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We Sing is a 2009 music video game

Music video game

A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...

for the Wii

Wii

The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...

. Developed by Le Cortex, produced by Wired Productions and published by Nordic Games, it is the first singing game to support 4 players simultaneously each with their own microphone.

We Sing is distributed as a software only version, a two microphone and game bonus pack.

It was revealed in May 2010 that sequel titled We Sing Encore

We Sing Encore

We Sing Encore is the 2010 music video game sequel to the original We Sing for the Wii. Developed by Le Cortex, produced by Wired Productions and published by Nordic Games, it is the latest singing game in the series to support 4 players simultaneously each with their own microphone.We Sing Encore...

was set for a release in July 2010. On July 22, 2010 Nordic Games announced the third game in the series, We Sing Robbie Williams

We Sing Robbie Williams

We Sing Robbie Williams is the third game in the We Sing series for the Wii following on from We Sing Encore. Developed by Le Cortex, produced by Wired Productions and published by Nordic Games, it is the latest singing game in the series to support 4 players simultaneously each with their own...

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to the SingStar

SingStar

SingStar is a competitive music video game series for PlayStation consoles, developed by London Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. 23 English-language instalments of the series have been released for the PlayStation 2, and six versions for the PlayStation 3 have been released...

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.

30 Songs

Solo Mode

Multiplayer modes - Group Battle, We Sing, Versus, Pass the Mic, First to 5000. The ability to sing with up to 4 players as a group is a confirmed feature.

Karaoke mode

Customisable backgrounds

Four Microphones

Integrates with a USB hub

Peripherals

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.

Track listings

The tracklisting of 30 songs has been billed as "something for everyone", covering multiple genres and decades. Songs that have been announced so far include:

Lady GaGa
Lady GaGa
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- "Poker Face
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Coldplay
Coldplay
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- "Viva la Vida"
Lily Allen
Lily Allen
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- "The Fear
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Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)
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- "Delilah
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Kylie Minogue
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- "The Loco-Motion
The Loco-Motion
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UB40
UB40
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- "Red Red Wine
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Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
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- "Tears Dry on Their Own
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Charles and Eddie
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- "Would I Lie To You?
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Sugababes
Sugababes
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- "Girls"
OneRepublic
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Featuring Timbaland
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- "Apologize
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Roxette
Roxette
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- "It Must Have Been Love
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The Automatic
The Automatic
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- "Monster"
Duffy
Duffy (singer)
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- "Mercy
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Madness
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In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...

- "Our House
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James Morrison
James Morrison (singer)
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& Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
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- "Broken Strings
Broken Strings
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Aqua
Aqua (band)
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- "Barbie Girl
Barbie Girl
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Blondie
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- "One Way or Another
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Chesney Hawkes
Chesney Hawkes
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- "The One and Only" (song)
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Culture Club
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- "Karma Chameleon
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Duran Duran
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- "Hungry Like the Wolf
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Pussycat Dolls
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- "Don't Cha
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Shampoo
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- "Trouble"
Spice Girls
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- "Wannabe
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Tasmin Archer
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- "Sleeping Satellite
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Moloko
Moloko
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- "Sing It Back
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Elton John
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with Kiki Dee
Kiki Dee
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- "Don't Go Breaking My Heart
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John Denver
John Denver
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- "Take Me Home, Country Roads
Take Me Home, Country Roads
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Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs
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- "I Predict A Riot
I Predict a Riot
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Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
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- "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
I'd Do Anything for Love (but I Won't Do That)
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The Police
The Police
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- "Every Breath You Take
Every Breath You Take
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PR & Marketing

The launch event for the UK market for We Sing took place at the main Game

GAME (retailer)

The Game Group plc is a British video games retail company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index....

store on Oxford Street

Oxford Street

Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, United Kingdom. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as its most dense, and currently has approximately 300 shops. The street was formerly part of the London-Oxford road which began at Newgate,...

London on 19 November 2009. It was promoted by
the The X Factor

The X Factor (UK)

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...

all female trio Miss Frank.

Request Chart

On the website members can vote for songs to be considered on the next game. The Top 50 songs voted for is constantly changing on a daily basis.

The Request Chart featues songs from The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...

, Beyoncé

Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...

, The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

, ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

, Village People

Village People

Village People is a concept disco group that formed in the United States in 1977, well known for their on-stage costumes depicting American cultural stereotypes, as well as their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics....

, Eminem

Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...

, Billie Piper

Billie Piper

Billie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...

, Glee Cast

Glee Cast discography

The discography of the Glee Cast, performers from the American musical comedy-drama television series Glee, consists of eight soundtrack albums, three compilation albums, four extended plays , and two hundred and five singles...

and Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....

Series

On May 13, 2010, Nordic Games Publishing announced that they would be releasing the next in the We Sing series, titled We Sing Encore

We Sing Encore

. The game will feature 40 new songs, additional single and multiplayer modes, as well as an award system and singing lessons mode.

On July 22, 2010, Nordic Games Publishing announced that a Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

edition of We Sing would be released, titled We Sing Robbie Williams
We Sing Robbie Williams
We Sing Robbie Williams is the third game in the We Sing series for the Wii following on from We Sing Encore. Developed by Le Cortex, produced by Wired Productions and published by Nordic Games, it is the latest singing game in the series to support 4 players simultaneously each with their own...

. The game is mentioned to have 25 songs from the artist and is set to release with the artist's greatest hits album due for release in October 2010.

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