MLB 09 The Show - Finally a reason to pick up a mic?

[Astrosmash]

I'll admit, I'm not much for online play, and I'm not the Guitar Hero/Rock Band music junkie that some of my friends are. I AM a sucker for updating my sports titles almost every year, though - mainly Madden for football and MLB The Show for baseball - and I saw this little blurb about one of MLB 09's new features that made me a bit giggly:

 

"MLB 09 is about to bring out the crazed fan in all of us as not only can you record your voice screaming anything from "Where's Madonna?" to "we want a pitcher not a belly itcher" and put it in the game thanks to peripherals like the Rock Band mic and wireless headset, the fan yells will sound like your voice actually coming from the stands. You can even assign the recordings to be part of a chant and your voice will be put through a new process so that it sounds more like a crowd chanting "over-rated" and not just a single person yelling." (from this ESPN article: http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=3775962)

 

I've gotta admit, I DO like the idea of being able to pre-set the game to taunt my friends mercilessly before inviting them over to play (much as they demolish me whenever I foolishly agree to play Guitar Hero III with them). My question is: do I HAVE to purchase a Sony mic to do this kind of thing, or is there a way I can use the Bluetooth from my cell phone to record audio on the PS3? I've never tried hooking up a mic, so I'm not sure how it works.

Edited January 23, 2009 by Astrosmash

[zombiecraig]

I guess that's a pretty cool feature, but I don't know that I would actually use it that much, to be honest.

 

Hopefully, they've made a few other additions. I loved last year's game.

[moycon]

and put it in the game thanks to peripherals like the Rock Band mic and wireless headset,

 

I'd guess that would mean you can just use your headset.

Still, I have Singstar Vol 1 and 2 and they are great fun. I'd suggest snagging the mics anyways. I saw Singstar Vol 1 and two mics at Target on clearance for $44 last week.

[Astrosmash]

I guess that's a pretty cool feature, but I don't know that I would actually use it that much, to be honest.

 

Hopefully, they've made a few other additions. I loved last year's game.

 

Oh yeah - if you check out that ESPN article I linked to, you'll see that this is just the tip of the iceberg; the amount of additions they're making to MLB 09 is SICK. Updates to "Road to the Show" (my fave), 40-man rosters, new stadiums (including the new Yankee Stadium, which isn't even open to the public yet) - they're even including MASCOTS in the game now! Last year's game was the best baseball title I've played in years, but this one may just top it.