https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAADAAB2V0f4g8EFsA
Way too early if you ask me... Hopefully it will come to Switch like all the other things (VC, Netflix, Amazon Video, Browser etc.)
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Wii Karaoke U will discontinue its service in Europe after 31st March 2017
- Thread starter Jethro
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https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAADAAB2V0f4g8EFsA
Way too early if you ask me... Hopefully it will come to Switch like all the other things (VC, Netflix, Amazon Video, Browser etc.)
At least it was one of them I used on a regulary basis...
.Milly Osworth
Member
*crickets*
captain_skyhawk
Member
There is no offline mode?
What is the joke here?
Isn't this an on-demand service that you pay per play? I can't imagine that there's any content to speak of without being online.
too bad... know a few people who actually used it every now and then.
it's a pretty competent karaoke software. I'm sure it would've been more popular if the WiiU had managed to gain mainstream success.
y sure hope they'll try again with the switch.
it's a pretty competent karaoke software. I'm sure it would've been more popular if the WiiU had managed to gain mainstream success.
y sure hope they'll try again with the switch.
Phife Dawg
Member
Too bad, I did use it from time to time. For those that don't know it's basically a Karaoke Box for home with a Ticket model that lets you access the whole library for a set time.
I mean, the Wii U Karaoke had the prime distinction of being the only Japanese karaoke ever to have lyrics in latin characters for Japanese songs. That alone made it awesome.
Asian Karaoke boxes never do that. At least they don't in Japan or in France. Meaning anyone who wants to sing in Japanese but can't read the language at all/fast enough can't sing Japanese songs. So stupid.
No I'm serious. Both alone and with friends I used it quite a lot, probably an average of 1 time a month since its release. It startet with a selection of 1500 songs. Now it contains over 5000 songs. The selection is so vast and versatile so there are many songs and Bands for everyone.
I did use it a lot and even bought some monthly passes, but it was quite expensive compared to Japan, and it had a smaller song catalogue :/ However, compared to Singstar or Lips, it had a good amount of songs of all styles (and they updated it every week) and zero latency even with HDTV/4K TVs (thanks to their latency settings). Great quality instrumentals (most of them with voice included). One of the apps I've probably played the most on Wii U. I hope they also release a game for the Switch, as even now that the game is being discontinued, they are updating the catalogue (in fact, the latest update was just three days ago).
I think they should make it free to sing all songs after online is closed down.. it's insane to just close down the game and no one can ever use it again.. wtf.. why not let people enjoy the huge library of songs for all eternity? Really hope this at least means they are making a Switch version!! What a waste!
Possumowner
Member
I never knew this existed 🤔
SomedayTheFire
Member
What is that?
Because it's an online service that Nintendo don't want to support or pay for anymore.
At least they could have made it free for this last month...
End of March is just too soon. Maybe by summer and then do a transition to Switch. I'm afraid that it won't be released here anymore.
JonathanEx
Member
Shame, I occasionally did a few evenings of this and enjoyed it. The Gamepad worked brilliantly as a way of going through the library while others sung too.
Wonder why they feel the need to turn it off entirely rather than just stop adding to it for a few months before turning it off, must be some license renewal point that's not worth doing.
Hope it makes its way to the Switch, though, would that need wireless microphones as only the dock has USB? No idea.
Wonder why they feel the need to turn it off entirely rather than just stop adding to it for a few months before turning it off, must be some license renewal point that's not worth doing.
Hope it makes its way to the Switch, though, would that need wireless microphones as only the dock has USB? No idea.
Exactly.. so close down the servers and dicontinue online play.. and let people use it like a normal karaoke game for free as long as they want..
JonathanEx
Member
All the songs are stored online, not locally. Also there'll be licensing costs of all the music, they're not free.
you seem to be under the impression that this was a paid app... which it wasn't
for the rest see above
Oh crap, your post reminds me: the Wii U was ideal for karaoke thanks to the tablet, but the Switch would be a big step backwards. How do you handle song browsing while people are singing? Wouldn't it be too distracting to have both the current song and the browsing on the same screen?
IIRC, the phone app for Just Dance can let you do just that for the console games, so it's not impossible. It would be another thing that you would need a phone for.
Apparition
Member
I once stayed at a guest house in Nagano that used it as the main karaoke machine in their entertainment room.
Guess they will have to buy a proper karaoke machine when the service eventually stops in Japan.
Guess they will have to buy a proper karaoke machine when the service eventually stops in Japan.
Apparition
Member
A smart device app can easily solve that.
SporeCrawler
Member
i just found out and im devastated... this was such a good service when you wanted to do some karaoke...