How to play Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch - Pichi Pichitto Live Start! on Mac

Game summary

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pichitto Live Start! is a licensed game developed by Konami and published for the Game Boy Advance platform. It takes inspiration from the Dance Dance Revolution series, using music and characters from the anime of the same name. It includes all the songs from the first Mermaid Melody GBA game and adds more from the second half of the TV series.
First released: Mar 2004

Play Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch - Pichi Pichitto Live Start! on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch - Pichi Pichitto Live Start! on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch - Pichi Pichitto Live Start! installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch - Pichi Pichitto Live Start! like you would on any PC.
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