Karaoke Joysound

Karaoke Joysound (カラオケJOYSOUND) is a karaoke service and online song library from Japanese karaoke service provider Xing. The Joysound service, which started on various karaoke computers, was adapted into a video game by Hudson Soft for Wii, licensing the Joysound online song library alongside Xing, who also helped co-develop the game with Hudson. The game was originally released in a retail package with an included USB microphone on December 18, 2008 in Japan, and was later released there as a downloadable WiiWare game on July 28, 2009. Namco Bandai Games released a port to the PlayStation 3 titled Joysound Dive on November 23, 2011; one of only two PlayStation 3 games to enforce region locking (the other being Persona 4 Arena). It was shut down and removed from the PlayStation Store on October 31, 2014.

In January 2012, Konami (which acquired Hudson Soft and all its original IPs in 2011) announced they would release the title for the first time in North America under the simplified title Karaoke Joysound, which connected to a much different music library of well-known English songs. It was originally expected for a March 2012 release, but was delayed until October 30, 2012, and was made available as both a standard disc and a microphone bundle. On July 17, 2014, the software was re-released as a downloadable WiiWare title, without any prior announcements, for the North American Wii Shop Channel, courtesy of publishers Brother International Corp. It was originally announced for a July 3 release, but it was delayed for unknown reasons.

The software is spiritually succeeded by the Joysound-licensed Wii Karaoke U app for the Wii U in 2012, and it is only available in Japan and Europe. On May 18, 2015, Konami announced the termination of the Wii Joysound service. Last date to purchase songs was July 21, 2015 and the service was shut down on October 29, 2015. A successor for the Nintendo Switch named Karaoke Joysound Switch was developed by Xing (who worked on the original games) and published by Nintendo. It was released only in Japan on December 6, 2017. Tose contributed to the Switch version during a major update in 2024.

Overview Karaoke Joysound Wii is a game "designed to provide a karaoke-club experience at home". The game requires an internet connection for players to access new songs to download. Buying tickets for songs with Nintendo Points, players rent the songs they want to sing for a limited period (from 24 hours to up to 90 days) from Xing's song library. Choosing a stage to perform on, players are able to select from a previously created avatar or use their own Miis to represent themselves. Players are also able to adjust options such as echo, key and speed of the song, and other players can use their Wii Remotes to accompany the singer by playing instruments such as cymbals and maracas.Hudson details Karaoke Joysound Wii ahead of release

In addition to the included microphone, the retail version includes 70 songs on disc as well as a lesson mode which trains and quizzes players on tone and rhythm, and a party mode with five minigames. Along with omitting the included songs and extra modes, the WiiWare version features a number of cosmetic changes.Downloadable Karaoke Hits WiiWare Tomorrow

Reception In the six months after release, the retail version of Karaoke Joysound Wii sold over 250,000 copies in Japan.Hudson's Karaoke Game Is A Hit

Joysound Yearly Chart Joysound published Top10 songs in Heisei (1989–019).

2010–2019 + 2010 Rank Song Artist 1 A Cruel Angel's Thesis残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi 2 Kisekiキセキ, Miracle GReeeeN 3 Spring, summer, autumn and winter春夏秋冬 Hilcrhyme 4 magnet minato ft. Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka 5 Hanamizukiハナミズキ, Dogwood Yo Hitoto 6 Love & Lovers裏表ラバーズ Wowaka ft. Hatsune Miku 7 Meltメルト Supercell ft.Hatsune Miku 8 Meltdown炉心融解 iroha(sasaki) ft Kagamine Rin 9 Butterfly Kaela Kimura 10 World is Mineワールドイスマイン Supercell ft. Hatsune Miku

+ 2011 Rank Song Artist 1 Heavy Rotationヘビーローテーション AKB48 2 A Cruel Angel's Thesis残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi 3 Gee Jp. Ver. Girls' Generation 4 Kisekiキセキ, Miracle GReeeeN 5 Mister Jp. Ver. ミスター Kara 6 Aitakatta AKB48 7 Ponytail to Shushu AKB48 8 Chiisana Koi no Uta小さな恋のうた, Little Love Song MONGOL800 9 Arigatou ありがとう, Thank you Ikimono-gakari 10 Maru Maru Mori Mori! Kaoru to Tomoki, Tamani Mook

+ 2012 Rank Song Artist 1 Heavy Rotationヘビーローテーション AKB48 2 Memeshikute女々しくて Golden Bomber 3 Senbonzakura千本桜 WhiteFlame ft.Hatsune Miku 4 A Cruel Angel's Thesis残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi 5 Eikōnokakehashi栄光の架橋, Glory bridge Yuzu 6 Flying Get AKB48 7 Chiisana Koi no Uta小さな恋のうた, Little Love Song MONGOL800 8 Kisekiキセキ, Miracle GReeeeN 9 Matryoshka マトリョシカ Hachi ft. Hatsune Miku, GUMI 10 Hanamizukiハナミズキ, Dogwood Yo Hitoto

2020–2029 + 2021 Rank Song Artist 1 Dried Flower ドライフラワー Yuuri 2 Usseewaうっせぇわ Ado 3 Yoru ni Kakeru夜に駆ける, Into the Night Yoasobi 4 Homura炎 LiSA 5 Neko猫, CatDish 6 A Cruel Angel's Thesis残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi 7 Marigoldマリーゴールド Aimyon 8 Kaibutsu怪物, Monster Yoasobi 9 Naked Heart裸の心 Aimyon 10 Rainbow虹 Masaki Suda

+ 2022 Rank Song Artist 1 Dried Flower ドライフラワー Yuuri 2 Cinderella Boyシンデレラボーイ Saucy Dog 3 Suiheisen水平線, Horizon Back Number 4 Marigoldマリーゴールド Aimyon 5 A Cruel Angel's Thesis残酷な天使のテーゼ Yoko Takahashi 6 Betelgeuseベテルギウス Yuuri 7 Magic Carpet魔法の絨毯 Takaya Kawasaki 8 Zankyosanka残響散歌, Reverbation Hymn Aimer 9 CITRUS Da-ice 10 Sayonara Elegyさよならエレジー Masaki Suda

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