FunTan Singapore KINEX

“A super chill place to play maimai, Chunithm, Taiko and Wangan. A great option for focus and grinding. Credits price (at time of writing): $10 = 115 credits $20 = 260 credits $50 = 750 credits Min top up $2 (20 credits) Card price $1 Maimai price: 8 credits per game With the $50 promotion, each game is $0.53. At base price each game is $0.8, a rate that beats even the bulk price of Cow Play Cow Moo Suntec. Review: First off, the arcade is relatively quiet and spacious. It appears to have a focus on actual games- maimai and Wangan- rather than the chance games that most arcades have too many of. Because of this, there is a distinct lack of bright lights and irritating background sounds to distract from play. The rhythm game area is lit but not too brightly, while the Wangan area is darker which (in my opinion) is great for focus. The staff here are really chill, and very helpful. They are generally polite and easy to make payment or request service with. Even saying all this, I have not mentioned the two main advantages of this arcade: That maimai plays are incredibly cheap (at $0.67 per game), and that the equipment is in incredible condition. The maimai machines here are very, very new. The buttons feel completely mint (despite I believe two of the cabs being the previous gen) and I have yet to have any reason to question the hitreg... unlike with some arcades. Also, this arcade has 4 maimai cabs (with 2 machines each). 2 cabs are the latest gen, while 2 are the previous gen. Because the sets of 2 cabs are far from each other, people only queue for 2 cabs on one side of the arcade, with groups often sticking to one side. This may alleviate queues for smaller groups. It is a similar story with the Wangan machines. When I last played a few months back the shifters were very clean and tight, and the wheels felt new. This will probably not change soon as despite the number of machines, there are not a lot of Wangan players here. Another advantage for maimai players, arguably. Lastly, the arcade is in a good location. It is the first shop you see coming down the escalator to the basement, and it is near to a toilet, Sheng Shiong, and Qiji nasi lemak. As for downsides, the most obvious is the inconvenient location. Kinex is in a rather obscure place, and is a bit irritating to reach by public transport. The mall itself is (in my opinion) uninteresting, though at least the Daiso sells work gloves (but no winter glove) that can be used for maimai. In addition, the arcade is of course not flawless. During my last session there was an issue with the Funtan card readers, which made all but one card (mine) unable to insert credits. However, since this issue was tackled immediately by the staff, and also led to a rather fun incident where every single player in the arcade rotated to play a single song on one cabinet, I can forgive it. As for the card system, it is both convenient but also a bit cumbersome (credits take a couple seconds to register and the buttons are hard to understand), but I prefer it overall as it saves the hassle of a huge bag of tokens. All in all, I don't regret buy 750 credits for 75 plays and I will be coming back. If I can just....find a more convenient bus and the time to travel down. Oh, and the mall's bicycle rack sucks so. Have fun with that. Hope you like locking only one wheel. I just use the railings.”

“Kinex is similar to Virtualand, but quieter and with more Maimai machines. The claw machines have alot of different setups, and some machines have a 'sure win' payout for consecutive wins written on a sign inside the machine or on the glass. Be sure to notify the staff first. Speaking of the staff, most of them are nice and friendly! The toys are official imports! Current top-up promo is quite worth it ($50 for 560 points, average 15 points per play).”

“Extremely worth it place to play maimai! About $0.80 per game, and there were 4 cabinets to play. (8 players at once) The waiting time was average, though it could get crowded at times. There are also other games such as Taiko no Tatsujin (only 1 machine) and 2 Chunithm machines. The machines are not faulty but instead very well-maintained. I would repeatedly travel here to play maimai because of the cheap price and well-maintained machines.”

“2 maimai dx cabinets ($0.8/game) *** added 2 more new ones as of 23 Apr 2 chunithm cabinets overall cosy spot with little to no one visiting since it is far from PLQ and mrt stations. friendly staff(although there were only 2) and spacious place to play in.”