Boogie Wonderland At Nintendo World
So where do you go if you want to see 10-year-olds singing M.C. Hammer or 40-year-olds dancing to the Pussycat Dolls? Why, The Nintendo World Store in New York City, of course, for the Boogie launch party! Every Wii in the place was set up to play the brand new game, a tournament was going on and the title was visibly flying off the shelf (no doubt after the kids tried it and pestered their parents into buying it for them right then and there).
Of course, there's just one little problem with attempting to play a rhythm-based videogame in the middle of a store where every other Wii in the joint is playing the same game while the soundtrack is also being pumped over the loudspeakers — you can't hear a freakin' thing! I appreciate Nintendo holding a tournament (especially at the game's launch where everyone should be on relatively equal footing), but you could barely hear what was going on. It was chaos. Good luck staying on the beat, kids!
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I declined entering the tournament because I didn't want to embarrass myself, though I did kind of notice that the staff seemed to be desperately recruiting people to fill the empty slots. I did get my hands on the game later on, though, and I'm sure it's a lot more fun when you can hear what you're supposed to be dancing to and if you actually know how to use the controls. It seemed deceptively simple, but when I actually tried flailing around, nothing seemed to react properly and I found that I kind of sucked.
Favorite things I saw: 1. A mother being unwittingly recruited into the tournament when her son signed up, and the staff member patiently explaining the rules of the game to her. 2. A 10-year-old kid trying to sing along with "U Can't Touch This," and sounding like he's never heard the song before in his life. 3. A boy throwing his whole body into the movements because the Wiimote and Nunchuck controllers just weren't enough to contain his spirit of dance! 4. A girl belting out "Hopelessly Devoted To You" as though Simon Cowell was sitting in front of her instead of a little kid with a DS.
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Miscellany, Video Games on 13 August 2007
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Sounds like fun! Next time we want pics of you shaking some booty.