There's a DJ in my Vita and its name is Sound Shapes

Game trailer: Sound Shapes

Since its relatively impressive launch last February, there's been a disconcerting lack of quality software titles available for Sony's powerful portable. Sure, there's a few notable games on the horizon including LittleBigPlanet, Call of Duty, and Assassin's Creed, but it's the downloadable efforts that really hold the true potential of the system.

Sound Shapes first debuted at E3 2011, where it headlined Sony's debut of the Vita. Since then it has slipped under the radar, quietly being developed by Queasy Games and Santa Monica Studio.

Now with the game ready to go we're wondering if Sound Shapes is the shot in the arm that the Vita needs or if it's a disappointing casualty of its own hype machine.(Credit: Queasy Games)

Jeff: Sound Shapes was pitched to me as a game that's one part platforming and one part music-making. But in reality, Shapes is an artsy LittleBigPlanet-inspired rhythmic experience that is fresh enough to warrant the price of admission.

Debuting on both the Vita and PlayStation 3 simultaneously, Sound Shapes combines addictive and challenging platforming action with the layering of electronic music. As you progress through a level, you unlock more of the stage's song. Collecting all of a level's musical items is the closest you'll get to a full completion, although you can always attempt to dethr... [Read more]