Karaoke Revolution
Ages: Teen

Let karaoke be karaoke. This new "Revolution" focuses more of the fun part of the experience - designing your avatar; fine tuning your adjustments - all you have the patience for - loudness, calibrating the TV and microphone, adjusting the target of the sync sound, even down to button color; and singing solo, competitively or just listening. Singing is now more fun without being paralyzed with the lyrics hitting the target spot. Now an arrow rides along the "note tubes" for pitch and when your attack is right on - it lights up.

There literally billions of avatar modifications, from the slightest tweak of the eyebrow to the whole body type, including age and weight. It's better than most dress-up, clothing design games I've seen. You can start with one of 12 avatars to modify or make completely new ones. The choices cover the range of songs offered; funky punk, lone star, pop diva, street dancer, rock chick and goth girl to name a few.

There are fifty master tracks - see below. Some complain that on the Wii there is no online option, but then there are nice in-game controls with the remote. And - it takes up to four microphones.