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Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore BUNDLE | 
| From: Konami
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $32.69
You Save: $7.30 (18%)
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1543
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: singing_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.6 x 2.6
MPN: 25071
UPC: 083717250715
EAN: 0083717250715
ASIN: B0010B3PUA
Release Date: February 6, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New!!! Ships 1st class!!
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| Features:
| • | Compete online head-to-head games multiplayer support for up to 8 players | | • | Download new characters, outfits and songs for your karaoke library | | • | Utilize the EyeToy USB Camera and included microphone | | • | 40 all-new hit songs including music featured on the TV show | | • | New un-lockable video content from the American Idol TV Series |
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Product Description
Step into the spotlight and become an idol! Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore delivers the most realistic recreation of the American Idol experience with an all-new next generation game engine and 40 smash hits from the 70's, 80's, and 90's and today. Grab the mics and challenge your friends to find out who will be the next superstar and face the music as Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson critique your performances. Millions share the dream. Now you can live it!
ESRB Rated E for Everyone
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 4.5 Stars--- A great singing game with lots of options. February 7, 2008
Andrew (Seattle, WA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
When the singing in Rock Band is just not enough.
I am an Avid Singer, I am ranked pretty high on rock band in vocals. In the top 200 overall and top 5 in a few songs. Needless to say I was very much looking forward to this game. I actually got a ps3 for the new sing star game coming out. Nuff said on that.
So here are the pro's of the game.
+it feels very much like you are in an American Idol atmosphere. I would never try out for the show cus well I would be scared to make a fool out of myself on TV. SO I can do it in the privacy of my own home and with a few friends.
+The Song Selection is a great START. If Konami and the maker of the game live up to the "100's of downloadable songs" I will say this game is going to be great.
+the sheer magnitude of options playable in this game are amazing. There
are many options for Solo and Multiplayer. The best part is that there is Multiplayer avail online for tournaments. IMHO one of the short falls of rock band is that Online play is just playing. There is no reward for getting a good group together. This game you can have tournaments and such online and there is rewards for doing well.
-I didn't need the mic in the game, I have 2 all ready. A non bundled version would have been nice to save some money.
-the mic is subpar. Its feels flimsy and I can tell the difference singing in it then the rock band mic. I am going to be one of those "Losers" that spends the 50 bucks on the Premium mic for the rock band when it comes out.
A good progression in the series February 10, 2008
Gronne (USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Having already played the two previous Karaoke Revolution games for the oringal Xbox, this is a good and acceptable progression in the series. The comments from the American Idol cast adds a nice touch. Fans of the show will like it. The included songs are decent. I hope the downloadable content adds value to this game. Overall, if you like the Karaoke Revolution series you won't be dissapointed.
As one other reviewer mentioned, the bundeled mic is a bit cheap. But it works.
 Satisfactory, but backgrounds are boring and lacks tracks from original artists April 15, 2008
Claire Chiang (New York, NY USA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
During the past few months, my friends and I have been very interested in music video games and have spent many Friday afternoons and evenings playing them. This one has not been one of our favorites.
First of all, there is no option to buy this game without the bundled USB microphone which adds to the cost. I already own multiple microphones from other singing games I have purchased and really didn't want any more. This one also felt cheaper and lighter compared to some other ones, such as the Rock Band microphone.
I was also disappointed, because the tracks are not sung by the original artists but rather third parties. If I am going to spend $70 on a game, I would prefer to at least have the original tracks to listen to instead of some other unknown singers, especially for songs I don't know and am being introduced to by the game.
The characters, which are not a huge part of the game, nevertheless are all kind of ugly. This makes it more difficult for my me and my friends to choose characters that will be like us on the screen, because we don't like looking the way most of the characters look. This isn't too big of a deal, but it's slightly annoying, so I figured I would throw the idea out there.
The backgrounds are rather boring compared to some other singing games, such as Singstar, which includes the original music videos in the backgrounds. All the background shows while you're singing is the ugly character you are forced to choose (because there are no pretty ones) possibly dancing badly.
Conclusively, if you just want to sing with words and pitch bars and do not care about any of the other features of the game, then this game should be fine. However, I feel like the overall value is less than the cost due to several flaws.
Family Fun! March 28, 2008
Trinityklm (Minnesota, United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My 7 year old daughter, husband, and I are really enjoying this game!
Initially, I wanted to get the unbundled version of this game since we already had a microphone from Rockband. But, I couldn't find one for Xbox 360, so I bought the bundled version, and I'm really glad I did! The game is a blast! We especially love singing together in a duet or battle format.
Even if you don't sing well, you can be successful on the easy skill setting. The judging mode of the game is not as fun as the head-to-head mode, in my opinion. The judges are as annoying as they are on the show. Singing on easy, you always win and become an American Idol, so it's pretty predictable.
Some improvements I would suggest would be more songs to unlock and a tour mode. It appears that there are only three songs to unlock and they aren't even very good songs. The rest are characters and videos, which I couldn't care less about unlocking. A tour mode (that you get to after you become an American Idol), would be fun, especially if it meant unlocking more songs and venues.
 Fairly disappointing. March 12, 2008
Lee (Arizona)
This game feels rushed and unpolished. There are occasional glitches (graphic freezes and graphical anomalies such as your character singing into an invisible microphone) and it just feels like not much work was put into it. It just isn't nearly as much fun as Rock Band, and the pitch recognition in Rock Band is a lot more accurate. The biggest problem with this game is pitch recognition - at the low end of my voice the game just doesn't respond accurately, no matter how I adjust the mic settings. There's also quite a noticeable delay between singing and hearing your voice through the TV speakers, something that is inexcusable for a karaoke game. These are all thing Rock Band got just right, so why is this game so buggy?
The real American Idol judges all provide their voices to this game but the character models look eerily lifeless. You'll quickly start getting repeated comments. While fun at first, the American Idol schtick does start to get a bit tiresome, although thankfully there is an option to just sing without hearing the judges at the end.
On the plus side, there is a good selection of songs (mostly pop/rock) and plenty more to come via downloadable content (42 available as of March 12th 2008). You can customise your characters' costume with loads of outfits and there are quite a few "venues" where you can sing. There are a few unlockable videos of actual American Idol song clips and interviews with the judges about the game.
Overall, a bit of a frustrating experience and it is well worth the extra money to buy Rock Band instead (where you get to sing, play guitar and play drums).
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