NeoGAFfer Captain N's niece Kaelyn got a gold medal on "Brick House" by yelling incoherently into the microphone. For those of you unfamiliar with the Commodores' signature song (ignore the video in that link), it has words and rhythm. We know she's playing in easy mode, and we're glad that Kaelyn was able to experience such a rousing success at such an early age, but shouldn't scoring in a rhythm game be based on ... some kind of criteria? There's a difference between casual games and games that you can win without even being aware that you're playing.
Boogie owners-- the gauntlet has been laid down. How well can you perform by yelling nonsense syllables with no rhythm?
[Via NeoGAF]











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8-14-2007 @ 10:45AM
Rocketman said...
If it's a Stevie Nicks song, no challenge.
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8-14-2007 @ 11:08AM
Doug said...
ow. me like stevie nicks.
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8-14-2007 @ 11:13AM
UpIrons said...
Not surprised by this at all. I tried "Can't Touch This" on Boogie over the weekend and, being the very bad white non-rapper that I am, could only make incoherent sounds during the verses. I was only able to accurately say "Can't Touch This" over and over again and still managed to get a gold medal. The game is kind of a joke honestly. Real disappointing.
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8-14-2007 @ 11:23AM
James said...
The game looked like a joke from day 1 -- how is this news?
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8-14-2007 @ 11:32AM
Tristan said...
I love the dancing though, it is quite fun. You just have to get into the game is all. nice change from an super serious game, i would say.
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8-14-2007 @ 12:37PM
Jackson Pritt said...
I don't think it's broken so much as totally retarded.
While this franchise originally looked interesting, EA has clearly blown it. They had a chance to make the first really good new rhythm game on the Wii, and instead they gave us garbage designed for the K-8 demographic.
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8-14-2007 @ 12:58PM
Jonathan Tran said...
yeah that sold it, I will never get this game, haha
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8-14-2007 @ 2:37PM
thuglife1199 said...
WII games so easy a baby can play it. Very family friendly
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8-14-2007 @ 3:47PM
Josh L. said...
Actually, if the baby wasn't so loud you would be able to hear the TV. Then you can hear that, how should I say this, all the vowels sync up. The noises the baby is making is at the same time and same sound as the TV, there is just no enunciation.
Is it that different from other karaoke games? Try saying only words that kinda sound alike, instead of the actual words and see if it works.
Either way, looks like a more or less sucky game. Now if there were only OTHER games for me to buy... W/e, soon enough...
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8-14-2007 @ 4:21PM
Devwar said...
Any rhythm karaoke game is like this, it just goes by the tone of your voice, see if it matches up in game usually. Any song in Karaoke revolution you can just hum and get golds there.
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8-14-2007 @ 4:28PM
clinton said...
If you're just trying to "beat" Boogie, than you're missing the point. You could roll up to a karaoke bar, blow in the mic and "beat the song" there too. The joy in Boogie is just like in real life-getting drunk with friends and singing your brains out. The dancing on the other hand is far more complex than people are giving it credit for. Actually performing an interesting dance while staying on the beat is hard...really hard. The game encourages creativity and probably gives too much freedom to lifelong gamers who are so used to being sodomized for not singing at just the right pitch or stepping on the right arrow at the right time.
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8-14-2007 @ 5:22PM
Abscissa said...
Umm, am I the only one who noticed that's not a baby?
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8-14-2007 @ 6:04PM
JC Fletcher said...
1 1/2 years old still totally counts as "baby" for me. I mean, unless you're saying it's some kind of robot or computer simulation.
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8-14-2007 @ 9:34PM
hvnlysoldr said...
Crap. Dang nabbit EA!
http://www.gamefly.com/products/detail.asp?pid=128285&t=0&fcTrack=Search?-?-
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8-14-2007 @ 9:39PM
Abscissa said...
I'm just saying it's a toddler. But I admit, at first look on my way-too-dark monitor she looked more like 3, while on closer inspection though, yea, 1.5 looks about right. So at that age it's probably just splitting hairs.
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8-15-2007 @ 11:54PM
Captain N said...
She still needs to be strapped when she eats. I call her a baby and she's my niece.
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8-16-2007 @ 12:27AM
Abscissa said...
Wow, she's Captain N's niece? That explains the uncanny gaming ability. ;)
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