It’s a singing game! It’s a dancing game! It’s…both? Can Boogie: SuperStar handle the two? Read on to find out.

Boogie: SuperStar is like two games in one. Create an avatar and customize your own look. Then send your virtual self out to compete in dance and vocal competitions. The singing portions of the game are similar to SingStar or Karaoke Revolution or the vocal parts of Rock Band. Sing along to more than 35 pop songs. You don’t have to know the words, as long as you can sing in pitch, you’ll pass. The game comes with an included microphone that hooks to one of the Wii’s USB ports, and while it works fairly well, I didn’t get too far because I can’t carry a tune in a bucket with my voice.

The dancing portions of the game didn’t fare much better, but I don’t think it was a fault of mine. Use the motion sensing Wii remote to perform various dance moves with your arms. An on-screen diagram shows how to swing the remote, and you must do so in time with the beat. The problem here is some of the moves don’t seem to register with the remote.

Kid Factor:
Boogie: SuperStar suffers from poor controls in the dancing portions, but pre-teen girls who enjoy TV shows like American Idol and Dancing With The Stars may still find enjoyment out of this game anyway. Up to four players can compete together. Reading skill is helpful for the instructions, though there are also picture cues. Boogie SuperStar is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Lyrics, but it’s nothing worse than what you can find on the radio.

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