Vib-Ribbon is definitely one of the simplest rhythm games ever made, but I'd say it's probably one of the most solid out there!

Its presentation is very simple. It's a black void with a vector graphics on it, but they managed to make it really charming, especially with the character you play as, Vibri.
She is a rabbit who's just having fun, and she's voiced in a similar manner to Vocaloids like Hatsune Miku, which add up to a very charming character.

Since this is a rhythm game, songs are one of the most important aspects of it, but I find it curious that there are only 6 songs, separated into 3 courses of 2.
They were composed by a band called Laugh & Peace, and they can be bizzare, but I'd say they're good songs. They were definitely made with the game's levels in mind, as there are parts where the song gets really slow or really fast.

But speaking of the gameplay, you only use 4 buttons on the controller. Each button corresponds to an obstacle on the course (i.e. R button for a loop), but there are also obstables that combine two obstacles, so you'll need to press both buttons at the same time.
It gets harder later on, but the timing for it always well made, and I had a lot of fun going through the stages!

And this brings me to, perhaps, the best aspect about this game.
Remember how I said the game only has 6 levels?
I lied.
So how many levels are there?

I N F I N I T Y.

Thanks to some great wizardy on NanaOn-Sha's part, the entire game is loaded onto the PlayStation's RAM, and with that, you can play any music CD you have, and it generates a level for you. And it's not random, too!
This provides the game with so much replay-value, and it could be considered a sort-of "physical DLC", if you will.

Overall, Vib-Ribbon is a very fun and charming rhythm game that I recommend everybody to check out!

Crumbled and bought it on PS3.

Extremely charming and likeable game and the whole playing your own CDs will never not be crazy to me, especially this early in the genre's life, but also there should really be more content in the base game and just generally wish it was a bit more polished.

I will never not love this game though like Vibri is literally the best character maybe ever

My personal 9/11 was finally playing this game on an emulator only to realize that the base game only has like 5 songs and that whole "you can play your own CDs" thing I had heard about wasn't just a cool gimmick but is, in fact, basically the whole point of the game.

Definitely gonna either buy the game on PS3 or find a way to have it work on an emulator because, of what little I did play, this game is incredibly unique and charming.

Unrelated but whenever I write a review saying I'll get back to a game later I imagine that I'll be back in like a month or 2 but more realistically I'll probably be unable to get it out of my head and just buy it on PS3 in like 3 hours (Edit: Yup!)