| We Sing Down Under | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Le Cortex |
| Publisher(s) | Nordic Games Publishing |
| Producer(s) | Wired Productions |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Music Video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
We Sing Down Under is a 2011 karaoke game part of the We Sing family of games, developed by French studio Le Cortex. The game features 100% Australian artists and is set to only be released in the Australian PAL territory. [2]
The gameplay is similar to the SingStar set of video games. Players are required to sing along with music in order to score points, matching pitch and rhythm. The game has anticheat technology whereby tapping or humming will register on the screen but no points will be awarded. We Sing Down Under also contains the addition of 'Star Notes' that allow the player to score even more points by matching the pitch and rhythm of certain hard to score parts of songs.
Due to hardware limitations with the Wii only having two USB ports, a USB hub is shipped with certain retail sku's to add more USB ports. The game uses the standard logitech USB microphone for the Wii.
Current lists of songs that have been announced via the We Sing Facebook page, [3] press releases and screenshots. [4] The entire track list for We Sing Down Under was announced on March 31 with the launch of the game in Australia. [5]
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