EA has just announced Boogie a new, all-singing, all-dancing original title for the Wii. Well, half-singing and half-dancing, anyway. SPOnG's got the first screens for you to take a peek at.
The game will incorporate singing and dancing as well as allowing players to star in their own music videos. It also, from the look of the screens, features a chap looking a lot like Doctor Zoidberg from Futurama.
The new title comes out of EA's Montreal studio. It joins the excellent (if under-performing) SSX Blur for the Wii and the upcoming Army of Two for the PS3 and 360 in EA Montreal's push to produce new IP.
EA's come out as a strong supporter of Nintendo's platforms. When Spore was announced on the DS (the only console platform the game's been announced on) EA's CEO, Larry probst, said,
Details of how the Boogie will work are still scarce, but EA Montreal's certainly demonstrated that it can make the most of the Wii's controls with SSX Blur. We've also seen that dancing on the Wii can work thanks to the embarrassing rhythm section in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. This might just be quite good.
The game will incorporate singing and dancing as well as allowing players to star in their own music videos. It also, from the look of the screens, features a chap looking a lot like Doctor Zoidberg from Futurama.
The new title comes out of EA's Montreal studio. It joins the excellent (if under-performing) SSX Blur for the Wii and the upcoming Army of Two for the PS3 and 360 in EA Montreal's push to produce new IP.
EA's come out as a strong supporter of Nintendo's platforms. When Spore was announced on the DS (the only console platform the game's been announced on) EA's CEO, Larry probst, said,
"On the Nintendo platforms, we think that we can be a very strong number two. Clearly Nintendo will always be number one on the Wii and Nintendo DS, but we think we have a realistic goal of being number two, with a market share goal of 15-20 percent.”
Details of how the Boogie will work are still scarce, but EA Montreal's certainly demonstrated that it can make the most of the Wii's controls with SSX Blur. We've also seen that dancing on the Wii can work thanks to the embarrassing rhythm section in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. This might just be quite good.
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kmogul 22 Mar 2007 16:24
1/3
I think he looks more like Patrick from the Spongebob series than Dr Zoidberg from Futurama
OptimusP 22 Mar 2007 17:27
2/3
Damn you EA, you're about to make me buy one of your games if you keep this up! Whats going on over there, EA is like the best third party for the Wii at the moment (Ubisoft doesn't count with all it's crappy ports).
Joji 23 Mar 2007 14:29
3/3
Now that's what I'm talking about, EA! Something cool and original. I like what I see so far and from those screens it looks fun. Reminds me of Bust A Move on PS1 so that's positive start.
Futurama pokes aside, I'm happy to see some imagination from them. Makes me wonder what other cool, original stuff they have planned.
Futurama pokes aside, I'm happy to see some imagination from them. Makes me wonder what other cool, original stuff they have planned.