You Can Sing if You Want To, You Dance Your Night Away...
Now you can use your voice to embarass yourself as much as your feet.
Published: November 8, 2005
“And behold, an angel came forth and opened the Second Seal, and man on a pale horse came forth and brought with him new wave of people singing an lurching about like drunk monkeys from the circus- and it was good- Karaoke Revolution Party hath arrived”
-Jack’s Bible of Pretentious Religious Babble, 2005.
Yes, that’s right, you rhythm-less and off-key singers of the world (this one goes out to you, William Hung), Konami today rolled out their newest Karaoke Revolution. Could it get any better, true believer? Only if it included monkeys, but that’s a whole ‘nother issue...
Karaoke Revolution Party weighs in with over 50 songs, the largest library of music ever released in a KR game. Is that kind of like being the one-eyed man in the land of the blind? Not sure, but it’s a crap-load of songs to be sure. The game now offers the “ultimate music experience,” as they like to call it, with the innovative new Sing and Dance mode, combining Karaoke Revolution and elements of Konami’s crack-like dancing game, Dance Dance Revolution into one unique and most likely heart-attack causing gameplay experience- one that I daresay I want to try out. Or make others try out. Naked. In front of an office window.
The game also lets you and friends sing together or against each other in sing-offs (not unlike break dancing dance-offs of the ‘80’s- ah the memories- We love you Vanilla Ice!). I’m going to pass on all this stuff about “proprietary voice recognition technology” and tell ya that they say it works- but we’ll be the ones to judge that!! Are we right? Who thinks we’re right? What we do know you want to know is how the EyeToy is going to work out.
According to the press release, the game will let players put themselves into the game by creating a 3D model of their head, utilizing the EyeToy Camera, and watch themselves perform on big video screens within the 3D venues. That does sound cool.
The Party is, of course, rated “E” for Everyone by the ESRB and is available bundled with a Konami branded Logitech microphone for the SRP of $54.99 or available as a standalone game compatible with any USB headset/microphone (you have a couple of those laying around, right?) for a SRP of $39.99. Will this lead to joyful noises, or noiseless joy? We’ll keep you in the loop.
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-Jack’s Bible of Pretentious Religious Babble, 2005.
Yes, that’s right, you rhythm-less and off-key singers of the world (this one goes out to you, William Hung), Konami today rolled out their newest Karaoke Revolution. Could it get any better, true believer? Only if it included monkeys, but that’s a whole ‘nother issue...
Karaoke Revolution Party weighs in with over 50 songs, the largest library of music ever released in a KR game. Is that kind of like being the one-eyed man in the land of the blind? Not sure, but it’s a crap-load of songs to be sure. The game now offers the “ultimate music experience,” as they like to call it, with the innovative new Sing and Dance mode, combining Karaoke Revolution and elements of Konami’s crack-like dancing game, Dance Dance Revolution into one unique and most likely heart-attack causing gameplay experience- one that I daresay I want to try out. Or make others try out. Naked. In front of an office window.
The game also lets you and friends sing together or against each other in sing-offs (not unlike break dancing dance-offs of the ‘80’s- ah the memories- We love you Vanilla Ice!). I’m going to pass on all this stuff about “proprietary voice recognition technology” and tell ya that they say it works- but we’ll be the ones to judge that!! Are we right? Who thinks we’re right? What we do know you want to know is how the EyeToy is going to work out.
According to the press release, the game will let players put themselves into the game by creating a 3D model of their head, utilizing the EyeToy Camera, and watch themselves perform on big video screens within the 3D venues. That does sound cool.
The Party is, of course, rated “E” for Everyone by the ESRB and is available bundled with a Konami branded Logitech microphone for the SRP of $54.99 or available as a standalone game compatible with any USB headset/microphone (you have a couple of those laying around, right?) for a SRP of $39.99. Will this lead to joyful noises, or noiseless joy? We’ll keep you in the loop.
This is the Game News Minute- thanks for being in it.
