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Nintendo Wii News | Get Your Boogie Down...With A Mic

By Ben Southam (dojo)

31768 on 07.05.2007 at 20:52

Quick News: EA producer Alfredo Chavez has revealed that Boogie, one of EA's upcoming Wii-exclusive titles, will utilise a USB microphone during gameplay. Following the revelation that the High School Musical game would also use a mic, does this signal the beginning of a SingStar era for Nintendo's family friendly console?

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Shig Guevara on 07.05.2007 at 21:05#1

From what I played of Singstar, its nothing more than an addon Karaoke machine!

dojo on 07.05.2007 at 21:35#2

Shig Guevara said:
From what I played of Singstar, its nothing more than an addon Karaoke machine!

C'mon now, let's not discourage the readers!

Smilie

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Martin_ on 07.05.2007 at 21:38#3

This is all the Wii is good for; party crap.

Shig Guevara on 07.05.2007 at 21:43#4

Realistically its nothing new, It will add more variety and introduce a new genre, but it seems like copying Sony, personally I dont want Nintendo to stoop to that level as everyone will notice when there is a clone of singstar, Buzz and other various games.

Then again the potential for many hours of drunken friends trying to sing crappy 80's songs, whilst trying not to throw chunks over the mic and the guy next to you.

Its all about bringing people together! hopefully there will be more games on the basis of fun rather than interactivity, theres only so far it can go.

dojo on 07.05.2007 at 21:44#5

Nintendo aren't making the game...it's EA.

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Shig Guevara on 07.05.2007 at 21:50#6

yes but they are accepting the game, is it an exclusive?

dojo on 07.05.2007 at 22:02#7

Shig Guevara said:
yes but they are accepting the game, is it an exclusive?

Smilie

It doesn't work like that...

e: sorry, I shouldn't laugh.

( Edited on 07.05.2007 22:02 by dojo )

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Shig Guevara on 07.05.2007 at 22:05#8

its ok, please enlighten me!

Zapp on 07.05.2007 at 22:11#9

Even if Nintendo dont want the game on Wii they cant say to EA no sorry your game is crap... Smilie ITS EA the biggest 3rd party Developer that supported the GC and the same with the Wii.........

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Raff on 07.05.2007 at 22:13#10

Nintendo would hardly refuse to license a game like that, and that's pretty much the extent of their decision on such matters.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.

dojo on 07.05.2007 at 22:20#11

Nintendo makes the consoles, approves most developers and publishers (i.e. companies like Blizzard, whilst not having made anything for a Nintendo console, aren't exempt from announcing a game) and then just lets them make the games.

If Nintendo had to "accept" every single game, we'd be in a very crappy situation right now!

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tiamat1990 on 08.05.2007 at 05:30#12

Oh man Singstar on Wii!!!! I LOVE Singstar!!

USB? Damn...I was dreaming it would just be the circular top of the mic and you'd plug that into the bottom of the Wiimote.

Mongo on 08.05.2007 at 19:54#13

Oni-Ninja said:
This is all the Wii is good for; party crap.

I beg to differ Smilie

Our 2 favorite games for the Wii so far have been Zelda:TP (finished) and Super Paper Mario (still working on it).

Of the Wii games I've played, these are the 2 best games so far (although Sports and WarioWare are both very good also).

Now, that's not to say that there are a large number of party style games for the Wii.

But that's not all the Wii is good for Smilie

Balladeer on 08.05.2007 at 20:23#14

If a High School Musical game using this deigns to rear its ugly head, I shall kill someone - and it won't be myself. Until then, a new peripheral is nothing to be annoyed at - one can buy it if 'tis good and ignore it otherwise. But microphones are a tad (read: exceedingly) overused in the videogame industry in this day and age.