Kotaku: high school musical 2

The Week in Games: You Are the Music (and DS Game) in Me

ogood — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:00:00 MDT

You can expect this out of me if I'm running TWIG from now on — the WTF drop of the week is the lede, and this one is for High School Musical 2 (Two): Work This Out. A Disney press release spends reams of copy talking about the franchise's marketing chops and about a paragraph explaining why the game is worth playing. To wit:

• It's "the only musical adventure game allowing fans to immerse themselves in the world of "High School Musical 2." And thank God for that.

• You can play as one of six characters and "go on various adventures at the resort, compete in time-based challenges and play different rhythm games, all while listening to the hit songs from "High School Musical 2." Something tells me the last part of that is what Disney considers most important.

Here's the rest of your roster of new releases. Tell us in the comments if you're picking any of these up.

Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis (PC)
Major League Baseball 2K8 Fantasy All Stars (DS)
AMF Bowling Pinbusters! (DS)
Rondo of Swords (DS)
Okami (Wii)
Jack Keane (PC)
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 (PC)
Turok (PC)
Europa Universalis: Rome (PC)
High School Musical 2: Work This Out! (DS)
Cory in the House (DS)
The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff (PC)
Summer Sports: Paradise Island (Wii)
Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys! (DS)
Emergency Mayhem (Wii)
Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Collection 2008 (PC)

New Releases, Week of April 13 [Gamestop]

Target Is Cruel To Advance Wars Fans

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:40:47 MST

Good news and bad news from the retail front. The recently released and uncharacteristically edgy Advance Wars: Days of Ruin is sold out at at least one Target store, which is a good thing for sales. The bad news? Target is suggesting to unsuspecting gamers—or God forbid, their parents, friends and loved ones—that an acceptable substitution for the game is the Game Boy Advance version of High School Musical. Proof that Target is run by sadists.

Reader William was there to capture the tragedy, for this we thank him.

Gallery: High School Musical

Kim Phu — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:40:00 MDT

Images for Disney's videogame version of their original movie, "High School Musical", have arrived and you know what? It actually does look like fun. Sure, it's something that Adam Brody's character on the OC would have played in a hip-slash-ironic way during a long winded monologue, but the fact that it would be a "what the heck" kind of purchase makes me like this better than EA's Boogie which might be a flat-out disappointment.

The microphone (pictured above) is for the Wii and PS2 version which will be more a karaoke style game called "High School Musical: Sing It!". The screens (if you couldn't tell by its dual screeness) is for the DS which is more of a musical rhythm game called, "High School Musical: Makin' the Cut". I guess going back to high school just this once won't be so bad. It would be nice to see friends again before marriage and kids. You know, back when they were fun to be around. Kim Phu

High School Musical - Screenshots & Wii Microphone Shown [DS-X2]

High School Musical

Kim Phu — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:00:00 MDT

Ah, Disney promotions kill me. High School Musical, a bad teen movie for the subscribers of the Disney Channel, is coming out with it's own Playstation 2, Nintendo Wii and DS games. Not one, but two titles will teach us how to deal with teenage angst while grippingly trying to take hold of our American Idol talents. Will I get the boy of my dreams? Will you go out with the cheerleader? In real life, probably not, but in Disney life, sure, WHY NOT? If it's to coincide with the release of the sequel to the movie, then of course it makes sense to release a couple of games out to the general public. Seriously, if these are the games that are "Rated E for Everyone", I'd rather they play Gears and learn some swear words. Kim Phu

High School Musical titles coming to DS, Wii real soon [Wii QJ]