Kidz Bop Dance Party: The Video Game

Check an older Wii Remote strap first

The CPSC’s 2006 replacement program concerns Wii Remote wrist straps with a 0.6 mm connecting cord. If an older controller has an affected strap, contact Nintendo for replacement guidance before movement play; the paper activity below works while that is being resolved. The notice’s replacement straps use a 1.0 mm cord. Current remedy availability has not been confirmed. This is an accessory notice, not a recall of the game.

Let the setting frame the performance

The ESRB account describes stages in settings such as cruise ships and city concerts. A song can therefore feel like a little change of scene: the background becomes the venue, the dancers become the performers, and each cue tells the player where to focus next.

For a surviving Wii copy, follow the matching game and system instructions, use the appropriate wrist strap and leave clear space around anyone holding a controller. Keep spectators and drawing supplies outside that space. The original image supplies the mood for the quiet tabletop version below.

Make a paper stage cue parade

Draw a stage with three features of your choosing: a moon-shaped spotlight, a striped curtain and a tiny audience, perhaps. Add a paper performer by drawing one directly on the stage or on a separate card.

Choose three cue symbols. A star might mean “wave hello,” a curved line “turn toward the audience,” and a square “hold a finishing pose.” Arrange four or five symbols along the bottom of the drawing. Move the paper performer through the sequence, or interpret the cues with small, comfortable hand gestures while seated.

Invent a short wordless rhythm to accompany the parade. A second person can act as stage manager, pointing to one symbol at a time. Swap jobs and change the order: does the same performer now seem to be greeting a crowd, introducing a friend or saying goodnight? Give your show a title and keep the cue strip as its miniature program.