EA to ship first mic for the Wii

Looks like the rumors we've been hearing were true -- EA is going to be bundling in a microphone with its Wii karaoke / dancing game Boogie when it ships sometime around the holidays. Alfredo Chavez, EA's gameplay producer for the game, recently told IGN in a video interview that "the Wii version comes bundled with a microphone, it's a USB microphone and it's probably going to be the first mic for the Wii." While that sounds disappointingly like the mic will be wired and plug into one of the Wii's USB ports -- it better have one crazy long cord -- we're still hoping for that fabled Wiimote microphone. Keep your fingers crossed, and check the read link to watch more of IGN's video interview with Alfredo.

[Via Joystiq]

[Luke @ May 7th 2007 10:12PM]

Dude, make it so it plugs into the expansion port on the bottom of the Wii Remote!!!

[Logan Culwell @ May 7th 2007 10:19PM]

What about the "High School Musical" Wii game that includes a mic, which is going to be released in August? Wouldn't that beat this by several months?

[Matt @ May 8th 2007 9:34PM]

If it DOES plug into one of those USB ports, that cable had better be about ten meters long, dammit. I was SO pissed at Nintendo for the GameCube Mic that came with Mario Party.

Really, though, guys, it should TOTALLY be a Wii Remote peripheral. I wonder if that port actually *is* USB, just with a funky shape.