Boogie shuffles onto DS, PS2

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Sep 5, 2007 8:19 am PT

Electronic Arts reveals that its less-than-well-received rhythm game will prance on two new platforms this holiday season; DS edition to use 3D glasses.

Boogie on the DS.

Last month, Electronic Arts took its first stab at the growing rhythm-game market when it released the dance-karaoke title Boogie for the Wii. Like harsh judges on So You Think You Can Dance, critics were none too kind to the game. However, like a plucky contestant on the wildly popular show, the publisher is pressing on, today announcing Boogie for the PlayStation 2 and confirming that it would also be arriving on the DS.

Like its Wii sibling, the PS2 and DS Boogies will feature covers of hits from pop sensations past and present, including the Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, Kool and The Gang, and the Jackson 5. Both games are also being developed by EA Montreal, and both will be due out this holiday season, with some retailers listing the game with a mid-November launch date. Presumably, both will also bear the original's E for Everyone rating.

Both versions of the game will also feature new, platform-specific features. The DS Boogie will sport 10 minigames and five modes superficially designed for quick play on the handheld: copycat, freestyle, choreography, DS download play, and multi-card play. The game will also be the first DS game to ship with a special pair of 3D glasses, allowing for eye-popping visuals.

Though it won't have the motion-sensing control of the Wii edition, the PS2 boogie will allow players to record their voice and make their own in-game dance videos via a video music creator.

42 Comments

  • XOXIXO

    Posted Sep 7, 2007 7:12 am PT

    Wanderer5: i think the game will have a dance mode AND 10 minigames, not just 10 minigames

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Sep 6, 2007 3:56 am PT

    Looks like EA is desperate to get something out of this game

  • ImSwordMan

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 8:59 pm PT

    ROFL need i say more?

  • Wanderer5

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 8:36 pm PT

    10 minigames? Doesn't sound much. Both versions will surely not do well.

  • Zacek1000

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 8:16 pm PT

    I'm sure this was a decision made by Peter Moore.

  • Nintendo_Man

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 7:45 pm PT

    Boogie - EA - 4 weeks - 10,866 - total 55,709 --------- Now if that isn't a mjor flop then i don't know what is. They must think that the bigger installed bases on the DS and PS2 can change this.

  • Char1es

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 7:03 pm PT

    3d glasses!?

    ewwwwww

  • Platyphyllum

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 6:35 pm PT

    Wow, like,the DS version only has 10 mini-games? Wow, great way to milk a really horribly received game EA. They could've supplied us with maybe more mini-games (I'm quite sure the DS can handle more than 10) or you could've made it a rhythm-ish game like EBA.

  • gmrndlze

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 6:12 pm PT

    DS= cool
    ps2= icky

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 3:42 pm PT

    I can understand this selling for the Wii, but not the PS2 or the DS.

  • retrofraction12

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 3:41 pm PT

    i really don'ty know why EA thinks they can get away with selling crap like this.

  • captainfork

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 3:02 pm PT

    This was unexpected news...

  • Pete5506

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 2:37 pm PT

    Good luck with all this is all I have to say

  • boobush

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 2:36 pm PT

    Please stop it EA!

  • DatGMan

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 2:06 pm PT

    Sheesh, you lose your top place (EA is second to Activision) in the video game business, and then you start to make stupid decisions like this. Keep up the long tradition of being lazy EA, and you will be put out of business.

  • MaximusDM

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:51 pm PT

    Only with EA's deep pockets can a flop of a game go multiplatform.

  • tekmojo

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:47 pm PT

    EA you are quickly becoming the laughing-stock of video game companies...

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:24 pm PT

    Boogie sold?

  • BoogieManZero

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:17 pm PT

    Yippi! Now I can avoid playing this game on systems I do own!

  • REVOLUTIONfreak

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 1:10 pm PT

    Lame. Why must you make crap games, EA? Worse yet, why must you port crap games?

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