Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade Adds The Nickelodeon Video Game "Nickelodeon Dance" To Their "Games on Demand" Service

According to this video game news article on Digital Spy, the Full retail release of the Nickelodeon Video Game "Nickelodeon Dance" has been added to Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade's "Games on Demand", and can currently be purchased and downloaded for £19.99 ($29.99).

Below is more information about the Xbox 360 version (format) of the Nick Game "Nickelodeon Dance" from the video games product pages on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com:

Product Features

Platform: Xbox 360

Manufacturer's [Take 2 Interactive's] Description

Kids can move, groove and learn to improve as they dance along with their Nickelodeon friends - Dora, Diego, The Backyardigans’, and The Fresh Beat Band. This new dance game is designed to help kids stay physically active as they twist, shake, and shout to original Nickelodeon songs and popular favourites too!
Kids can really get their heart pumping with the super cool fitness feature for more heart healthy fun with the Nickelodeon gang!

Key Features:

Kids will bust a move and show their fancy footsteps while actually dancing along with Dora, Diego, The Backyardigans, and The Fresh Beat Band!

Features 30 songs, including theme songs from favourite TV shows Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, The Backyardigans, and The Fresh Beat Band; and other popular hits sung by Nickelodeon characters.

Dance routines developed in collaboration with an expert children's dance choreographer. Additionally, special exercise-focused routines encourage active play and promote fitness.

Multi-player mode encourages fitness, fancy footwork, and a whole lot of laughs for the entire family.

Amazon.co.uk's Product Description:

Kids can move, groove and learn to improve as they dance along with their Nickelodeon friends - Dora, Diego, The Backyardigans', and The Fresh Beat Band. This new dance game is designed to help kids stay physically active as they twist, shake, and shout to original Nickelodeon songs and popular favourites too!

Kids can really get their heart pumping with the super cool fitness feature for more heart healthy fun with the Nickelodeon gang!

* Please Note: Requires Microsoft Kinect

* Kids will bust a move and show their fancy footsteps while actually dancing along with Dora, Diego, The Backyardigans, and The Fresh Beat Band!

* Features 30 songs, including theme songs from favourite TV shows Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, The Backyardigans, and The Fresh Beat Band and other popular hits sung by Nickelodeon characters

* Dance routines developed in collaboration with an expert children's dance choreographer. Additionally, special exercise-focused routines encourage active play and promote fitness.

* Multi-player mode encourages fitness, fancy footwork, and a whole lot of laughs for the entire family

Amazon.com Product Description

Nickelodeon Dance is a Dance Party game developed for young players that blends the fun and great exercise of dancing with TV's popular Nickelodeon characters and the controller-free play of the Kinect Sensor for Xbox 360 (required for play and sold separately). Characters children can expect to dance with include: Dora from "Dora the Explorer," Diego from "Go Diego Go", the band members from "Fresh Beat Band" - Marina, Kiki, Twist and Shout, and others. The game contains 30 songs, fun easy-to-master choreography, 2-player co-op support and fun but effective workout functionality aimed at kids.

Dance Along with Nickelodeon Friends Controller-free

Nickelodeon Dance is a whole new kind of Nickelodeon play experience allowing kids can dance along with Dora, Diego and the Fresh Beat Band for the first time. Gamers big and small will get up off the couch and twist, shimmy and shake to 30 songs sung by Nickelodeon friends including theme songs and Nickelodeon hits like "We Did It," "Al Rescate," and "Here We Go." In addition, popular favorites like "Dancing In the Street," "We got the Beat" and "Rhythm is Gonna Get You" ensure fun for the entire family. Parents focused on increasing their child's physical activity will appreciate the workout feature which promotes heart healthy activity as kids ratchet up the dance action and are graded for their accuracy as they dance with the Nickelodeon gang. And since nobody wants to dance alone, Nickelodeon Dance supports two players on every song, with song lyrics posted at the bottom of the screen along with easy-to-follow visual oriented dance move prompts that players duplicate with their bodies using the Kinect Sensor for Xbox 360.

For the first time kids can dance along with their favorite Nickelodeon friends.

The Kinect Sensor for Xbox 360

The Kinect Sensor for Xbox 360 allows you to experience controller-free gameplay utilizing revolutionary full-body tracking to put you at the center of the fun. This amazing technology allows the sensor to recognize your body and mirror your movements in the game, in effect making your body the controller. The sensor is compatible with every Xbox 360, features a color VGA motion camera (640 x 480 pixel resolution @ 30 FPS), a depth camera (640 x 480 pixel resolution @ 30 FPS) and an array of four microphones supporting single speaker voice recognition.

Key Game Features

* First dance video game including your favorite Nickelodeon friends

* Controller-free gameplay via the Kinect Sensor for Xbox 360

* 30 songs sung by Nickelodeon characters including TV show theme songs, popular favorites, Nickelodeon hits and even holiday classics

* Family-friendly dance routines were developed in collaboration with an Emmy-recognized children's dance choreographer

* Fancy footwork becomes fitness fun with the super cool workout feature for heart healthy activity with the Nickelodeon gang

* Two player co-op option on every song

* Easy-to-follow dance move pictorials on every screen along with song lyrics

* A variety of in-game dance/play environments that match the characters and the songs danced to
Take 2 Interactive's "Nickelodeon Dance" Nickelodeon Video game is also available for the Nintendo Wii.