More U-Sing Girls Night Wii Details

Mindscape and Universal Music On Line today announced new features for their upcoming karaoke game, U-Sing Girls Night, the sequel to U-Sing U’ve Got Talent, which was the best selling karaoke game on Wii for Christmas 2009. Mindscape has built upon this success by adding new features and improvements to U-Sing Girls Night, some of which are a first for console karaoke games.

Some of the new, exclusive features include download content, a first for karaoke games on Wii. Players with an Internet-connected Wii will be able to access the U-Sing online store via the game. Songs can be purchased using Nintendo Points. Also, there will be a 'Jukebox' mode where owners can transform the Wii console into a jukebox. Additionally, U-Sing Girls Night adds a new feature to the Jukebox mode by giving players the choice to display lyrics or not, without being scored, giving the game a real karaoke feel. On top of this, during a song, golden notes regularly appear on the music score. Filling a golden note triggers a sequence that adds bonus points to the player’s score. A counter on the right of the screen keeps the player’s score.

Other enhancements to the original game include:

• Grading System: The new grading system rates players according to their performance. The grades are as follows (in descending order) - Legend, Star, Professional, Pretty Good, Not bad, Beginner, Atrocious. If a player beats the previous record, the new score can be recording using the virtual keyboard.

• Player Activation: Before starting a song, each player must hum into the microphone to activate game position. This also helps determine the blue and green players during a multiplayer game.

• Choosing a Song: The U-Sing Girls Night song menu initially displays the artist’s album cover. This gradually becomes a preview of the song and video clip.