E3 2012 – Geekscape Games Plays SiNG!

Amid the many games to play at the E3 show floor, there was one section of the floor that intrigued me. At the corner of the Nintendo booth, there was a small living room set up with a group of people having the time of their life in it. In a convention full of people who seemed to either hate their jobs or were too concerned with nabbing free stuff to actually take the experience in, actually watching people having fun was a change of pace. As they say, (and by they I mean me,) a party’s not a party until I’m there, so I walked into the SiNG demo booth for WiiU and tried my hand at being the next singing sensation.

Since this was an early build of the recently announced title, there were only a handful of songs to choose from. Of course, there’s only really one choice when Call Me Maybe is on the list, so to show how hip I am with the music the kids listen to these days, destiny decided that would be the song that my voice would lead a room full of Japanese businessmen into a giant dance routine.

The lyrics appeared on the game pad while the screen featured a dancer showing my backup what to do. When the lyrics flashed yellow during the chorus, it meant it was time for the whole room to join in and sing along! It was a simple set up, especially because we were playing in Party Mode, which doesn’t score you and just focused on having fun with the song. It’s a unique way to free up the TV so multiple play styles can converge into one, but while the details behind the game say that there will be a scored singing mode featuring unlimited players for dancing, I hope that’s not PR speak meaning that dancing won’t be scored at all.

Regardless, even though I was surrounded with highly produced, multi million dollar blockbuster games, SiNG with its simplicity was some of the most fun I had all show! I’m looking forward to how the game will develop as it advances, so you can count on a follow up as more details become available.

http://youtu.be/HV93svATZgs