Game Review: Hannah Montana: Music Jam
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In addition to the music games, there are seven other games, most of which make creative use of the stylus or your voice. You control Hannah as she ice skates by tracing shapes on the screen, and you play a "Pong"-type game by singing into the DS microphone to control the moving paddle on the bottom of the screen. You also have plenty of opportunities to dress Hannah is crowd-pleasing outfits.
In the Creative Play mode, you can compose songs by laying down four musical tracks for rhythm, lead, and bass guitars, as well as drums. The software combines your tracks to produce a song. Innovative programming provides guitar chords that sound good together, so that the composing is simple enough for even novice musicians. In addition to composing, the game also gives you to a music video studio in which to create your own video using either your own music or the music of Hannah Montana.
Even better is the ability to jam with others who own the game. Up to four friends can play together, each using their DS as an instrument; and their jam session can be saved as a song. That song can be used to create a music video featuring Hannah with backgrounds found in the adventure game. If you have a Nintendo Wi-Fi connection, you will be able to upload your video to the internet and explore the videos others have created.
For Hannah Montana fans, this software is a must. And it will be interesting to budding musicians as well.
This is a good warm-up act for the more robust music games: Guitar Hero series and Rock Band.
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