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"Sometimes even great games don’t live up to the hype. All the positive previews and hands-on impressions can sometimes hide the fact that, once the game is released, there are some serious issues with the resulting product. It’s a shame, as many of these games might be pretty good, but some core problems mean these game disappoint. The Wii is no different than any other gaming device, and Nintendo has seen it’s fair share of letdowns. Between games to peripherals, the Wii has stumbled along t..."
It's arguable that Wii Music is quite possibly Nintendo's most misunderstood game of this generation. It's the black sheep of forums and critics alike. But what if the game has more substance than meets the eyes, and all we need is a different approach while playing it to fully experience what it has to offer? One such editor believes the game has gotten unfair criticism by the media who are simply too conservative to accept that Wii Music isn't about "playing" but about "creating."
"Recently, there’s been a lot of press about SEGA and EA’s disappointment with the sales of 'adult' Wii games, such as Mad World and Dead Space: Extraction. While games like Wii Sports Resort seem to sell by the truckload, many 'mature-themed' titles struggle to break even.
Unfortunately this has lead to various games journalists and their readers making a very dubious leap of logic. In short, they're claiming that Nintendo is just for kids. According to certain elements of the gaming commu..."
"The Phoenix AdPi Audit combines brand performance, advertising performance, and copy testing. This latest one measured consumers' reactions to 30 ads that were in-market from October through December 2008. The ads were from top video game publishers such as Activision, Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, MTV Games, Nintendo, Sony and Ubisoft."
"Isn't playing video games the language of love? What's that you say? Is isn't? Well, it should be, because we can hardly think of a better way to spend Valentine's Day - that's this Saturday, for the uninformed - than by playing video games. Of course, being a social event that you should be enjoying with your spouse or boy/girlfriend, you'll have to make sure that the game you're playing is interesting for the other party, whether they be taking part or not. Here's our list of the top ten ga..."
Despite Wii Music's average sales and the lack of fans, Nintendo haven't given up. They are relying on word-of-mouth to raise hype for the game and earn it more sales.
Wii Music forum
The NPD Group has released the top twenty software and top ten software by platform lists for the recently unveiled December 2008 sales numbers yesterday, showing the top rankings in software sales for the month. The top ten rankings for accessory sales are also available.
Numbers are inserted where known.
Top 20 Games of December 2008:
01. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 1460k
02. [360] Call of Duty: World at War* (Activision Blizzard) - 1330k
03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 999k
04. [...
Well originally we all believed Wii Music would be a big load of fail. First came the horrible advertisements, then all the negative feedback in blogs and reviews alike. We also read articles such as this one.
Daemon Hatfield of au.wii.ign.com brings us the news that really, Wii Music is doing alright for itself. In fact, try 865,465 sold and that's just for North America.
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2008 had tons of crazy moments in the world of gaming, and EuroGamer has decided to run through the events that happened from July all the way to December. They include the E3 conferences, the new 160 GB PS3, and Wii Music.
To check out the months before, click here.
"Last week we delivered buyer's guides to inform our readers what to get the gamer in their life this holiday season. Today we bring you a list of ten games that should, in no circumstances, be placed under the tree for your joystick junkie. This list of games was actually harder to construct than a list of must-haves for the simple fact that there were a ton of games this year that we should avoid at all costs. Each game represented below is a mockery of why we came to love games in the first..."
Yukari Iwatani Kane of online.wsj.com has posted a rather long blog concerning Wii Music, the fans and general success. It's said Wii Music might be the first major flop for the Wii, Miyamoto insists it's simply not a big-and-fast seller like other games but a gradual process.
Will Wii Music take off? Will it flop? Read on about Wii Music and where it's at/going.
"For a long time, the games industry debated the question of whether a videogame could make you cry. But as I hope to demonstrate, this question is either irrelevant, or a game never has nor never could make you cry.
Games (under the systems view) cannot make you cry. Videogame titles can include narrative material that makes you cry, but no-one can claim to be surprised that a story can make you cry. Barring some serious change in what constitutes a videogame, the only way they are ever go..."
"ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) today announced the list of videogames vying for the number one spot this Christmas. And leading bookmaker Ladbrokes makes Call of Duty: World at War its 1/3 favourite for the festive accolade..."
The NPD Group has released their hardware and software numbers for the month of November, representing sales for the United States for the four week period of November 1st to November 29th.
Notables this month:
Hardware numbers:...
Chris Schilling of wiiwii.tv says he really likes Wii Music. Despite this positive response to the game developed by Miyamoto, he says it's not without flaws (and let's face it is there a game that's perfect?). He decided to blog five ways in which Wii Music could be improved to reach closer to that perfect status, so read on!
The suggestions were made on the basis of gameplay and replay value.
The staff over at Edge were able to sit down with Nintendo's legendary game developer Shigeru Miyamoto, to discuss his latest piece of software: Wii Music, and his thoughts and ideas behind this controversial title. From this topic the conversation continues onto his thoughts and theories about video games, Nintendo's position in the market, and his approach to designing the games that we know and love. Lastly, he leaves his hope on what he believes his impact on the industry will be:
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Australia gets to see its software sales for 16th of November! What topped the all consoles category? Surprisingly it's the game that's had a lot of criticism, Wii Music! Call of Duty: World at War then took second and third place on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 respectively.
Wii Music also topped the Wii section. This was followed by the popular Guitar Hero: World Tour and then the ever well selling Wii Fit.
Brain Training has done well again on the Nintendo DS taking first. MySims K...
Japanese newssite GPara has Media Create's top thirty software rankings for the week of November 10th to November 16th. This week's top ten is an eye-opener, and is pretty weird compared to other weeks.
New releases:
02. [PS3] Samuraidou 3 (Spike) 81,000 / NEW
03. [NDS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (Konami) 72,000 / NEW
04. [NDS] Fushigi no Dungeon Fuurai no Shiren DS 2: Sabaku no Majou (SEGA) 45,000 / NEW
05. [PS3] Resistance 2 (SCE) 33,000 / NEW
06. [NDS] DS Nishimura Kyout...
It's fair to say most gamers have bashed Wii Music, most not even considering it a game at all, just some shovel ware Nintendo wants to sell to idiotic casual gamers. And perhaps Nintendo will try a little harder to please hardcore gamers next time, as fans have struck Nintendo where it hurts most, their wallets. Early sales reports for Wii Music estimates its sales around 50 000 so far, which while good comes no where near Wii Fit. Nintendo are still defending the title though, Cammie Dunawa...
"Be puzzled by mind bending brain teasers as you aim to uncover the mystery of Professor Layton and the Curious Village at all NintendoDS locations, see live demonstrations of the highly anticipated Wii Music and take a trip to the city in the all new Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City , both at selected Wii locations..."
Tom East of officialnintendomagazine.co.uk has finally given in to festive temptations, making a blog of predictions as to what games will be number one sellers for the Wii and DS along with supporting reasons as to why.
His article brings up Call Of Duty: World At War, Guitar Hero, Wii Fit, Wii Play, Professor Layton And The Curious Village, Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City, Pokemon Ranger: Shadows Of Almia and Wii Music.
What are your predictions for number one Nintendo sellers t...
Joshua Erwin of gotgame.com has made an article concerning Wii Music and the low reviews it has received.
He talks about the range of music on there and the sound. Then how it's different to say Guitar Hero in that you don't press the right button to make notes, you just mimic the motions displayed on the screen.
It then goes on to say how Miyamoto wanted to give people a different music video game to all the others currently circling through the market. He wanted to give people a prope...
"Q: How do you balance the needs of hard-core gamers and all these new users?
A: We'll see the video game industry continue to provide games to both groups. But what we'll see that's different is there is an idea that there are individual products that can cater to both audiences, I would argue. Even now we're seeing that with a game like Wii Music. While there are so-called casual gamers who are enjoying the game very much, there are so-called core gamers who have become very big fans. Wha..."
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So who else is buying this day one like me!
...For my niece of course."
The top list of games sold this week has been released.
Wii- Wii Music, Wii Fit, and Wii Play all came out on the top of the Wii lists.
Xbox 360- Fable II (not surprisingly), Tales of Vesparia, and Far Cry 2 were at the top of the charts.
Playstation 3- In North America Dead Space came out on top, with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed as second. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (special edition), and FIFA 09 came out on top in other regions.
Go to the source to see the full...
Wii Music has recieved a fair bit of flack ever since it's announcement, but how does the game actually stack up? Well, it's probably what you expected. Kotaku have reviewed Wii Music, detailing the pros and cons of the game. Unfortunately, it's mostly cons.
(Go to source to read full review)
Discuss in the Wii Music forum
"PC
Backyard NFL Football '09, Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp, Bully Scholarship Edition, Dead Space, Deer Hunter Tournament, Europa Universalis III Collection, Far Cry 2, NBA 2K9, NHL 09
PS2
Backyard NFL Football '09, Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp, Disney Sing It, Disney Sing It Microphone Bundle, The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, Monopoly, The Naked Brothers Band: The Video Game, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows - Amazing Allies Edition, SpongeBob SquarePants Featuring Ni..."
Game On Nintendo has their nine best games list for Christmas up for the Nintendo Wii!
What's the first thing that comes to mind? That Wii Music is on there of course, who let that in? It's also a bit of a surprise to see Sonic in there due to recent complaints from fans it's just not the same, maybe a sign of change?
Then you have you very obvious inclusions, such as Guitar Hero and Call of Duty. Wii Music is better though, right?
Finally there's some lesser known games, such as the...
Gamespot was at the launch event held in Sydney for the Wii Music in Australia. It's been dated for November 13th and the launch attracted a crowd of well known faces.
Most reoccurring of those was Marica Hines, well known as a judge on the show Australian Idol who got around the place and had fun demonstrating how to play. She joined forces with Dylan Lewis, a Recovery host and TV personality who hosted the night.
Following this was some more famous faces such as Thirsy Merc drummer K...
Electronic Theatre delivers the news of Nintendo's confirmation of a Wii Music European release date: November 14th. Hit the source for descriptions of each of the game's gameplay modes.
With the two press conferences dominating the first day of the Nintendo Conference/Media Summit yesterday, the rest is being devoted to the games. Nintendo has issued a press release detailing some of the games to look for in its holiday lineup in the US, along with a glimpse at some of the 2009 releases.
The major notable is that there will indeed be a WiiWare version of the cult-favorite PC freeware adventure Cave Story. The Wii Speak Channel will also launch Nov. 16, when Wii Speak is...
Straight from the Nintendo Fall Press Conference is the montage reel that was played that showcased the various upcoming Wii games. This is the same reel that announced these games.
There are new screenshots for Nintendo's upcoming game, Wii Music, which is set to hit Japanese shelves on October 16th.
Wii Music boasts more than fifty classical and popular songs, along with more than 60 different types of instruments that players can use to make music with their friends. Performances can also be sent to your Wii friends. The conductor mode that was previously showed off is still available in this game.
You can check out the rest of the screenshots over at the source.
Two new Wii Music gameplay videos have been revealed, showing a group of band members being taught in a classroom, as well as a band playing in the Alpine mountains.
The thirty second commercial currently, this new video for Wii Music features a demonstration.... of the NES (Famicom)!? This isn't even a musical instrument! This is even sillier than Wii Music: Dog and Wii Music: Cheerleader!
"Nintendo have today unveiled their fourth quarter release schedule for both NintendoDS and Wii, including all first- and third-party releases, for the UK and mainland Europe. Along with the highly-anticipated Animal Crossing: Lets Go to the City which was dated earlier today, highlights include Wii Music, Disaster: Day of Crisis and Professor Layton and the Curious Village. The full list is included below "
Wii music commercial number twenty nine! This one is for the steel drums, so now you can sound like a Jamaican on the beach.
Yay another video! The commercials for Wii Music have now surpassed 25, totalling 26 in total.
This newest video is a demonstration of the bass. Check out that concentration...
You guys know what's coming, you've seen something similar to this before. It's the same woman, this time demonstrating the Japanese Timpani, an instrument that you can "play" in Wii Music.
Honestly, I don't know what point these demonstration videos serve. They can't be possibly be hyping up the game and anyone with half a brain will know how to work the Wiimote and Nunchuck.
Yep, found you another one! There have been over 20 Wii Music commercials now and they don't look to be stopping...
This video is of the harmonica.
Earlier today, it was revealed that Wii Music will be coming out across the U.S.A. on October 20th. In the game, there are over sixty instruments to experiment with, as well as fifty different songs!
Forget Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour, Wii Music will outshine both of them.
"Simple as this- if you contribute to the (sadly inevitable) sucess of a product that pushes Nintendo further away from making anything of interest to gamers, I'm going on a rampage. I'd sooner they went back to making playing cards than see them reduced to this.
First off, it's not a game- it's a music simulator. You pick from a group of songs (that contains such classic and knee-slapping anthems as "Yankee Doodle" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star") but don't actually hit notes, you just ..."
Yep, another video! There sure have been a lot of Wii Music advertisements. This new demonstration is for the Harpsichord!
If you think Wii Music looks silly, and if you think Wii Music: Dog looks downright idiotic, then prepare yourself for the latest "instrument". Here is Wii Music: Cheerleader...
Once again, here's another video for Wii Music. This time, the advertisement is for the Sitar.
Looks fun doesn't it?
Yay another commercial for Wii Music! If you couldn't tell, there was a lot of sarcasm in that statement. These are getting pretty tiring for everyone, but here's another one. This new one is a demonstration of the saxophone, she couldn't look more bored if she tried.
Yes, time to complain about more money put into Wii Music advertisement by Nintendo.
She did smile this time though!
This one is a demonstration of the drum kit.
All that can be said is... at least it's better than the dog one. Anyway, another Wii Music video has been released and this time it's for Japanese Ukelele!
By now, a lot of people are complaining about Wii Music. First it looked to be ok, then it looked silly and now it pretty much just looks stupid.
This is all thanks to a new video that just came out, Wii Music: Dog
Lady demonstrates how Taiko works on Wii Music for the Nintendo Wii. Learn how to play traditional Japanese music!
When Nintendo showed Wii Music at E3, most people's attention was drawn to the hilarity of the Wii Music drums. So are the drums any better to play than the other instruments? Well, you decide ...
"Here we go again! Weve uncovered something special. Something so tantalizingly ripe for ridicule that we just could not resist. Sometimes, comedy writes itself.
Wii Music, prepare to be skewered.
In Nintendo's quarterly meeting with Japanese retailers, details have emerged on release dates and prices for a few new games that are set to hit Japanese store shelves within the next 2-3 months. There could be more information on the way, but so far, there is the following:
After Nintendo's E3 press conference, the inevitable disappointment has started to set in. Nintendo flatly denied any plans to fix the Wii's storage problem and Miyamoto told interviewers that they weren't going to show hardcore games at E3 (despite promises).
They were certainly right about the lack of "hardcore" games. Today Miyamoto was asked about whether Wii Music is truly a game - and his response was that it's "better than a video game". Why? Because it has "no discernible scoring ...
"1UP: Tell us a little bit about Animal Crossing: City Folk. You've got the three-dimensional WiiSpeak microphone, which picks up sound from anyone in the room. How does this affect the actual game?
Katsuya Eguchi: The Animal Crossing series has always had a big emphasis on the communication theme -- you know, communication between players. In the GameCube version, of course, we had keyboard functionality to support that sort of communication, but now with WiiSpeak, we really get that stron..."
"Miyamoto pointed out that while he knows how to play the guitar, he does not know how to play the saxophone. His point? Wii Music is a game that is easy to learn and everyone in the family can participate and enjoy but has other features for players who want that higher skill factor."
"Purely rumour and speculation at the moment, this one, but word has it that Nintendo's upcoming Wii Music title will make use of the Wii Balance Board, specifically as drum pedals."
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