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What about those who don't watch American Idol?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 35 / 35
Date: January 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I confess, I am one of those people who don't watch the show (there are probably 10 of us in the entire country, LOL). Actually, I did only watch the first season.

I have every other disc in the Karaoke Revolution series, and I am having more fun with this one that I did with all of the previous ones (except maybe the first one because it was a novelty then). You do not need to know anything about American Idol to enjoy this game. The judges' comments are interesting but they tend to be very tough on you if you miss a few "great" ratings. You can play this game the exact same way as the previous discs, but the extra American Idol mode adds a new level to the game. The first time I played and won, I was literally jumping up and down as if I won the lottery or something-- it was that exciting.

I thought I wouldn't like the American Idol tv show video clips that can be unlocked but I have been watching them with great interest. Some are just hilarious clips of auditions, and others are performance clips. While I did play through the entire song list in non-competition mode and unlocked various characters, fashion items, and a few songs, I noticed that I did not really start unlocking a large number of video clips until I started on the American Idol competition mode.

While Paula Abdul refused to participate in this game by having her likeness and voice included as a judge (not a smart move, Paula), they do have one of her songs on the song list. I don't think her absence hurts the game any. There is a generic female judge named Laura who takes her place. Simon is still the star judge.

Konami has really outdone themselves with this disc, and if you only buy one KR game, let this be the one. Song list is terrific, and the true duets on this disc are more varied and interesting. The American Idol backgrounds are also wonderfully re-created. On the down side, there wasn't a lot of new development of non-American Idol-related graphics such as additional backgrounds and character hairstyles, clothing, etc. However, they did add the ability to adjust skin tone in the character creator, which I am very happy about.

Overall- 5 stars, and more if I could give 'em! Now just imagine how cool this game would be to those who really do watch American Idol...

American Idol Songs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 33 / 33
Date: January 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol is great fun for the whole family. Compete in the American Idol Competition and listen to the judges praise you or bomb you; either way, it's a lot of fun. The forty songs on this game are:

All My Life
Alone
(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
Be Without You
Breakaway
Build Me Up Buttercup
Can't Help Falling In Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Dilemma
Do I Make You Proud?
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Don't You Want Me
Easy
Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Flying Without Wings
Heartbreaker
Heaven
Hungry Like A Wolf
If You Don't Know Me By Now
It's Not Unusual
Just The Way You Are
Let's Stay Together
Love Will Keep Us Together
More Than Words
Photograph
Piano Man
Proud Mary
Rock With You
Saving All My Love For You
She Bangs
Stand By Me
Stickwitu
Straight Up
Sugar, We're Going Down
The Real Thing
Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Unwritten
What A Girl Wants
You And Me
You've Lost That Loving Feeling

Better than the rest

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing. If you have never played Karaoke revolution games before you are in for a treat. This game is better than the others, singstar doesn't even compare. I am an avid karaoke player and this game takes it to the next level. It gives you genuine critique and you are alloud to either play a normal karaoke mode, have battles with your friends, do duets and medleys like the others but this one has an american idol gameplay mode where simon critiques your singing as you knock out other players and watch americas vote. Having an eyetoy brings this game to the next label giving you the ability to make a 3d image of your head. You can then use this image to lay as a character though it is sometimes hard to use. The songs are GREAT much better than previous Karaoke revolutions and it is a must have for every karaoke enthusiast. You unlock over 100 things this time around

A Family affair

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: January 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is great fun for friends and family alike. My children ages 6,9,10 all enjoy this game. Took it to a friends home and the adults pirated the game from the kids. Everyone that has played went out and purchased it the next day. They claim it was for their kids (but I seen how they took it over at the party)By the way there was no drinking at the party so it was surprizing to see the adults actlike that. It's a blast and a wonderful way to spend family night.(As long as you don't mind a little Simon bashing) I too have to admit that I am not an Idol fan never watched one show before this game.

Go for it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This wasnt the first time I played the KR series in general but it's the first game I own and it's pretty addictive. It has the same things the other versions have had with decent batch of songs including one song they added that's amusing which is "She Bangs". The American Idol part of the game is challenging but not hard to beat. It's 8 levels and you have to compete against the game or other players and the judges rate you. They're a bit hard to please because you can have a high score and more on to another level and they'll say you suck and some of their ratings are recycled through out the times they rate you. There's also videos in this version to unlock where you see snipets of the show itself. This was definately worth buying.

Best game Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: February 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Okay. I, along with everyone else that I know of who plays this game, can't sing. But, fortunately for us, we do not have to. I'm a guy, so I find it very hard to sing in the normal pitch of the song. I have a very deep voice, so I sing very deep. Believe me, you may not be able to sing very well when you start the game, but after a good practice at this game, you'll sing at least 20% better (unless you're good at singing). When I bought this game, I bought it because of American Idol. I have watched the show since the end of season 2 and I'm loving the show. I read about the first American Idol game, and it sounded like a load of crud. I mean, you can't even sing in it! But this game is incredible. You truly feel like you're trying out for American Idol. I love it that in the game, there is Simon Cowell, and Randy Jackson. The only thing wrong with this game is that Paula was replaced by some idiot named "Laura". Ugggghhhhhhhhhh. She is sooooo annoying. She says basically the same stupid stuff all the time. Simon and Randy are amazing though. They even have the real voices. When I sing and I mess up somewhere in the middle of the song, Randy or Simon will point that out. In the game Simon is as cruel as ever. If nail a hard song, Simon will praise you. If you mess up an easy song though, Simon will be sure to rip you into pieces. Now, let's get of that subject. based on how well you do the song, you'll get a score. You'll either get nothing, a gold, a platinum, or if you get a perfect score, a diamond. I have about six diamonds I think. And mostly platinums. If you get a few platinums you'll unlock different clothes and characters. You can also unlock clips from the actual show. I have most of the clips too. And finally, you can choose vocal judging. You can choose from easy to medium to hard to expert. Personally, I do medium. To me, easy is just too easy. Also, if you enter a full competition, you can choose a short, medium, or full competition with short having 8 rounds, medium having 13, and full having 18. Also, I like how you start out at the auditions, move on to Hollywood, then to the semi-finals (where America votes), and the finals. The songs in the game are:

All My Life, Alone, (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me, Be Without You, Breakaway, Build Me Up Buttercup, Can't Help Falling In Love, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Dilemma, Do I Make You Proud?, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, Don't You Want Me, Easy, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Flying Without Wings, Heartbreaker, Heaven, Hungry Like The Wolf, If You Don't Know Me By Now, It's Not Unusual, Just The Way You Are, Let's Stay Together, Love Will Keep Us Together, More Than Words, Photograph, Piano Man, Proud Mary, Rock With You, Saving All My Love For You, She Bangs, Stand By Me, Stickwitu, Straight Up, Sugar We're Going Down, The Real Thing, Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Unwritten, What A Girl Wants, You And Me, You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling

Very fun game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun. The criticism from the judges, especially Randy and Simon, is hilarious. The only thing I hate is they replaced Paula with "Laura". I would definitely recommend this game to anyone who likes to karaoke and loves American Idol!!!

Best KR yet though...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I would have liked the DDR included as an option just like the KR Party. Best song choices and the added commentary is pretty funny. We also liked earning some of the video clips from the show. I wish there were more characters to choose from. It seems that the level of the song is now correlated to your score so if you pick a hard song and your at the easy level your score may not be as high if you picked an easier song. Our family thinks this is the funnest KR yet partly because we know all of the songs fairly well. I think because it is the American Idol version.

WOOT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I won american idol!!! LAMO!!!! lol just kidding!!! i only won on the game!!!! this game is fun!! good songs that even my bfs teenage daughter got into.. and come on.. how big of a crictic can ya get?!!!! the whole family had a blast tonight! heck shes still singing in there... i love these games!!! they are great teaching tools for singing... and just to have fun!!! buy it!! its worth it!!! just make sure u get kanomi microphones!!! not logi tech!!! best of funs!

I want to be an Idol!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We have had hours of fun with this so far. My kids and I love to compete against each other and see what "Simon has to say" about our performance. We really like the duet part of it. Make sure you have two microphones.

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