Players dance, sing and create music videos with this videogame party package that takes advantage of the innovative Wii controls getting gamers off their couch and playing to a new beat.
Not only do gamers belt out their favorite tunes or dancing to the latest hit songs, players catch their best dance moves, record their own voice and make music videos with the easy-to-use music video creator.
Fun mini-games, co-op gameplay, head-to-head dance battles and karaoke party make Boogie a complete entertainment package for gamers of all ages. The game ships to retail stores with a packed-in karaoke microphone peripheral and features new versions of tracks made popular by hit bands including The Jackson 5, Kool & The Gang, M.C. Hammer, The Village People, Cyndi Lauper and Britney Spears. [Electronic Arts]
Music-based videogame experiences are flourishing in the marketplace, thanks to the phenomenal success of Guitar Hero, the continuing performance of Dance Dance Revolution and SingStar, and the anticipation of Rock Band and Jam Session. Therefore it’s perhaps only natural that third-party behemoth EA would attempt to marry music, dance, singing, and energetic controls into one insanely cute package and slap the name Boogie on it.
But does EA’s cel-shaded shape-throwing musical extravaganza have the raw power and innovative interaction required to pull you away from rocking out with Guitar Hero? Does it have the warbling vocal power to see you abandoning the SingStar microphone? And does it have enough sexy pelvic moves to merit a roll up of the well-trodden DDR mat?
Let’s see how the stiff-limbed critical masses have received Boogie on the Nintendo Wii. Spend or Lend?
80% - GamePro - "Pros: Easy, accessible fun. Song list is varied and interesting. Cons: You can't sing and dance at the same time, there's no online play and the replay value is low."
78% - Game Informer - "Leave your stuffy music and game sensibilities at the door – Boogie has a more plebeian appeal."
70% - Games Radar - "As with most Wii games, it really glistens with more than one player. If you're willing to commit to Boogie, mind, body and sooooul, it's a goddamned blast, channeling the same enthusiastic participation we all had last year when firing up Wii Sports first time. But then it's all over too quickly, and too easily.
55% - GameSpot - "Boogie's gameplay mix of singing and dancing is an interesting idea, but it's poorly executed."
30% - 1UP - "The fact that this game is fun for exactly 20 minutes, and only in a group of two or more, should keep you from buying this game. In the end, Boogie is light on dancing, light on karaoke – a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none moment of fluff."
Verdict: Lend
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