High School Musical: Sing It!

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High School Musical: Sing It!
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NTSC PS2 cover art
Developer(s) Artificial Mind and Movement
Publisher(s) Disney Interactive Studios
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Wii
Release
  • NA: October 26, 2007
  • EU: November 15, 2007
  • AU: November 15, 2007
Genre(s) Music video game
Mode(s) Singleplayer
multiplayer

High School Musical: Sing It! is a video game for the Wii and PlayStation 2 based on the High School Musical franchise.

Contents

The game features the songs from the first High School Musical and its 2007 sequel, High School Musical 2 . It also features a selection of songs from Disney Channel artists and a "Story mode" where the players can follow the story of the first movie through Kelsi's perspective.

The characters of Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Ryan, and Sharpay are available to the player, alongside an option to create their own character. The visuals of the game are animated and based on motion capture.

It's the first game in the Disney Sing It series and was followed by the self-titled game.

Songs

  1. Start of Something New
  2. Get'cha Head in the Game
  3. What I've Been Looking For (Sharpay and Ryan version)
  4. What I've Been Looking For (Troy and Gabriella version)
  5. Stick to the Status Quo
  6. When There Was Me and You
  7. Bop to the Top
  8. Breaking Free
  9. We're All in This Together
  10. I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
  11. What Time Is It?
  12. Fabulous
  13. Work This Out
  14. You Are the Music in Me
  15. I Don't Dance
  16. You Are the Music in Me (Sharpay Version)
  17. Gotta Go My Own Way
  18. Bet On It
  19. Everyday **
  20. All for One
  21. Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
  22. All Good Now *
  23. Beautiful Soul *
  24. Cheetah Sisters *
  25. Counting on You *
  26. I Will Be Around *
  27. Jump to the Rhythm *
  28. No One*
  29. On The Ride*
  30. Push It to the Limit *

Stages

Reception

Reviews for the game are mostly mixed, as GameRankings gave it a score of 55.75% for the PlayStation 2 version [1] and 59.67% for the Wii version, [2] while Metacritic gave it a score of 56 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version [3] and 64 out of 100 for the Wii version. [4]

The PlayStation 2 version of Sing It! received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), [13] indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom. [14]

See also

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