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DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IT IS HORRIBLE

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 16
Date: September 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

WORST GAME EVER

PLEASE do not buy this, it's horrible. Look up the reviews on the web. I bought this game based on other reviewers...and I'm going to be checking with Amazon to see if I can return it. It's so horrible it's practically unplayable. Even if you could use the mic and the wii and the nunchuck all together in some reasonable fashion...it still wouldn't be fun.

HORRIBLE. I'd give it no stars if I could.

Don't Bother With Boogie

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: August 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As someone who loves karaoke, I was really looking forward to the release of Boogie on the Wii. However, I was very disappointed with it.

In Boogie you're doing one of two things, singing karaoke , or "dancing". The dance portion of the game is overly simplistic, and not really dancing at all. All you do is swing the controller back and forth with the beat, making your character dance. The song selection is absolutely horrible. There are a few good ones, but most of the songs seem to be geared towards girls in middle school.

Don't bother with this one. It's not even close to worth the $60 you'll pay for it.

Boring Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: August 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, I was hoping for something along the lines of say Elite Beat Agents for the DS, or perhaps some new break-out game like DDR. Nope.

This game is just boring.

As far as the dancing, the controls are rather random, and there is almost no instruction to speak of as to what you are supposed to do. Sure, you are supposed to swing the wii-mote back and forth to the beat of the music while "dancing," but the game has the musicality of a 5th grade Christmas Program. If you attempt double-time, or god forbid, tripple-time beats, the game docks your score, claiming you are out of sync with the beat.

The rest of the controls are just as sporadic--- for example, the "Pose" portion of the game is almost impossible to control. And frankly, perhaps practice would make perfect, but the game is too boring to warrant practice.

As for the kareoke portion, the songs are very random indeed, and are rather boring. It makes no difference whether you set the level to easy, medium, or hard, as you will frankly get the same score in each.

Also, whoever chose the songs assumed everyone was a soprano or a tenor. There are almost no songs that lower voices can sing, unless you drop an octave and are singing bass.

Horribly trite, and boring.

OK for the Kids

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: September 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you loved Karaoke Revolution you'll probably be fairly disappointed with Boogie. Load times are longish, story mode is more annoying than fun, and the difficulty level of the game is too easy--this being a problem for adult players because you can totally suck or totally rock at singing and will likely get the same score everytime. The characters aren't all that customizable either, and the "dance" part of it is basically just waving your hand back and forth to rhythm (basically a cheap rip-off from Rayman's). For younger kids though, this might be an ideal game, because they won't find it too challenging and can unlock most stuff without the aid of an adult.

So, in the end, if it's for your kids, find a copy less than $50 and have at it, if its for older teens and up, pass!

Boring, Songs Sound Terrible!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: September 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We were so looking forward to this game, totally disappointed. Not worth the money. The songs sound terrible, NOT by the original singers, not even by good singers, tempos are off...YUCK! How are you suppose to boogie to that?? Bad graphics, very few characters to choose from, the dancing is annoying. Just a bunch of random moves while you move the controller back and forth. Dull. My children, ages 9 and 10, do like this game, but really dislike the songs, and they unlocked everything really fast. I have no idea how anyone is giving this game more than 2 or 3 stars. At $60, it's totally overpriced for what you're getting. Plus the loading is really slow.

The pitch was good.....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The concept for the game was a great idea. Control a dancing character with the Wii remote with a great soundtrack of songs to go with it. The actual mechanics though leave so much to be desired it's not even funny. Honestly, there really should be more to your characters' moves than swinging the remote to the beat, and really, that's all there is to it. TO put it bluntly, if you loved games like Donkey Konga, DDR, Elite Beat Agents, Guitar Hero, etc. and they got you into rhythm/music oriented games then Boogie will be a major let down and make you realize how lucky we all were that this one wasn't the first of the genre or the aforementioned titles might never have gone over because Boogie ruined it for everyone.

Ok but a little complicated

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Hi, this game is ok. This is my first time with a singing type game. The words are changed on some of the songs which is annoying and all the actions (dancing and singing with the wii mote and the microphone) is too much for me.

Play it at your friend's house

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game after playing it one time at my friend's house. We played for about an hour and it seemed pretty fun. However I now have owned the game for less than a week and it has already becoming boring for me and the whole family. The song's get old fast and there are very few stages or characters to use. The unlockables are just different outfits and are rediculously easy to earn. The singing portion has terrible voice recognition as one can simply hum into the mic and still earn gold medals even on the hardest levels. The dancing portion is also sort of lame in that you score the most points by simply moving the controller in provided sequences such as up, down, left, right. For added fun you can hit the A button to change moves- whoo hoo! To top it off this is one of the most expensive games out because it comes with the microphone. So let your friend's shell out the $59.99 and just play it at their house; don't waste your own money on this one.

Could be improved

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

There were lots of issues with this game. Half the songs didn't play or were locked. It was also not intuitive and difficult to use.

Great concept...poorly executed.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 71 / 71
Date: August 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I confess; I love videogame karaoke. Even the most formerly shy of friends agree with these sentiments, instant addicts to my copy of 'Karaoke Revolution.'

Needless to say, I waited with baited breath for 'Boogie,' a title seemingly tailor made for the Wii. Great song roster, motion sensitive dancing, and a slew of clever unlockables. The terrific commercials only fed this excitement; I couldn't wait to bust a groove with Bubba and Co.

Something, however, went horribly awry on the way to hype fruition. Sadly, disco fever was no where to be found. Horrible load times greeted me on launch, the menus did nothing to assuage these fears. Want to change venue? Be prepared to go ALL the way back to the original menu screen. Insert endless load times once more. Finally, don't get me started on 'Story Mode.' Ugh.

Unfortunately, it only went from bad to gaming worse. The karaoke? Simply awful. Poor voice recognition, stale backgrounds, and a generic scoring system combine to create one terrible experience. Why can I not sing and dance at the same time? The crummy unlockable system certainly didn't help the cause. Boy, was I missing 'Karaoke Revolution.'

Sigh; the dancing end of things was an equal flop. Dance moves are relegated to random Wii mote waves, powered by terrible motion recognition. Related, 'special moves' are nothing more than a Simple Simon-esque series of stale, forced movements. I felt like I was directing traffic versus boogie-ing on down.

Yes, there are positives to be found in 'Boogie,' albeit limited. The graphics are gorgeous...arguably worth the wait in loading times. Ditto on the surprisingly robust video/song editor. (Take that, VH1.)

Still, it's hard to recommend a very expensive title with appeal limited to the youngest of gamers. After trading in 'Boogie,' I was left with regret over a title seemingly forced to launch. Until a strong sequel comes to pass, this gamer's getting his song/dance fix via the Gamecube version of 'Karaoke Revolution' and the upcoming Wii iteration of its dancing counterpart.

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