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Wii Music Review - "It's hard to recommend Wii Music for anyone"

October 22, 2008 in Reviews comments 7

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.

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Wii Music is a well designed experience that likely won't appeal to fans of established music or rhythm games like Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution. Even more casual fans of those types of games will likely scoff at the title, wondering what the point is, as some of our lapsed gaming friends did. Wii Music should be thought of as a tool not a game, similar to earlier Nintendo efforts such as Electroplankton or Mario Paint and may find some value as a musical oddity, a momentary diversion.

Nintendo has created a piece of software that has brief flashes of fun, but little in the way of long-term enjoyment. In group settings, it will likely entertain for its impossible-to-fail gameplay and the resulting cacophony. Outside of morbid (or genuine) curiosity, it's hard to recommend Wii Music for anyone but the most forgiving of Wii owner or the extremely hardcore Nintendo fan who longs to rearrange well-worn Nintendo soundtrack selections.
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  • 1
    Final Blade Oct 22, 08
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    "Wii Music is more than just an incredible clever name, its a whole new way of experiencing music with your Nintendo Wii. And because its on the nintendo Wii you'll buy it. Like the Mindless Brainwashed Lemming you are."
    Sorry I keep bringing this quote up, it just seems it fits the review very well.

    Anyway I don't see this being good. But like the quote says, "you'll buy it...."
  • 0
    Akira_EX Oct 22, 08
    For a game that receives as much flak as Wii Music does, reviews don't really mean much for the game, with scores and impressions that are really all across the board. It's something you would need to judge for yourself.

    That said, I can't wait to try it.
    • 1
      Final Blade Oct 22, 08
      We've already judged the game based off the 30+ trailers for it, all being gimmicky and a joke. I didn't even need to see this review to know what the scores and pros and cons this game was going to get. And for something thats 50 dollars I just can't see it justifying the price for me. To me its a game that deserves to be in the bargain bins.
      • 0
        Akira_EX Oct 23, 08
        Guitar Hero and Rock Band is an even bigger gimmick and joke Wii Music could ever be.
        • 1
          Final Blade Oct 24, 08
          HAHAHA thats beyond funny.

          Sorry Rock Band and Guitar Hero has more replay value, has shockingly..or not really, Better music. Sorry to put those two games in the same light as Wii Music is idiotic and laughable.

          Listen I don't know where you've been in the last few months when gamegrep was filled with Wii Music litter of trailers, but anyone who've seen all of them will tell you the game is beyond a joke, gimmick and horrible. With that said feel free to play it, but 50 dollars for a game that should be in the bargin bins at 20-30 bucks just screams rip off.

          Then again the Wii itself is a ripoff as well so basically it fits pretty well.

          And trust me im no fanboy, I played most of Wii games in some fashion or another, but the trailers for this game which shouldn't even be advertised as much as it should where as Fatal Frame 4 has gotten practically Zero attention and advertisements, just is pathetic.
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    Akira_EX Oct 24, 08
    Wait, so how is not playing and waving around plastic instruments not a large gimmick?

    Anyone's who has actually gave it a chance will tell you that Wii Music is pretty good.
  • 1
    Killosity Oct 24, 08
    Whilst it doesnt appeal to me, I can see a select audience within the Wii's demographic giving this a go. Im sure, to them, it will be decent.

    And whilst Final Blade brings up Fatal Frame 4, I might as well continue. Nintendo have blatently neglected their hardcore audience and whilst the game itself may not be shovelware (im talking about FF4), their marketing for it is.

    Fatal Frame 4 should be been what Gow2 is to Microsoft this holiday season. It is Nintendo, pushing the hardcore audience to their console. Instead, Fatal Frame 4 has been neglected..

    A little off-topic but, I hate the plethora of marketing for Wii Music, and the abundance of it for FF4.

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