DJ Max Portable 3 tosses in a Mission Mode that gives you certain challenges like hitting a specific combo count, but the songs over here are the same as the other modes. This new need to drop my thumb to the stick and shake-up the experience is welcome, but I definitely could've done for more. You're still just staring at a note highway that looks a lot like a cell phone screen that's blocking a cool video in the background (these vids run the gamut from anime segments to sexy ladies posing in high socks). But just like last time, I find the presentation pretty flat here. There's no doubt that this remix mode is a cool addition. When you see buttons over there, you have to push the analog nub in that direction and tap the buttons that are displayed. All that was in the last game - along with this game's effects that slow down and speed up the song - but DJ Max Portable 3 also tosses in 'remix mode.' Here, one track is added to each side of the main note highway.

You can make tunes with four buttons like you have in Rock Band, but there's also a six-button mode that has you tapping and hopping around even more frantically. Play Now, what makes DJ Max Portable different than Rock Band Unplugged - the most mainstream music game to come to the PSP recently - is that you have a few different play options.

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