Topic: RE:Dance on GameCube with MC Groovz danceCraze

[NewsBot]

The system's first dancing game --and a dance pad controller to play it on-- are coming this fall from Mad Catz.

Fans of music games have longed for the genre to break out on GameCube, and their wish is finally being fulfilled by Mad Catz.  The accessory company is not only releasing a dance pad controller for GameCube, but they are also publishing their first-ever software title to support the peripheral.  The game features the following songs:

"Machine Gun" - The Commodores
"Boogie Wonderland" - Earth, Wind & Fire
"Best of My Love" - The Emotions
"Intuition" - Jewel
"Shake Your Groove Thing" - Peaches and Herb
"Lady Marmalade" - LaBelle featuring Patti LaBelle
"That's The Way (I Like It)" - KC And The Sunshine Band
"Parents Just Don't Understand" - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
"Irresistable (Hex Hector Club Mix)" - Jessica Simpson
"Makin It" - David Naughton
"Freaks Come out At Night" - Whodini
"Turn Me On" - Kevin Lyttle
"Osining" - Mike Doughty
"Walking On Sunshine" - Jump 5
"Out Of Sight" - Call Me Alice
"Sweet Love" - Kaskade
"Love and Music" (Joshua lz Remix) - Rithma
"Soundtrack to the Soul" (Big City Dub) - Kaskade
"Rainfall" (Kaskade Remix) - J Boogie's Dubtronic Science
"Come On" - Miguel Migs
"Natural" (Halo & Andre Harris Mix) - Afro Mystik
"It's You, It's Me" (Jason Hodges Mix) - Kaskade
"Meditation to the Groove" Johnny Fiasco Mix    - Kaskade
"Rhythm Is" (Marque Wyatt Mix) - Afro Mystik
"Freak" (dizzy Remix) - Ming+FS

Mad Catz to Publish 'MC Groovz Dance Craze' Dance Game

Game To be Bundled with Nintendo-Licensed Beat Pad(TM) for  the Nintendo GameCube(TM)

SAN DIEGO--Nov. 2, 2004--

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. ("Mad Catz") (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), the world's leading third party video game accessory manufacturer, today announced that it will be publishing its first video game title, "MC Groovz Dance Craze". The game will be the first dance game released on the Nintendo GameCube(TM) system and will be bundled with one licensed dance pad at an MSRP of $49.99. Additional Nintendo-licensed Beat Pads can be purchased separately at an MSRP of $29.99. The title will launch exclusively on the Nintendo GameCube system and is expected to be in stores for the up-coming holiday season.

"MC Groovz Dance Craze" is rated "E" (Everyone) by the ESRB. The dance game genre has seen strong sales growth this year as a result of high profile media coverage of the positive health effects of dance games. The game features 29 songs from leading artists including Jessica Simpson, Kevin Lyttle and Jewel, a selection of the latest techno dance club tracks, and even some disco classics.

"The new dance game and beat pad bundle addresses one of the hottest trends in the interactive entertainment industry by capitalizing on the very popular dancing craze," says Darren Richardson, President and CEO of Mad Catz. "The launch of the game is also an important element in our strategy to add new revenue streams that leverage the capabilities of our existing business. Mad Catz supplies dance pads to many of the leading video game retailers in the world. Publishing dance games to be used in conjunction with those pads is a natural product extension."

The game introduces an innovative eight directional button format and includes four styles of game play including:

--  Just Dance: single player dancing

--  Dance Together: two-player collaborative dancing

--  Dance Face Off: two-player competitive dancing

--  Dance Workout: Fitness mode with calorie counter

Each dance style offers Easy, Moderate and Expert modes to challenge everyone from novices to dance game aficionados. The Nintendo-Licensed Beat Pad is designed to support the new game play with eight directional buttons.

Additional information is available at www.madcatz.com.

[VideoGamerJ]

This is a bit shocking, but there is no way I'd buy something from MadCatz. I gave them my support in the Nintendo 64 era, and every product I bought from them broke or stopped fuctioning in some way.

Although, with Konami's blatant ignoring GCN, this might inspire them to release a DDR game for the 'cube. Sigh, I can only hope.

[joshnickerson]

I have to give kudos to MatKatz for seeing an ignored genre on the Cube and jumping in on it. Now if only Konami would grace us with their presence... but I have a feeling Konami would rather shove nails into their eyes than give the Cube any support beyond that crappy Ninja Turtles game.

[S-U-P-E-R]

Boogie Wonderland! Sold!

Also, Ninja Turtles 2 is pretty fun so far, all magazine reviews are lies

[DrZoidberg]

Do I see Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince? Farm yeah! I'll buy this.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Sry, Madcatz listens to fans worldwide and will develop MC Groovs for PS2 2006.

[Hostile Creation]

Do any of those bands not suck?  I've never heard anything other than Brick House by the Commodores

[Pale]

I used to know all the words to parents just don't understand..=P  The game sounds cool, but the mat will probably slide all over the place and break in a week... =P

[UncleBob]

MadCatz is the one brand I cannot bring myself to buy *anything* from...

But it's lisenced by Nintendo...

But it's MadCatz...

But Nintendo...

MadCatz...
Nintendo...
MadCatz... Nintendo... MadCatz...Nintendo...MadCatz...Nintendo...MadCatz...Nintendo...

Brain Hurtz...

[Nephilim]

there awful songs
The fact is that people like rave music and dancing too it
thats why you notice ppl play the higher bpm tracks on ddr
there crappy slow hard house and trance tracks..120bpm isnt enough!

you can make the mats last longer by putting cardboard under them, so iv heard too

[Aussie Ben PGC]

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Originally posted by: DrZoidberg
Do I see Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince?

You DO!  Sure, they're not in Donkey Konga, but this is just as good!  "You're moving with your aunty and your uncle to Bel-Air!"  Hahah, God, I hated that show.

[TheYoungerPlumber]

I'm sure Ty will let us all know how good or crappy the dance pad is.  

[KnowsNothing]

Anyone who hates the Fresh Prince is an enemy.

Pretty crappy songs in my opinion.  That coupled with the fact that it's MadCatz gets a mega "meh" from me.  I've never played DDR before though.......

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"That's The Way (I Like It)" - KC And The Sunshine Band

Ahahahahah.....

[Infernal Monkey]

You know, though the song lineup doesn't interest me much at all, it's pretty damn awesome of MadCatz to bother going to the effort. I hope it's a success, just because Konami is too bloody stuck up to release a DDR on GameCube.

[Odeix]

Pretty damn awesome? MadCatz just wants to cash in the fact that Konami won't touch the Gamecube. If the game really only has 29 songs and they're all that poor, MadCatz is just preying off GC owners who won't or can't buy a PS2 or Xbox where they will find a lot more enjoyment as far as dancing games go. It's nothing awesome.

Also, $50 is an pretty poor price for the bundle and $30 for an extra pad is absolute bull. You can buy a PS2 DDR mix and a decent pad for maybe $40 to $60 at the most and you get around double the number of songs. I think MadCatz is just taking advantage of the situation.

Sorry, I've been editing, but I didn't read the whole article at first.

[KnowsNothing]

Okay, so you'd rather have no dance game or what?

[Odeix]

Yeah, it's better than nothing and I'm sure people will have fun with it. There's just much better stuff out there.

[UncleBob]

Well, I think I'm mostly sold on the Dance Pad...

I can't wait to try out the original Super Mario Bros. (via Game Boy Player) with the pad...  Should be fun...