The iNiS Corp-developed karaoke title Lips should be available in stores today, and with it Microsoft has revealed the first batch of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 exclusive.
Starting tomorrow, November 21, Microsoft will be making four songs available: Adele's "Chasing Pavement," Estelle's "No Substitute Love," Jason Mraz's "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)," and Coldplay's "Violet Hill."
November 28 will bring three more tracks, Supertramp's "Give a Little Bit," Smash Mouth's "All Star," and Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles." Holiday content, with custom holiday videos, will be coming from Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Gen Autry, and more starting on December 5. Each song will cost 160 MS Points a piece and will be available from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace of in-game "Get Music" store.
I'm not going to lie -- I want Lips. Maybe it's the fancy light-up microphones, or the fact that the wireless mics may possibly someday be compatible with that other game I play that requires singing. (I'm not talking about Left 4 Dead, although my "Zombies Be All Up In My Grill" song is tearing up the Xbox LIVE charts.)
Anyone pick up Lips? Let us know what you think.
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4:21 PM on 11.20.2008
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*faints with excitement*
Lips is now amazing to me....whether or not I pick it up, I am SOOOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW :D
(BTW...I love Jason Mraz. <3 Attention everyone who is buying Lips: I have dibs on Jason Mraz)
Anyway, you get to choose between a Karaoke style or the "pitch" style similar to RB which is nice. I did load up some of my own MP3s to try out - just plugged in a USB key and the game recognizes them right away. When you load them it asks you if you want to send the song info to Microsoft so they can compile for DLC consideration. The MP3 play is a bit static though... I knew I wasn't getting lyrics, but I thought at least you would get the pitch lines to try and hit. No dice. You gotta try and mimic the singer and hope for the best. Ah well...
Because using your own songs doesn't give you the lyrics, or the real videos.
Phazer