Ok - I know most of you are thinking... WTF!! NEITHER!!
I promised my wife at the start of the year, that we would end up with a singing game (aka SingStar) on the Wii. We are also likely to get a dancing game - but that will be DDR, and sometime next year.
These are the only two options I know of at the moment. HSM will be out in a couple of weeks here. Boogie has been out for ages.
(I would consider just getting SingStar - I do have a PS2 - but its going to cause a heap of TV input/plugging confusion if I go down that road...)
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Boogie:
- pretty gfx
- dancing segments
- good production
- "broken" singing 'logic'
- questionable(?) song list
- shallow dancing game (no cross between two)
IGN: 4.5/10
http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/812/812920p1.html
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High School Musical:
- good/working singing logic
- reasonable(?) song list
- lots of unlockables (even if the game itself seems to be shallow)
- ugly, last-gen graphics/presentation
- no dancing (or anything except for singing)
- High School Musical setting?!?
IGN: 6.6/10
http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/832/832875p1.html
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I can't say I have a love for EA - nor that Boogie has been $100 every where since it came out (although I saw it today for $80 - finally).
So HSM gets my vote. This vote turns into a purchase - with the option of a 7-day money-back option if the game bites.
(I would just rent them out - but I haven't found Boogie anywhere for rental...)
Gesta Non Verba
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