Boogie to come with USB mic, may go multiplatform
by Ross Miller 
{ May 7th 2007 at 2:15PM }
Alfredo Chavez, Gameplay / Art producer for the upcoming Wii rhythm title Boogie, has confirmed that the game will come with a USB microphone."The Wii version comes bundled with a microphone, it's a USB microphone and it's probably going to be the first mic for the Wii," he said in a video interview with IGN. Does this mean we will have to sit in a close proximity of the Wii or will there simply be a wireless dongle that attaches to the back? We're betting on the latter, as being connected to a console while jumping around like a buffoon is a surefire way to destroy your system.
Another interesting interpretation of Chavez's quote, particularly "the Wii version," hints that developer Electronic Arts is readying the title for other platforms, as well. Of course, we're not surprised that Boogie is expanding to other consoles (this is an EA franchise, after all), but there have been no official multiplatform plans announced.
Gallery: Boogie (Wii)
[Update: We were contacted by a spokesperson for Disney Interactive to let us know that High School Musical, which includes a microphone for the Wii version, will be coming out in August before Boogie.]
[Via Go Nintendo]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
sheppy @ May 7th 2007 2:37PM
Bust A Groove 4....
Seriously needed right about now.
Crono @ May 7th 2007 2:39PM
"We're betting on the latter, as being connected to a console while jumping around like a buffoon."
This is a fragment. How much are you paying your editor?
Yourself @ May 7th 2007 2:43PM
Read closer for an incredibly unfinished sentence.
Yourself @ May 7th 2007 2:45PM
Okay he said it before me. The message took forever to get to my email. Tubes must be clogged.
Ross Miller @ May 7th 2007 2:50PM
D'oh! It's been fixed.
You know, it's funny, my editor was trying to tell me about that little error, but then he just kind of trailed off and never finished his thought.
Rosco
Joystiq
LongshotX @ May 7th 2007 3:31PM
@ AJ Vaynerchuk
Do you have a 360tube? Can you make that?
Crono @ May 7th 2007 3:37PM
Its ok, yourself. Your's made me chuckle.
Ken @ May 7th 2007 4:11PM
@LongshotX
Nope, the 360 can't surf the web.
Michael McGuire @ May 7th 2007 5:57PM
Why would EA create a wireless microphone attachment that uses a USB dongle when they could simply use a Bluetooth headset/microphone and save money?
No, I think we can take this to mean it will be wired. Which sucks. And it being EA is expected.