{"id":5888,"date":"2010-05-04T19:41:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T09:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=5888"},"modified":"2010-05-04T19:41:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T09:41:18","slug":"new-u-sing-girls-night-features-announced-the-best-selling-wii-karaoke-game-cranks-up-the-volume-with-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=5888","title":{"rendered":"New U-Sing Girls Night Features Announced &#8211; The best selling Wii karaoke game cranks up the volume with new features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SYDNEY-<\/strong><strong> 04 May, 2010: <\/strong>Mindscape, a leading global publisher and distributor of entertainment software and Universal Music On Line today announced new features for their upcoming karaoke game, U-Sing <em>Girls Night<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>U-Sing <em>Girls Night<\/em>, is the sequel to U-Sing <em>U\u2019ve Got Talent<\/em>, which was the best selling karaoke game on Wii for Christmas 2009. Mindscape has built upon this success by adding new features and improvements to U-Sing <em>Girls Night<\/em>, some of which are a first for console karaoke games!<\/p>\n<p>New, exclusive features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DLC: <\/strong>U-Sing <em>Girls Night<\/em> will be the first karaoke game on Wii with <strong>D<\/strong>own-<strong>L<\/strong>oadable <strong>C<\/strong>ontent. Players with an Internet connected Wii will be able to access the U-Sing online store via the game. Songs can be purchased using Nintendo points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Juke Box Mode: <\/strong>Owners of the original U-Sing loved the Jukebox Mode which transforms the Wii console into a jukebox.\u00a0 U-Sing <em>Girls Night<\/em> <strong>adds an additional feature<\/strong> to the Jukebox Mode by giving players the choice to display lyrics or not, without being scored, giving the game a real karaoke feel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Golden Notes: <\/strong>During a song, golden notes regularly appear on the music score. Filling a golden note triggers a sequence that adds bonus points to the player\u2019s score. A counter on the right of the screen keeps the player\u2019s score.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other enhancements to the original game include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grading System: \u00a0<\/strong>The new grading system rates players according to their performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The grades are as follows (in descending order):<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Legend<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Star<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professional<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pretty Good<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Not bad<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beginner<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Atrocious<\/p>\n<p>If a player beats the previous record, the new score can be recording using the virtual keyboard.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Player Activation: <\/strong>Before starting a song, each player must hum into the microphone to activate game position. This also helps determine the blue and green players during a multiplayer game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Choosing a Song: <\/strong>The U-Sing <em>Girls Night<\/em> song menu initially displays the artist\u2019s album cover. This gradually becomes a preview of the song and video clip. <strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U-Sing <em>Girls Night<\/em> is the first karaoke title<strong> <\/strong>to exclusively feature only female artists. The game features 30 official songs and videos of the world\u2019s leading female artists including Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Blondie, Katy Perry and Rihanna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY- 04 May, 2010: Mindscape, a leading global publisher and distributor of entertainment software and Universal Music On Line today announced new features for their upcoming karaoke game, U-Sing Girls Night. U-Sing Girls Night, is the sequel to U-Sing U\u2019ve Got Talent, which was the best selling karaoke game on Wii for Christmas 2009. Mindscape<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=5888\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5889,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5888\/revisions\/5889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}