Karaoke Revolution: American Idol lets you become an American Idol contestant! After you audition, you'll earn an invitation to Hollywood and perform in front of the crowd on center stage. Choose to sing from 40 all-new songs, including hits from the show, and receive verbal feedback on their performance from the judges. Build the perfect contestant with new skin tones, clothing, hair styles and accessories. Players can also import images of their face with the EyeToy USB camera brings you directly into the action. Karaoke Revolution: American Idol delivers an immersive Idol experience as players sing their way to victory.
Features:
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Compete in the new American Idol mode, which can be played in single or multiplayer
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Also features popular Karaoke Revolution game modes such as KR Challenge, Medley and Quickplay
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Up to 8 people can compete in head-to-head or team-based modes
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Players can sing together in Duet Mode to see who has the most star power
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45 of 45 found the following review helpful:
Singstar microphones not compatibleJun 17, 2007
By R. Henggeler
"Randy"
The game microphone requirements are not clearly specified. Microphones supported include Karaoke Revolution and Logitech USB.
We had Singstar microphones which are not compatible.
39 of 39 found the following review helpful:
What about those who don't watch American Idol?Jan 23, 2007
By The Z I confess, I am one of those people who don't watch the show (there are probably 10 of us in the entire country, LOL). Actually, I did only watch the first season.
I have every other disc in the Karaoke Revolution series, and I am having more fun with this one that I did with all of the previous ones (except maybe the first one because it was a novelty then). You do not need to know anything about American Idol to enjoy this game. The judges' comments are interesting but they tend to be very tough on you if you miss a few "great" ratings. You can play this game the exact same way as the previous discs, but the extra American Idol mode adds a new level to the game. The first time I played and won, I was literally jumping up and down as if I won the lottery or something-- it was that exciting.
I thought I wouldn't like the American Idol tv show video clips that can be unlocked but I have been watching them with great interest. Some are just hilarious clips of auditions, and others are performance clips. While I did play through the entire song list in non-competition mode and unlocked various characters, fashion items, and a few songs, I noticed that I did not really start unlocking a large number of video clips until I started on the American Idol competition mode.
While Paula Abdul refused to participate in this game by having her likeness and voice included as a judge (not a smart move, Paula), they do have one of her songs on the song list. I don't think her absence hurts the game any. There is a generic female judge named Laura who takes her place. Simon is still the star judge.
Konami has really outdone themselves with this disc, and if you only buy one KR game, let this be the one. Song list is terrific, and the true duets on this disc are more varied and interesting. The American Idol backgrounds are also wonderfully re-created. On the down side, there wasn't a lot of new development of non-American Idol-related graphics such as additional backgrounds and character hairstyles, clothing, etc. However, they did add the ability to adjust skin tone in the character creator, which I am very happy about.
Overall- 5 stars, and more if I could give 'em! Now just imagine how cool this game would be to those who really do watch American Idol...
34 of 35 found the following review helpful:
American Idol SongsJan 22, 2007
By Jamie M. Wagner
"JJ"
Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol is great fun for the whole family. Compete in the American Idol Competition and listen to the judges praise you or bomb you; either way, it's a lot of fun. The forty songs on this game are:
All My Life
Alone
(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
Be Without You
Breakaway
Build Me Up Buttercup
Can't Help Falling In Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Dilemma
Do I Make You Proud?
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Don't You Want Me
Easy
Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Flying Without Wings
Heartbreaker
Heaven
Hungry Like A Wolf
If You Don't Know Me By Now
It's Not Unusual
Just The Way You Are
Let's Stay Together
Love Will Keep Us Together
More Than Words
Photograph
Piano Man
Proud Mary
Rock With You
Saving All My Love For You
She Bangs
Stand By Me
Stickwitu
Straight Up
Sugar, We're Going Down
The Real Thing
Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Unwritten
What A Girl Wants
You And Me
You've Lost That Loving Feeling
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Be warned if you have a SingStar game, the microphone is not compatible with American Idol gameFeb 08, 2008
By Jacqueline Diamond
"Quasi-SuperStar"
We were very excited while waiting for this game to arrive. We had played it many, many times at friends houses and loved it! We already have SingStar so we knew that our girls, aged 9 & 10, were ready for more karaoke fun! When the American Idol game arrived, we quickly ripped the packaging off and popped the game into our PS2 with great anticipation, however we were so disappointed to see that the SingStar microphone is not compatible with this game. I couldn't believe it! How stupid is that???? Why on earth would you need separate microphones??? I felt really ripped off knowing that until we get more microphones it will sit in it's box and wait. No one can enjoy it. This is really annoying.
11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Better than the restJan 05, 2007
By Katherine Simpson
"Just a girl"
This game is amazing. If you have never played Karaoke revolution games before you are in for a treat. This game is better than the others, singstar doesn't even compare. I am an avid karaoke player and this game takes it to the next level. It gives you genuine critique and you are alloud to either play a normal karaoke mode, have battles with your friends, do duets and medleys like the others but this one has an american idol gameplay mode where simon critiques your singing as you knock out other players and watch americas vote. Having an eyetoy brings this game to the next label giving you the ability to make a 3d image of your head. You can then use this image to lay as a character though it is sometimes hard to use. The songs are GREAT much better than previous Karaoke revolutions and it is a must have for every karaoke enthusiast. You unlock over 100 things this time around
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