Karaoke JOYSOUND is a Rhythm game developed and published by XING for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released exclusively in Japan on August 05, 2015. Karaoke Joysound 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. 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.
