piano roll editing using Joy-Con motions. In our review, we gave KORG Gadget seven out of ten stars and said it offered an entirely new experience for Nintendo's hybrid console and encouraged users to continually refine their tracks.
If you did pick up this impressive piece of software on release, you'll be pleased to hear a certain variety of classic video game tracks are on the way. Developer Detune has revealed OTORII and EBINA gadgets will be made available as DLC in early 2019. OTORII allows classic Sega songs to be produced and EBINA will let users recreate retro Taito sounds. The DLC also includes Sega's original Out Run and After Burner music and tracks from Taito's Darius and Ninja Warriors.
If you're still on the fence about whether or not this game is worth picking up because of there is no option to import or export tracks - as cited in our review, the game has since been updated to include at least some transfer and sharing features. Version 2.1 of KORG Gadget allows you to transfer your song via QR code and import to iOS or MAC using iCloud. Take a look at these new features in action in the video above.
Have you played KORG Gadget? Would you like to see more video game DLC make its way to this title? Tell us in the comments.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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Never played it but I do like DLC.
I’m just waiting for a price drop on his one before I pick it up! Korg things are great but they occasionally hit 50% off on iOS so I’m hoping for something similar here
Sega and Taito had some of the best music; I may get Korg now strictly for that
Few people will buy this app on Switch because it has no touchscreen support.
Nice DLC, not for me though
@Rexx
Same here 😊
The price point is too high... but, since this is the only Tracker/synthetizer/sound making app on switch, they don’t really care about being competitive...
still no song export options = no thanks.
why can't we just have an easy export function (maybe online)? I would absolutely buy this if it was able to export creations. Otherwise you can literally only listen to your productions on the switch and never anywhere else... I'll pass.
I liked the one on the 3ds more.i have gadget but i almost never play with it.cool DLC but it wont get me back in
Oooh, these gadgets sound nice! I'm fairly sure they'll be on the iOS edition, too, to keep things compatible.
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They'd better be!!
@Jayenkai The apps for both osx and ios have been around for a long time. But unfortunately you must have separate licenses to work together. And these cost a lot. Osx = 299 USD, ios same extra licanse (if you want all the plugins). Then extra license for Switch. So... No thanks.
@Megadeth Yeah, I've spent a bloomin fortune building up the iOS edition, since the original 2014 launch. Results here https://agameaweek.com/?Type=Music .. anything from 2014, onwards.
Easily the most I've spent on any music software, although Vocaloid is a close second, and goodness knows that was expensive!!
But given the latest QR based features, I can't imagine that would be any use at all, if the iOS version didn't have compatible Gadgets to play the results.
I have and occasionally enjoy the Korg Gadget on Switch. What I would love to see added is MIDI, or at least USB-MIDI connectivity. There are so many pieces of hardware out there that could take advantage of it.
Too flawed and too expensive for me to buy, but glad to see Korg improving it bit by bit. Maybe one day, but there's a lot of stuff that'd need to change for me to get on board.
Yeah, not really useful, unless you're fighting off three vampires that were huddled together.
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