Boogie Superstar

Boogie Superstar
PAL version cover art
Developer(s)	EA Montreal
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Platform(s)	Wii
Release	NA: October 14, 2008 AU: October 16, 2008 EU: October 17, 2008
Genre(s)	Rhythm game
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Boogie Superstar is a rhythm video game by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the game Boogie.

NGamer magazine initially reported that the title would support the Wii Balance Board, writing that it was to be a "board-based dance-a-thon";^[1] however, Electronic Arts confirmed that while the title would include a microphone to sing along to, it will not support the Wii Balance Board.^[2]

Gameplay

Like the original game, Boogie Superstar features both singing and dancing. The game is based around the premise of a talent contest.

The karaoke gameplay is similar to other singing games such as SingStar and Karaoke Revolution. To score, the player must sing in time and in tune with the lyrics as they scroll at the bottom of the screen, with a musical staff to indicate the correct pitch and where the player's current pitch is. Rather than using phonetic detection, the game bases the score on how well the player matches the rhythm and pitch.

In contrast to the freestyle dancing in the last game, the game mechanic in Boogie Superstar involves players waggling the Wii Remote to simple two-beat prompts, such as swinging the Remote side-to side or up and down in time to on screen directions.

Track listing

Boogie Superstar features over 40 songs, all cover versions. Some songs are only playable in either the singing or dancing part of the game.^[3] The song list includes the following:^[4]

• Angel, Love Like This, Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
• Dance Like There's No Tomorrow - Paula Abdul
• Bullseye, Like Whoa, Potential Breakup Song - Aly and AJ
• The Great Escape - Boys Like Girls
• Everytime We Touch, What Hurts the Most- Cascada
• Fancy Footwork - Chromeo
• Thnks fr th Mmrs, Dance, Dance (Best Buy exclusive) - Fall Out Boy
• Glamorous - Fergie
• Elevator^{[see note 1]} - Flo Rida feat. Timbaland
• I Don't Want to Be in Love (Dance Floor Anthem) - Good Charlotte
• Wake Up - Hilary Duff
• Hold On, SOS, That's Just the Way We Roll, When You Look Me in the Eyes - The Jonas Brothers
• No One - Alicia Keys
• Take You There - Sean Kingston
• Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
• Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
• Shake It- Metro Station
• What You Got - Colby O'Donis
• I Don't Think About It - Emily Osment
• Nine in the Afternoon - Panic! at the Disco
• Hot n Cold - Katy Perry
• The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup
• Jump to the Rhythm - Jordan Pruitt
• Don't Stop the Music, Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna
• Yahhh!^{[see note 1]} - Soulja Boy Tellem
• Radar, Toxic, Piece of Me (GameStop exclusive)- Britney Spears
• He Said She Said - Ashley Tisdale
• Makes Me Wonder, Won't Go Home Without You (Target exclusive) - Maroon 5
• Stronger^{[see note 1]} - Kanye West
• Ching-a-Ling - Missy Elliott

Notes

Reception

Boogie Superstar received mixed reviews, with a Metacritic average of 67%.

The Official Nintendo Magazine in the UK was impressed with the game, and in a review in the Christmas 2008 edition, said that it "does what it does very well indeed." IGN was less enamoured, concluding that Boogie Superstar was "a decent dancing game, paired with an awful karaoke game."^[5]

References

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