The fact that this game isn’t finding a PS3 or Xbox 360 release should speak volumes about which market it panders to. It’s a well-documented fact that not many kids under the age of 28 could muster the pocket money to purchase a PS3 after release day. Consequently, most were forced to opt for the paperboy wageattainable Wii (boo hiss) or, sternly keep hold of their beloved PS2s and pray each night that a graphic’s fairy would pay them a visit.

Boogie is basically a sugary mixture of the freestyle sections of PaRappa The Rapper, but supplanting spitting for dancing, and a SodaStream edition of SingStar. EA has mixed things up a shade by introducing a few laudable tweaks into the game; such as the fact that you play from a quirky roster of customisable characters called Boogs, unlock new attire for them and even cut an astonishingly fugly looking music video using the game’s Fisher-Price editing suite. You can add post-production wizardry, like floating fish, to make your video look like the bonus stage from Sonic The Hedgehog, and even doctor the image to the point that it’s actually impossible to determine what it is you’re actually staring at. But the best feature, by a country mile, is that you can make phrases like ‘codpiece face’ scroll across your video and the game doesn’t even bat a concerned parental eyelid.

While there’s not a lot here to fever the brow of older gamers – who will instantly spot the game’s faults, Boogie will probably hold appeal for any young aspiring X Factor winner that’s currently running his bike ragged to buy a PS3.

Stuart Hunt