• Show off your pop star skills with a huge catalog of hit songs you & friends can sing

• When players sing, they will judged based on their pitch and rhythm -- a dynamic crowd will react appropriately

• Hit a note perfectly and the crowd will cheer - hit a sour note & you'll be booed off-stage

• Includes Headset Microphone for easier singing and more fun!

Make sure that you like the selection of songs that comes with the game. I thought ~30 songs would be too small but because of the game element where you are trying to perfect a song, I was not bothered by it too much. Plus, I hope that the Expansion disc if they ever put one out will have 50+ songs.

Anyway, the first day I bought the game, my wife and I compete with me singing Celebration and her singing Don't Know Why by Norah Jones and she ended up kicking my butt. It was probably the most fun both of us had together with the PS2. Can't wait to have people over and have a contest.

Word of caution: the Logitech headset that comes with the game is either too small or not as good as the Sony one. It fit my wife (whose head is pretty small) well, but since I have a bigger head, it was kind of hard to get it to fit right. I ended up having to hold the mic portion of the headset close to my mouth in order for the sound to register properly.

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Good party game!  Nov 13, 2003
This game is a lot of fun for people (like me) who enjoy karaoke, or making a fool of themself. The funny thing is, I was professionally trained as a singer, and I still had a hard time getting good scores. The trick is to not use a vibratto (you hear it a lot in opera singing, or professional singers), but instead to keep your pitch as pure and even as possible (which can be tricky).

I'm really looking forward to the expansion disks, and hopefully, a more sensitive microphone. The one that comes with the game (and I'd rank it a 4.5 if I could) is not sensitive enough (and I proved it by having the thing pressed against my lips and it still not picking up some pitches, even with the mike sensitivity at maximum). Also, if you're female, with a fairly high voice, the microphone won't always pick up on phrases with low pitches. According to the booklet, if you sing an octave above or below that phrase, you won't be penalized, but it's also very hard to jump octaves when you're comfortable in a certain range.

Overall, I'd rank the game itself with 5 stars. But, because of the microphone, I'd give it a 4.5. The mike I'd rank at 3. It's too small for some people's heads (indeed, my boyfriend tried it on, and he had a hard time getting the mike to fit right), and the mike really isn't all that sensitive, even with the sensitivity boosted.

It's a really fun game, though, especially when you have people over, and they would like to try it out. I enjoy DDR more, but that's because I feel like I'm actually exercising, not just singing and bobbing to music. It's still a difficult game, even for someone who's been trained.

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Great Fun, Even With Disappointments  Dec 05, 2003 By J. Perry "jaya9581"
Although I'm not the greatest, I've been singing my entire life, on my own and in organized groups in school and such. Since leaving school, there's been little opportunity for me to sing, other than in my car and in the shower at least! So I was very excited to learn about this game, and picked it up only a few days after it was released.

The first thing I learned is that many of the songs you thought you knew - you don't. The game's versions of the songs, at least the ones I've been through thus far, seem to be very accurate and close to their original verisons. I expected to hear more karaoke-style versions, but was pleasantly surprised with their "real" sound.

I've also read on message boards that people are disappointed in the graphics. I think the graphics are fairly good, especially considering they matter the least anyway. The singers, particularly the girls, move realistically, and their movements seem to echo the tone of the music for the most part. I also like the system of adjusting volumes. In the game, you can press the square, circle, triangle, and x buttons while you are performing to adjust the music volume (background music through your speakers), the microphone volume (your own voice through the speakers), vocals volume (singer's voice through the speakers), and the headset volume (your own voice through the headset). In this way you can really fine-tune what you're hearing, and make a great-sounding performance.

I personally have not had too much of a problem with the headset microphone. These types of microphones are designed to be placed very close to (practically in!) your mouth. When I have the microphone properly positioned, I never get poor registration in the game. I have also tried this mic on my home computer, and found it works better than any other microphone I've ever tried, in the last 10 years!

This is a very different and unique game, with a great mixture of songs - there will be something for everyone here, and even the songs you don't particularly enjoy, you'll find yourself singing happily!! I give this game only 4 stars only because I think that it's replay value is limited. However, the option for expansion disks is built into the game, so hopefully we'll soon see lots of new songs to sing, and I'll be able to raise this review to 5 stars! Until then, happy singing, break a leg!

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Great Fun  Nov 08, 2003 By Joyce
Being a Dance Dance Revolution Fan, I had already decided I would get this game when it was announced, despite the fact that I don't listen to American music all that much. I was a little afraid that I wouldn't know most of the songs anyway.

Thankfully, Konami realized this and put in a good mix of songs, at least some of which you have heard (unless you lived in a cave for seveal decades...) There're probably at least five songs on there you know. You can always find the song list online if you wish, just note that some songs need to be unlocked by beating songs/reaching score goals. The ability to add on "Expansion Dics" is also an interesting feature, but we'll see if this is a tease or if Konami will put out a good selection to make the 69.99 investment worthwhile.

The difficulty is varied as well, with different settings for strictness in judging, and how much you need to sing before one "step" is completed with a "great" result.

Appreciated greatly are also features for adjusting the mic sensitivity, although that could be fine tuned a bit to have less blunt settings. Another feature that deserves praise is that you can select volume for the lead singer, music, mic, and how loud the song plays in your headset.

Now to the negative bits of the game.

One thing I've noticed is that one has the ability to mumble in the correct key and not actually sing audible words and still manage to hit combos. While that might be a legitimate technical limitaiton, it's discouraging to have someone score higher than you, but not actually sing anything.

There could have been a much better story that might have gone with the "Showtime Mode". I barely noticed that what Konami intended was that you are an aspiring singer moving up in the world of music. Also the difficulty does not go up as you try to beat the venues, although it would make sense for audience at a stadium to be more critical at one at a party in someone's home.

Back to the Expansion packs. Where are they? Konami probably didn't want to confuse buyers by releasing the expansion packs the same date as the main game, but it would have been nice if they had a closer release date than December. (That is only assuming there's no delay in the release date.)

Overall the game is enjoyable, and will be lots of fun to play with your friends (with a sort of versus mode, for up to 8 people)

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Addictive Crazy Fun!!  Dec 04, 2003
I'm not a karaoke person. Someone brought it to a party which to be honest I thought was weird. Then we turned it on, for most of us it was a curiosity and a few thought it was totally a lame idea. All I have to say is that we were totally wrong. I haven't laughed so hard in my life. When my one friend got lost in the middle of a song, and was just destroying it she got booed off the stage. What a hilarious feature! It brought out competative streaks in people and some really silly performances. It actually encourages people to try to sing properly and a few people were suprisingly good at it!

I recommend this to non-singers like me and singers alike. Its really for anyone who would enjoy a fun game. I know that several people who played it that night wanted to buy it themselves. I actually heard one woman say, I'm so glad my husband has Playstation 2!

I think that says it all!

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