Michael Jackson: The Experience
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Release | November 23, 2010 |
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Michael Jackson: The Experience is a
Gameplay
Wii
The Wii version of the game features Just Dance-style gameplay, thus serving as a spin-off title. There are three modes of gameplay in this version. The first mode of gameplay is "Classic" where all players follow Michael Jackson's choreographed routine on-screen. The second mode of gameplay is "Duo" which is used for duets (e.g., "The Girl Is Mine") or videos with two main characters (e.g., "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "In the Closet"). Two players take the role of Jackson, while the other two play as the other character. The third mode of gameplay is "Crew", which features Jackson and two backup dancers. One player dances as Jackson, while the other three are the backup dancers, or if optional, all players play as the backup dancers. All pictograms in this game move from bottom to top. After performing songs, players are able to unlock training videos in the "Dance School" where they are taught some of the more difficult moves from several of Jackson's music videos and stage performances.
Nintendo DS
The
PlayStation Portable
In the PlayStation Portable version, the player follows Jackson by pressing the action buttons when it hits the circle. The gameplay style and songs are the same as the DS version, but there are more songs than the DS version of the game, such as "Will You Be There" and "Rock with You". There is still the Show Time part of each song, but when the player spins a wheel to light up Jackson's stage, it is replaced with the screen telling the player to press the L and R button as fast as possible.
Kinect
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Michael_Jackson_Experience_Kinect.jpg/320px-Michael_Jackson_Experience_Kinect.jpg)
The Kinect version of the game features full body tracking, and entirely different
choreography from the Wii version, meaning like the
PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 version features the same gameplay as the Wii version. In addition to the singing and dancing functionalities found in the Kinect version, this version allows the player to sing or dance at the same time as other players.[9] There is also the option to record the video clips or take pictures of the player's performance, and allows the player to save or upload them to sites, such as Facebook. In this version of the game, all the songs from the Wii version are included, but new songs such as "Stranger in Moscow" and "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" are added, making it slightly different to the Wii version of the game.
Nintendo 3DS
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In the Nintendo 3DS version, there is a CGI version of Jackson on the top screen, and the player draws different shapes with the stylus on the bottom screen to follow along.
PlayStation Vita and iOS
The PlayStation Vita and iOS versions were ported with Improved graphics in HD, Multiplayer (AD-Hoc), Trophy Support, Motion Sensor support, Multi-touch support, and instead of taking off the on-screen notes, it was replaced with the ability to use the rear touch pad for an even harder challenge and since its use the multi-touch, the difficulty has been given an upgrade to increase the challenge. The PS Vita and iOS versions, compared to the 3DS version, has been given a whole new look in graphics and on resolution, with the player being able to use their finger instead of a 3DS stylus. The Vita and iOS versions do not have any downloadable content.
List of songs
Song | Album | Year | Wii | DS | PSP | Vita, 3DS and iOS | PS3 and 360 | Mac OS X | iPad 2 | iPhone | Difficulty |
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"Bad"* | Bad | 1987 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium/Medium |
"Beat It"* | Thriller | 1982 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium/Hard |
"Billie Jean"* | Thriller | 1982 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium |
"Black or White"* | Dangerous | 1991 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hard/Medium |
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"* | Off the Wall | 1979 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium/Medium |
"Leave Me Alone" | Bad | 1987 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Easy |
"Smooth Criminal"** | Bad | 1987 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Medium/Easy |
"Thriller"* | Thriller | 1982 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Inhuman/Hard |
"The Way You Make Me Feel"* | Bad | 1987 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Medium/Medium |
"Remember the Time"** | Dangerous | 1991 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Hard/Hard |
"Ghosts"** | Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix | 1997 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Hard/Medium |
"Another Part of Me" | Bad | 1987 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Medium |
"Rock with You"* | Off the Wall | 1979 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Easy |
"Heal the World" | Dangerous | 1991 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Easy |
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"* | Thriller | 1982 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Medium |
"Speed Demon" | Bad | 1987 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Hard/Hard |
"Streetwalker" | Bad: Special Edition | 1988 (recording) 2001 (release date) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Easy |
"Who Is It" | Dangerous | 1991 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Easy |
"Blood on the Dance Floor" | Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix | 1997 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Hard |
"Will You Be There" | Dangerous | 1991 | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Medium/Easy |
"The Girl Is Mine" (feat. Paul McCartney) | Thriller | 1982 | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Easy/Easy |
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (feat. Siedah Garrett) | Bad | 1987 | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Easy/Easy |
"They Don't Care About Us"* | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | 1995 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Hard/Medium |
"Hollywood Tonight" | Michael | 2010 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Hard |
"Working Day and Night" | Off the Wall | 1979 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Medium |
"Dirty Diana" | Bad | 1987 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Easy/Medium |
"In the Closet" | Dangerous | 1991 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Medium/Medium |
"Money" | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | 1995 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Medium |
"Earth Song" | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | 1995 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Medium |
"Stranger in Moscow" | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I | 1995 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Easy |
"Sunset Driver" | The Ultimate Collection | 1982 (recording) 2004 (release date) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Hard |
- A "*" indicates that there is a dance teaching video of that song.
- A "**" indicates that there is a three-part dance teaching video of that song.
All of the songs from the album Invincible are excluded from the game.
In the Wii version of the game, "Money" is incorrectly credited as a song from the album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix which was released in 1997. This would be true if the song in the game was the remix but it is the original version of the song, released on HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1995.
"Another Part of Me" is exclusive to copies of the game sold by Walmart.
Development
Roughly two weeks after Michael Jackson's death in 2009, MJ Productions announced that a Michael Jackson game had been in development for several months.[10]
The game was displayed at New York Comic Con at Ubisoft's booth.
Reception
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | (X360) 65.34%[11] (NDS) 64.25%[12] (PS3) 62.88%[13] (3DS) 62.00%[14] (Wii) 59.92%[15] (Vita) 59.73%[16] (PSP) 42.50%[17] |
Metacritic | (PS3) 66/100[18] (NDS) 64/100[19] (X360) 63/100[20] (3DS) 59/100[21] (Vita) 57/100[22] (Wii) 56/100[23] |
Publication | Score |
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Destructoid | 6/10 |
Eurogamer | 8/10[9] |
GameSpot | 6.5/10[24] |
GameTrailers | 5.1[25] |
IGN | 6.5/10 |
Official Nintendo Magazine | 59%[26] |
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK | 6/10[27] |
Play | 2.6[28] |
PSM3 | 85[29] |
VideoGamer.com | 7/10 |
The Guardian | 3/5[30] |
Michael Jackson: The Experience was met with generally mixed reviews, with most of them citing the varied differences between the different versions of the game. The reviews for the DS and PSP versions were above average, with a slightly better score for the DS version. IGN gave a 6.5/10 for DS[31] and 5.5/10 for the PSP.[32] Destructoid gave a 6/10 for the DS version.[33]
IGN gave the Wii version a 3.5 saying that it does not give clear instructions on how to dance and also criticized the controls.[32] Metro gave it 5/10, describing it as "perfectly good party fun if you don't care that the controls don't work."[34] VideoGamer.com gave the review a 7/10, stating that the music overplays the responsiveness difficulty.[35] CNET gave the game 5/5, writing that the game is "extremely easy to pick up and play" and "the choreography is amazing"[36] The Escapist gave the game 4/5, noting that the game "is not meant to be played by yourself".[37]
Eurogamer thought that the dance routines in the Xbox 360 game "feel a little slower and more simplistic than those in the PS3 game".[9]
See also
- Michael Jackson-related games
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