Customer Reviews
Worth the money 
2008-09-28
I bought this for a sleep over my daughter was having. The girls played it for 5 hours straight. Do go and buy a second microphone it makes it more fun. The whole thing with and extra mic is cheaper then a bounce house and you get to keep it when the party is over.
Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore BUNDLE 2008-09-23
My daughter received this game for her birthday. I have heard no complaints. Only that she will not share w/brother because it is her game. As a former "video queen", I need to start playing these Wii games, so I can give a first hand account of product.
Fun family fun 2008-08-29
The vendor shipped it and we received it right away. The game is good family fun. Not as in depth as Guitar Hero or Rock Band. But, fun for a simple karaoke game.
Lots of fun but some serious omissions 
2008-07-17
I played Karaoke Revolution on the PS2 a lot (I love doing karaoke) and enjoyed it. But, I have a Wii, so I was excited when Karaoke Revolution came out for the Wii.
The simplest way to describe Karaoke Revolution is "Match the pitch and timing of the song to score points." When you choose a player, and choose a song, the song scrolls across the bottom of the screen. Above the song's lyrics, the game shows a simplified music staff with empty note tubes. These tubes indicate a pitch for the phrase.
You fill the note tubes by singing the correct pitch at the correct time into the microphone (you may transpose the song up or down an octave if necessary). After a few phrases, the game shows a mark on the display---and the more notes you hit correctly, the higher you score.
If you enjoy karaoke, this game is a lot of fun. The game even has what it calls "True Duets", where 2 people (2 microphones needed). With True Duets, two people each sing a part.
For a greater challenge, there are 4 difficulty levels. The higher the difficulty level, the more notes you need to get right in a measure, and the more accurately you need to hit each pitch.
To keep things fresh, there are several modes of play, ranging from "Quick play" (just pick a song and go), to various lengths of "American Idol" contests. There are also several ways 2 (or more) players can be involved, such as head-to-head battle, both take part in an American Idol contest or a knock out.
If you wondered "How would I do on American Idol?" this game partially fulfills that fantasy---the 3 famous judges are there and judge you based on how well you do.
So what is the down side with the game?
First of all, there are a very small number of pre-set characters (all the same body type) you can use. You can clothe them slightly differently, but this is totally unlike the PS2 version, where you can choose an exact body type and save the unique character. On the PS2, this allows two people to start with the same face, but customize it differently.
In addition, if you do change how the character is clothed, the picture you see doesn't change. This makes it difficult to find the character you created.
You can unlock more characters, but it doesn't significantly add to the list.
Beyond this, there are no downloadable songs for the Wii version---a feature that was promised but not to date delivered. Even if you love doing karaoke, you'll eventually get sick of doing the same 40 songs over and over again.
Finally, the high score list doesn't keep track of the different difficulty levels separately. This makes the high score useless, because a score of 100000 (Perfect) of Easy will overwrite a score of 90000 on Expert.
If Komani addressed these shortcomings in their next Karaoke Revolution title, I think it would be a best seller for the Wii: add download capability, add much more flexibility to player models, make the high scores separate for each difficulty level.
However, the game is still a lot of fun (if you love karaoke), but it feels cheap and rushed because of where Konami cut corners---player models being the worst offender.
Fun... laugh and decent choices for songs 
2008-06-09
I'm a self-proclaimed-karaoke-goddess and have a lot of fun with this game. It's fun at a party or to sit by yourself and do some crooning. The song selection has some old, some new, some slow, some fast... a fairly good list. I would have rated this a 5 if you could download some more songs. Sad.
All in all, a good time and worth the money.
Pretty fun 2008-05-24
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
Poor title, not much fun, no online support, wait for something better. 
2008-05-14
[...] The graphics are terrible, even for the wii. The sound quality is not that good on my 5.1 system. They do not use the infrared wiimote capabilities at all. There is no online content or connection. It feels like a very bad and rushed port of a game. Bottom line, wait until someone designs a better kareoke title for the wii. I was hoping for so much more having played previous titles in the franchise. The psII versions are much better IMHO.
On the positive side, it is the very best kareoke title out there for the wii. It only beats boogie by a slim margin. This game is a 50 out of 100.
Great singing game 2008-05-05
This is a great game for the entire family. My five-year-old has improved her reading speed on top of her singing pitch. I really like how this one shows you if you are sharp or flat. I also enjoy the duets as my children work on singing in harmony.
However, I wish they removed certain words from the songs like they did on Boogie. I look forward to downloading more songs as we unlocked everything there was to unlock in one week.
Not Enough Songs!! 2008-05-05
If your a fan of the show - and karaoke - this game is surprisingly fun. But this game is not about the words - its about singing in key - and certain songs can be pretty tricky. Hitting every one of Axel Rose's oohs and ahhs can actually be quite daunting...
But the real letdown, is the inability to purchase more songs from the Wii network - with only 40 or so tracks to pick from, you're quite limited with the family to find more than 1 or 2 songs each family member will like and/or know.
Great once you're done feeling nervous...haha 2008-04-09
i got this game for my gf as a birthday gift...
i dont know that it was the best choice for her...since i realize now that when she was saying over and over that we should get it...she meant that it would be good for me...
but either way...this game is great...once you get people to get over being shy...most people start out really weak...and you don't score that well even if you're hitting all the notes...but then they usually loosen up and then score a lot higher...and once everyone loosens up its fun for everyone...everyone sings along...its great...
its also great for people like me...im a big karaoke fan...and before we got this game i had a horrible time with the volume of my singing...it was always way too low...now after playing this game for a couple weeks my singing has gotten a lot better...
the next thing i plan on doing...and i urge you to do this when you buy the game...is to get another mic so that we can battle and do duets....
my only complaint about this game is that you can't (so far) download new songs...and its sometimes harder to sing the songs b/c the people who they get to sing dont sound anything like the original singers of the songs...
over all...amazing game
