Editing Space Channel 5 (section)

==Gameplay==
[[File:SC5 screenshot.jpg|left|thumb|230px|Ulala battles rival reporter Pudding during a "[[boss (video games)|boss]]" encounter.]]
''Space Channel 5'' is a [[music video game]] in which players take on the role of [[Ulala (Space Channel 5)|Ulala]], a reporter working for the titular news channel in a 1960s-styled science fiction future filled with competing news channels. When an alien race called the Morolians begin attacking, Ulala simultaneously reports on the events, fights off the threat, and clashes with rival reporters.<ref name="SP5story"/><ref name="OPS2UKreview"/> The invasion is revealed to have been staged by Space Channel 5 boss Chief Blank to drive up ratings for the channel. With help from fellow reporters and support from her fans, Ulala defeats Blank.<ref name="SC5"/>

Players control Ulala through four stages;<ref name="IGNinterviewA"/> real-time polygonal character models and visual effects move in sync to pre-rendered MPEG movies which form the level backgrounds.<ref name="IGNpreview"/> All gameplay has Ulala mimicking the movements and vocalisations of her opponents (compared by journalists to the game [[Simon Says]]).<ref name="OPS2UKreview"/><ref name="IGNpreview"/><ref name="SC5specialGS"/><ref name="DCMag"/> Actions are performed in time to music tracks playing in each section of a stage.<ref name="SC5manual"/> There are six buttons that match actions on-screen; the [[D-pad|directional pad]] buttons, and two action buttons (A and B on [[Dreamcast]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] (GBA), Cross and Circle on [[PlayStation 2]]) which are presented with the vocalization "chu".<ref name="OPS2UKreview"/><ref name="SC5manual"/><ref name="IGNgba"/>

Levels are split between "dance" areas and shooting areas.<ref name="SC5manual"/> During dance sections, Ulala mimics actions and shouts of "chu" from enemies, with successful actions boosting a "Ratings" meter in the lower right corner of the screen.<ref name="SC5manual"/> In combat, Ulala must shoot at and defeat enemies, and also rescue hostages with the other action button.<ref name="IGNpreview2"/> After either a dance or combat section, Ulala is joined in her progress by the people she rescued.<ref name="IGNpreview"/> During boss battles, Ulala has a health meter represented on-screen as hearts; a heart is lost for each mistake. If Ulala makes too many mistakes and loses all hearts during boss battles, fails to meet the minimum rating requirements, or causes ratings to drop to zero by missing or failing actions, the player reaches a game over and must restart.<ref name="OPS2UKreview"/><ref name="SC5manual"/> The game features a [[new game plus]] option, where players can begin a new game using a completed save file. Depending on the current rating, alternate routes are unlocked and new enemy patterns appear.<ref name="SC5ngplus"/>