Upon loading Vib-Ribbon players are immediately greeted by a stark vector-based visual style. Now, 15 years later all of us who missed out on the original phenomenon can finally play through NanaOn-Sha’s oddball musical odyssey.
By playing Vib-Ribbon, Western gamers got to experience a wildly unique visual and audio experience, unlike any games that came before. Despite never arriving here, or perhaps because of that, many gamers imported a copy anyhow. One such game was Vib-Ribbon which launched in 1999 for Japan and Europe. Tons of surprising titles launched, although many never made it to American shores. Back in the original PlayStation era it really seemed like video games were on the precipice of something amazing.
