RECOMMENDED: DANCE PARADISE
WITH THE arrival of Microsoft’s controller-free motion accessory Kinect, the potential for dance games is bigger than ever. Fitness and sports titles may lend themselves well to motion gaming, but dancing games take the experience to another level, allowing players to groove, jive and Moonwalk like the best of them. Mindscape is entering the dance
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market with Xbox 360 Kinect exclusive Dance Paradise,featuring 40 songs, a multiplayer mode and settings such as beaches, discos and casinos. Parents, kids and clubbers are targeted with a mixture of genres including hip- hop, pop, rock, R ‘n’ B and dance. The publisher says this wide appeal will result in strong sales. “Based on the initial feedback from retailers, we have very high expectations for sales performance,” Mindscape’s UK
This game’s release is part of the
excitement building toward Kinect.
Mark Stanger, Mindscape
general manager Mark Stanger tells MCV.
“There is a real sense of excitement and anticipation now starting to build towards the launch of Kinect on Xbox 360, and Dance Paradiseis very much part of that.”
STRICTLY DANCING
The official music video of each song is played on-screen, so the user can dance along to tunes while watching their favourite artists. Songs include Snoop Dogg’s ‘Beautiful’, Lady GaGa’s ‘Bad Romance’ and Supergrass’ ‘Alright’ (see ‘Gamers’ Paradise’, right). Dance Paradisealso allows two dancers to compete with one another or a single player to tackle each song alone. Points are awarded to players depending on how skillful their dancing is. To market the game, Mindscape is working with Microsoft on Kinect launch activities, and says it is supporting its retail partners to help release the game.
October 22nd 2010 DANCE PARADISE
Mindscape releases its first dance title on Xbox 360 Kinect in the form of Dance Paradise. Dominic Sacco takes a look at what sets it apart from its rivals
GAMERS’ PARADISE
Mindscape’s game boasts a catalogue of 40 chart hits, such as:
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‘Bellydancer’ Daft Punk ‘Around the World’ Geri Halliwell ‘It’s Raining Men’ Gwen Stefani ‘What are You Waiting For’ Lady GaGa ‘Bad Romance’ Laroux
‘Bulletproof’ No Doubt ‘Hey Baby’
Pussycat Dolls ‘When I Grow Up’ Sophie Ellis Bextor ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ Taio Cruz ‘Break Your Heart’
U-SING 2
Mindscape has two other music-based titles in the works set for release before Christmas. The first is Wii karaoke sequel U-Sing 2which arrives on November 19th.
MY FIRST SONGS This kids’ karaoke game on Wii is targeted specifically towards children aged between three and six years old. It includes tracks such as ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’ and ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’, and hits stores on October 29th.
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[INFO] Released:
November 12th
Format: 360
Publisher: Mindscape
Developer: Smackdown Productions
Price: £39.99
Distributor: Gem
Contact: 01279 822822
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