If you felt the need to read this story, chances are that you know all about the Disney Sing It franchise. Here, songs from your favorite Disney movies and shows are gathered, packaged with their appropriate music videos, and put together as a karaoke videogame. You croon, fill in on-screen phrase bars with your vocals, and bank mad points.
Basically, it's the format of every karaoke videogame out there, but the tunes are all from the House of Mouse -- or at least they were.
Today, I got to rock a mic connected to Disney Sing It: Pop Hits. Set for a fall release on the PlayStation 3 and Wii, Pop Hits adds a number of gameplay modes, but the biggest addition are a number of tracks from folks who aren't part of your regularly scheduled Disney Channel programming. Sure, Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Jesse McCartney, and more from Mickey's turf are on this disc, but so are Coldplay, Duffy, OneRepublic, Maroon 5, and Colbie Caillat. Although it might seem odd, the reasoning behind this mix is that Disney is trying to broaden Sing It's reach and these artists are already appearing on Radio Disney, so it's a good fit.
I took the title through its paces with a rendition of "Bubbly" by Miss Caillat, and the Sing It Solo mode remains largely unchanged. The music video played, my voice appeared on the screen as a color, and I used that color to fill in the phrase bars that told be how long to make a syllable or word. Although I didn't get to try it out in this demo, players will be able to create 10-song set lists before they set out on a single-player performance. Also returning this time around is Sing It Pro, a tutorial hosted by a Disney star. This time, Tiffany Thornton from the show Sunny with a Chance is on hand to teach noobs how to play the game as well as how to riff and harmonize.
Making their debut this time around are Sing It Encore and Diva Mode. After you complete a song and scope stats that include the number of spoken words you nailed and the longest note sung, you can kick on Encore and play back your performance (the artist vocals and music video play back as well). In Diva Mode, you square off against a friend and whoever gets the highest score is announced as the diva. When you're singing solo, you can select to rock You're On Your Own. Here, the scoring and words are removed so that you're just singing from memory. In the end, you see how you did. Disney Sing It: Pop Hits is also packing a number of in-game awards, which are likely to have some connection to Trophies on the PS3, that note when you nail certain in-game moments. The game is still open for up to eight-players.
My taste was short (the demo only had a few of the game's 30 tracks, and most of the ones that were there didn't ring any bells) and the company isn't releasing a full track list yet (although I did see a Vanessa Hudgens video running at one point), but Disney Sing It: Pop Hits seems interesting. One of Sing It's biggest flaws in the past has been that it appeals to such a niche audience. It'll be interesting to see if bringing in outside ringers will make the game a bit more rounded. Be on the lookout for Sing It news as we barrel towards E3.
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