PlayStation gets wiggly

Mike Bantick
Friday, 23 April 2010 15:44

Your IT - Entertainment

Ahhh the Wiggles, charming kids bewildering adults and raking in money everywhere.  Now it's your chance to Hot Potato,  Little Red Car and Wake up Jeff to your hearts - and lungs - content with SingStar The Wiggles.

Here is another chance to test the thinness of your walls and tolerance of neighbours with a new SingStar from Sony.

Sony Computer Entertainment Australia today revealed plans to bring those colourful Australian children entertainers to the SingStar franchise.  Perhaps the main issue will be that there is only two microphones, leaving two brightly adorned players with little more than their index fingers to utilise in the act.

Here are the details from SCEA: SYDNEY, 23 April 2010 - Sony Computer Entertainment Australia (SCE Aust.) today announced a partnership with internationally renowned children's group The Wiggles. The licensing agreement will see SingStar®The Wiggles created exclusively for PlayStation®. It will release on PlayStation®2 (PS2â„¢) in May 2010 and on PlayStation®3 (PS3â„¢) later in the year. The title will be made available in both Australia and New Zealand. Designed with a child friendly game interface SingStar The Wiggles will provide an interactive and fun experience in homes across the region.

The Wiggles have become a worldwide phenomenon over their 19 year career, selling over 23 million DVDs and 7 million CDs worldwide. Now, with their first ever full computer game release, thousands of young fans of The Wiggles in Australia and New Zealand will be able to experience the interactive and rewarding experience of singing along to their favourite tunes. Anthony Field, Jeff Fatt, Sam Moran, Murray Cook, together with children's favourites Dorothy the Dinosaur and Captain Feathersword will be featured in the computer game debut, that will lead children and families through their classic songs, such as `Hot Potato' and `Wake up Jeff!'

'SingStar The Wiggles is a PlayStation title designed exclusively for children. Every day, kids around the world sing along to their favourite albums and videos released by The Wiggles. Now, with  SingStar, we can offer fans of The Wiggles an interactive and rewarding experience as children learn to perform their favourite songs in the lounge rooms across Australia and New Zealand,' said Michael Ephraim, Managing Director, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia and New Zealand.

Paul Field, Managing Director, The Wiggles Productions stated, "After nearly twenty years of making music, filming videos, and entertaining children around the world, The Wiggles have reached a new level of entertainment by joining together with Sony Computer Entertainment to create The Wiggles' SingStar game. I'm sure there will be young adults who have grown up with The Wiggles' music who will be grabbing the mic and doing the 'Hot Potato'. It's fantastic, for the first time ever you can be the fifth Wiggle and sing along with the fab four of fun!"