When Robot Symphony alerted us to its upcoming iPhone debut, MeowWalker, we were prepared to dismiss it out of hand based only on the premise of combining Michael Jackson with the staple of lazy internet humor, cats. But instead of a tasteless cash-in, the trailer for the dance game (after the break) reveals what could turn out to be our, well, third favorite Michael Jackson-based game, right after the Genesis Moonwalker and the arcade Moonwalker. Sha-meow!
The gameplay is simple: tilt and swipe the phone to make a lanky, Thriller-jacketed feline perform MJ's signature dance moves to the tune of the Michael Jackson songs already on your phone. The addition of quirky animation and (especially) sound effects, which reimagine Michael's weird vocal tics as cat noises, result in something that we can't get enough of. Which means, according to the MJ canon, we haven't stopped watching the trailer.
Too soon for what? This isn't a joke about his death, it's just a game. He's got a movie coming out, and his records are still selling. Is it too soon for those as well?
this game sounds awesome. i don't know why, but i love it. it probably has something to do with the fact that the dance group at my school performed thriller flawlessly yesterday at a pep rally, and that i've been playing 5 minutes to kill yourself nonstop on my iphone.
