Karaoke Joysound

{{Short description|Karaoke service}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox video game

| title = Karaoke Joysound

| image = Karaoke Joysound Wii Coverart.png

| caption = Karaoke Joysound Wii in the Japanese retail package

| developer = Xing

| publisher = Wii{{vgrelease|JP|Hudson Soft|NA|Konami}}PlayStation 3{{vgrelease|JP|Namco Bandai Games}}Nintendo Switch{{vgrelease|JP|Nintendo}}

| designer =

| series =

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| released = Wii
Original version:
{{vgrelease|JP|December 18, 2008}}{{vgrelease|NA|October 30, 2012}}DX version:
{{vgrelease|JP|November 26, 2009}}Duet Song version:
{{vgrelease|JP|June 10, 2010}}Enka version:
{{vgrelease|JP|June 10, 2010}}Super DX: Hitori de Minna de Utai Houdai! version:
{{vgrelease|JP|December 9, 2010}}WiiWare
{{vgrelease|JP|July 28, 2009|NA|July 17, 2014}}PlayStation 3{{vgrelease|JP|November 23, 2011}}Nintendo Switch{{vgrelease|JP|December 6, 2017}}

| genre = Music

| modes = Single-player, multiplayer

| platforms = Wii, WiiWare, Wii U, Nintendo Switch

}}

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).{{cite web |date=February 2013 |title=Joysound Dive Turns Your PS3 into a 90,000 Song Karaoke Machine |url=https://kotaku.com/5980773/joysound-dive-turns-your-ps3-into-a-90000-song-karaoke-machine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824073838/http://kotaku.com/5980773/joysound-dive-turns-your-ps3-into-a-90000-song-karaoke-machine |archive-date=2016-08-24 |website=kotaku.com}} It was shut down and removed from the PlayStation Store on October 31, 2014.{{Cite web |title=Joysound Dive サービス終了のお知らせ |url=http://living.joysound.com/dive/info/ |access-date=December 5, 2024 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125205322/https://living.joysound.com/dive/info/ |url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/07/nintendo_download_3rd_july_north_america |title=Nintendo Download: 3rd July (North America) |first=Thomas |last=Whitehead |publisher=Nintendo Life |date=2014-07-03 |accessdate=2014-07-03}}

The software is spiritually succeeded by the Joysound-licensed Wii Karaoke U app for the Wii U in 2012, and {{As of|2014|07|lc=y}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.konami.com/support-news/karaoke-joysound-online-service-termination/ |title=Karaoke Joysound Online Service Termination |publisher=Konami |date=2015-05-18 |accessdate=2015-05-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913041401/https://www.konami.com/support-news/karaoke-joysound-online-service-termination/ |archivedate=2015-09-13 }} 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.{{Cite web |title=カラオケJOYSOUND for Nintendo Switch {{!}} Nintendo Switch {{!}} 任天堂 |url=https://www.nintendo.com/jp/switch/baata/index.html |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=任天堂ホームページ |language=ja}} Tose contributed to the Switch version during a major update in 2024.{{Cite web |title=「カラオケJOYSOUND for Nintendo Switch」の追加機能を開発させていただきました。 {{!}} 新着情報一覧 {{!}} 株式会社トーセ |url=https://www.tose.co.jp/news/2025120000646.html |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.tose.co.jp}}