History VideoGame / VibRibbon

-->''[[EarWorm Well done! Way to go!]]''

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Upon getting a ten-obstacle combo with regular Vibri, Vibri will turn into Queen Vibri, exchanging her bunny ears for a cape and crown.

''Vib-Ribbon'' was followed up by two sequels: ''Mojib-Ribbon'', which could make ''Parappa''-style rap levels out of .txt files, and ''Vib-Ripple'', which turned digitized images into hidden object games. Neither were released outside of Japan, the former most likely for being near impossible to localize. The original finally became available for download on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork in North America on October 17, 2014, a solid ''15 years'' after its initial release.

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[[caption-width-right:326:The rabbit with sass.]]

!! Vib Ribbon contains examples of:

''Vib-Ribbon'' was followed up by two sequels: ''Mojib Ribbon'', which could make ''Parappa''-style rap levels out of .txt files, and ''Vib Ripple'', which turned digitized images into hidden object games. Neither were released outside of Japan, the former most likely for being near impossible to localize. The original finally became available for download on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork in North America on October 17, 2014, a solid ''15 years'' after its initial release.

* AutoScrollingLevel: The whole game. Vibri can't move across stages, so you must use precise timing to navigate through the various obstacles.

* DifficultySpike: The bridges in "Overflowing Emotions" shift from a massive increase in tempo to slowing the level to a crawl. The game had changed the song structure before, but it had been done more subtly.
* EndlessRunningGame: An earlier example than most.
* {{Engrish}}: Of the six songs included in-game, four are like this ("Polaroid," "Sunny Day," "Laugh and Peace," and "Universal Dance."). The other two are in Japanese.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Vibri's final form.

* EvolutionaryLevels: Which go from worm to frog to rabbit to fairy princess.
* GenkiGirl: Vibri is very cheerful and energetic.

* MeaningfulName: Vibri can be seen as a play on vibration or vibrant, both fitting her personality.
* MusicPlayerGame: The UrExample.

* ThePollyanna: Vibri again. Even getting a game over doesn't crush her spirit:
-->''Vibri cannot go on...just kidding!''
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Vibri, in her own angular scribbled way. The big eyes and adorable voice really help.

* SpeakingSimlish: Vibri's voice ''sounds'' like this, but it's actually high-pitched, high-speed Japanese.

!! Mojib Ribbon contains examples of:
* DistaffCounterpart: Mojiko to Mojibri.
* HumongousMecha: Osorezan 1999, the last playable character.
* SyntheticVoiceActor: One of the main reasons the game never left Japan.

!! Vib Ripple contains examples of:

-->''31 tropes''

''Vib-Ribbon'' is a RhythmGame produced by [=NanaOn-Sha=] of '''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper''' and '''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy''' fame, and released for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation Sony PlayStation]]. In it, you have to guide a rabbit named Vibri across a mobius strip called the [[TitleDrop Vib-Ribbon]], dodging obstacles along the way. There are four basic obstacles (spikes, blocks, loops, and pits), which can further be combined into a dual obstacle (for example, spiky loops and blocks with pits in the middle). The obstacles appear in time with the music, and reaching the end of the song means reaching the end of the stage. Hitting too many obstacles causes Vibri to devolve (from rabbit to frog to worm to game over), although successfully navigating ten in a row causes Vibri to evolve back up (and potentially go from rabbit to princess).

The second, and perhaps most significant, is that it can [[MusicPlayerGame make a level out of any CD track.]][[note]]Well, every CD track that's not the first one. Because the first track of a CD-ROM disc, ''Vib-Ribbon''[='s=] included, contains ROM data, playing it back in a CD player can potentially damage the speakers thanks to the data on it translating to frequencies outside of most commercial speakers' limitations. Because of this, ''Vib-Ribbon'' locks the player out of playing the first track of any CD, just to prevent them trying to play back ''Vib-Ribbon'' itself.[[/note]] Because the actual coding for Vib-Ribbon is so sparse, the entire game itself fits on the [=PlayStation=]'s RAM, allowing the player to swap out the game disc for any CD to be read and its songs converted to levels. Moreover, the six built-in tracks to the game are also in CD format, so the game is already its own soundtrack.

The second, and perhaps most significant, is that it can [[MusicPlayerGame make a level out of any CD track.]] Because the actual coding for Vib-Ribbon is so sparse, the entire game itself fits on the [=PlayStation=]'s RAM, allowing the player to swap out the game disc for any CD to be read and its songs converted to levels. Moreover, the six built-in tracks to the game are also in CD format, so the game is already its own soundtrack.

* DistaffCounterpart: Mojiko to Mojiburi.

* WingdingEyes: Mojiburi's face is the letters ".txt" with a mouth underneath, with the two t's serving as eyes and the x serving as a nose. Mojiko's face looks like this (*。*) with a mouth underneath. Osorezan 1999 has a number sign for his right eye, but his face is otherwise not able to be recreated in basic text.

* RhythmGame

* VectorGame
* WidgetSeries

* WingdingEyes[=/=]ASCIIArt: Mojiburi's face is the letters ".txt" with a mouth underneath, with the two t's serving as eyes and the x serving as a nose. Mojiko's face looks like this (*。*) with a mouth underneath. Osorezan 1999 has a number sign for his right eye, but his face is otherwise not able to be recreated in basic text.

''Luck is by my side.''

''Vib-Ribbon'' is a RhythmGame produced by [=NanaOn-Sha=] and released for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation Sony PlayStation]]. In it, you have to guide a rabbit named Vibri across a mobius strip called the [[TitleDrop Vib-Ribbon]], dodging obstacles along the way. There are four basic obstacles (spikes, blocks, loops, and pits), which can further be combined into a dual obstacle (for example, spiky loops and blocks with pits in the middle). The obstacles appear in time with the music, and reaching the end of the song means reaching the end of the stage. Hitting too many obstacles causes Vibri to devolve (from rabbit to frog to worm to game over), although successfully navigating ten in a row causes Vibri to evolve back up (and potentially go from rabbit to princess).

''Vib-Ribbon'' was followed up by two sequels: ''Mojib Ribbon'', which could make ''Parappa''-style rap levels out of .txt files, and ''Vib Ripple'', which turned digitized images into hidden object games. Neither were released outside of Japan, the former most likely for being near impossible for translate. The original finally became available for download on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork in North America on October 17, 2014, a solid ''15 years'' after its initial release.

* ContinuingIsPainful: Should you miss an obstacle, you lose your combo, and the ribbon starts vibrating. Of course, the vibrations make it much more difficult to tell when to hit the correct dodge for the next obstacle, which makes it really simple to get to the ten misses required to devolve (or, if currently the worm, a game over). This can be really nerve-wracking when combined with the other flavors of InterfaceScrew.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Eventually, some of the obstacles will start spinning, which can make it hard at times to tell what precise obstacle is coming, sepending on where the rotation is at.

* GenkiGirl[=/=]{{Pollyanna}}: Vibri is very cheerful and ''very'' energetic. Even getting a game over doesn't crush her spirit:
-->''Vibri cannot go on...just kidding!''

* InterfaceScrew: The longer the song goes, the more of these you deal with - including obstacles moving at different paces and orientation shifts that make it easier to misjudge obstacle placement.

* MusicPlayerGame: UrExample.

-->''23 tropes''

Vib Ribbon was followed up by two sequels: ''Mojib Ribbon'', which could make ''Parappa''-style rap levels out of .txt files, and ''Vib Ripple'', which turned digitized images into hidden object games. Neither were released outside of Japan, the former most likely for being near impossible for translate. The original finally became available for download on the UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork in North America on October 17, 2014, a solid ''15 years'' after its initial release.

''Vib-Ribbon'' is a RhythmGame produced by [=NanaOn-Sha=] and released for the [[{{PlayStation}} Sony PlayStation]]. In it, you have to guide a rabbit named Vibri across a mobius strip called the [[TitleDrop Vib-Ribbon]], dodging obstacles along the way. There are four basic obstacles (spikes, blocks, loops, and pits), which can further be combined into a dual obstacle (for example, spiky loops and blocks with pits in the middle). The obstacles appear in time with the music, and reaching the end of the song means reaching the end of the stage. Hitting too many obstacles causes Vibri to devolve (from rabbit to frog to worm to game over), although successfully navigating ten in a row causes Vibri to evolve back up (and potentially go from rabbit to princess).

Vib Ribbon was followed up by two sequels: ''Mojib Ribbon'', which could make ''Parappa''-style rap levels out of .txt files, and ''Vib Ripple'', which turned digitized images into hidden object games. Neither were released outside of Japan, the former most likely for being near impossible for translate. The original finally became available for download on the Playstation Network in North America on October 17, 2014, a solid ''15 years'' after its initial release.

-->''22 tropes''

* GenkiGirl / Pollyanna: Vibri is very cheerful and ''very'' energetic. Even getting a game over doesn't crush her spirit:
->''Vibri cannot go on...just kidding!''

* WingdingEyes/ASCIIArt: Mojiburi's face is the letters ".txt" with a mouth underneath, with the two t's serving as eyes and the x serving as a nose. Mojiko's face looks like this (*。*) with a mouth underneath. Osorezan 1999 has a number sign for his right eye, but his face is otherwise not able to be recreated in basic text.

-->''16 tropes''

Vib Ribbon was followed up by two sequels: ''Mojib Ribbon'', which could make ''Parappa''-style rap levels out of .txt files, and ''Vib Ripple'', which turned digitized images into hidden object games. Neither were released outside of Japan, the former most likely for being near impossible for translate. The original is finally available for download on October 7, 2014.

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* NoExportForYou: The game was built around Japanese kanji, so...

-->''Walking by the ribbon''
-->''Luck is by my side.''
--> '''Laugh and Peace''', ''Polaroid'', [[{{Mondegreen}} or at least what it sounds like]]

It was followed up by two sequels: ''Mojib-Ribbon'', which worked on calligraphy; and ''Vib-Ripple'', which worked on digitized images. Neither was as successful. The original is finally available for download on October 7, 2014.

This game has examples of:

* WidgetSeries: We repeat - you play a rabbit walking along a mobius strip dodging obstacles.

It was followed up by two sequels: ''Mojib-Ribbon'', which worked on calligraphy; and ''Vib-Ripple'', which worked on digitized images. Neither was as successful. The original will finally be available for download on October 7, 2014.

* NoExportForYou: While released both in Japan and Europe, North America has never seen the original. The sequels were never exported at all.
** As of October 7th, 2014, Vib-Ribbon is now available in the US as a PS1 Classic on PSN.

** Of course, the game is now coming out in NA on PS3!

* SpeakingSimlish: Vibri's voice needed no translation, because it's not clear if she's even saying ''anything''.

It was followed up by two sequels: ''Mojib-Ribbon'', which worked on calligraphy; and ''Vib-Ripple'', which worked on digitized images. Neither was as successful. Currently, there is some investigation on making a download version of the original for download services, but this is very preliminary at this time.

''Vib-Ribbon'' is a RhythmGame produced by [=NanaOn-Sha=] and released for the [[{{PlayStation}} Sony PlayStation]]. In it, you have to guide a rabbit named Vibri across a mobius strip called the [[TitleDrop Vib Ribbon]], dodging obstacles along the way. There are four basic obstacles (spikes, blocks, loops, and pits), which can further be combined into a dual obstacle (for example, spiky loops and blocks with pits in the middle). The obstacles appear in time with the music, and reaching the end of the song means reaching the end of the stage. Hitting too many obstacles causes Vibri to devolve (from rabbit to frog to worm to game over), although successfully navigating ten in a row causes Vibri to evolve back up (and potentially go from rabbit to princess).

''Vib-Ribbon'' is a RhythmGame produced by [=NanaOn-Sha=] and released for the SonyPlaystation. In it, you have to guide a rabbit named Vibri across a mobius strip called the [[TitleDrop Vib Ribbon]], dodging obstacles along the way. There are four basic obstacles (spikes, blocks, loops, and pits), which can further be combined into a dual obstacle (for example, spiky loops and blocks with pits in the middle). The obstacles appear in time with the music, and reaching the end of the song means reaching the end of the stage. Hitting too many obstacles causes Vibri to devolve (from rabbit to frog to worm to game over), although successfully navigating ten in a row causes Vibri to evolve back up (and potentially go from rabbit to princess).

The second, and perhaps most significant, is that it can [[MusicPlayerGame make a level out of any CD track.]] Because the actual coding for Vib Ribbon is so sparse, the entire game itself fits on the Playstation's RAM, allowing the player to swap out the game disc for any CD to be read and its songs converted to levels. Moreover, the six built-in tracks to the game are also in CD format, so the game is already its own soundtrack.