Players swing the controllers in three different directions each as circles float out from the center of the screen toward six bars. On the Wii the game uses the remote and nunchuk to dance. High School Musical 3 was developed as a Wii game first, then ported to the other system, and it shows with the control schemes. Still I've seen far fewer songs in a music game before.
Most of these actors have gone on to make records though, so it wouldn't have been a stretch to include some of those Vanessa Hudgens or Corbin Bleu tracks in the game to expand the title. That's actually not a lot of songs for a music game (Disney Channel Dance Dance Revolution featured over 40), but that is nearly every single High School Musical song. I've seen all three of these films, but I could not name 29 songs featured in them. Song selection, presentation, even the extras are the same across the board. Senior Year Dance hits shelves for the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation 2 and PC, and while most of these games have totally different control schemes, they all have the basics in common. And I've got the breakdown on why none of them are particularly good rhythm games, though a couple of the versions might pass for the HSM superfan. I played them all, dancing to the songs so much I'm pretty sure I could star in the movie. It also happens to be out for nearly every major console and the PC and almost all of them play in a completely different way, making it one of the more confusing holiday hot ticket items.
And while there have already been videogames based on the singing and dancing teenagers, High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance crams the characters, songs and dances from all three films into one big music rhythm game.
#3 GAMES THAT USE A DANCE PAD FULL#
The High School Musical series has gotten to the point where it has enough songs to support a full fledged videogame.