Wii Music: A- at 1UP, AAA, GOTM, GOTY, NAACP,

[Don Flamenco]

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3170709&p=44

Especially in the minigames, discovering you can't unlock more than the five available songs is disappointing once the game has whetted your appetite for more.

discovering you can't unlock more than the five available songs is disappointing

you can't unlock more than the five available songs

the five available songs

five

[hyp]

By Jennifer Tsao

this woman has kids.  don't trust her.

[The Innocent X]

I take comfort in the fact that this game only did 50k first day in japan.

Please let it have the legs of a dwarf ant.

Hey man, it's not all about playing a game. Its about the experience..

Fuckers.

[Sho Nuff]

There is no way this game only has 5 (public domain) songs

[Tieno]

By Jennifer Tsao  10/16/2008

[The Innocent X]

but sp0rsk thinks it's cool

Sp0rsk also has the dullest internet tv show in history.

He has anti-charisma in spades.

Need I say more?

[Don Flamenco]

I'll admit I kept my mind a little bit open, just in case Nintendo made some changes to that shit they showed at E3.  Reading this review, it really doesn't sound like there's any game here. 

[Crushed]

There is no way this game only has 5 (public domain) songs

It has 50, IIRC.

(checks Wikipedia)


WOOO WE GOT SOME HOT STUFF HERE (not all of it's listed, I WONDER WHAT ELSE THERE IS)

Public domain songs

    * "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
    * "Yankee Doodle"
    * "La Bamba"
    * Overture from the opera Carmen
    * Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 ("Ode to Joy")
    * Richard Wagner's Bridal Chorus

Nintendo songs

    * Legend of Zelda Overworld Theme
    * Super Mario Bros. Theme
    * F-Zero Mute City Theme

Licensed songs

    * "Material Girl" by Madonna
    * "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!
    * "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees
    * "I'll Be There" by The Jackson 5
    * "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
    * "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes
    * "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire
    * "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto
    * "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva
    * "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms
    * "Woman" by John Lennon
    * "I've Never Been to Me" by Charlene
    * "Do-Re-Mi" by Rodgers and Hammerstein, from The Sound of Music
    * "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis, from Chariots of Fire

Other raging hits include Turkey in the Straw, Sakura Sakura, and Sur le pont d'Avignon!!!



Send me your Miis guys, I'll create an awesome video of EB rocking out to Turkey in the Straw and send you the album!!!

[TakingBackSunday]

    * "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis, from Chariots of Fire

!

[Don Flamenco]

wow, she totally makes it sound like there are 5 songs in the game.  Not exactly a smokin' line up though.

[Van Cruncheon]

bobobobobobobobobo NINTENDO TEH INNOVATORZZZ!!!!!!

[WrikaWrek]

I've heard this women speak before.

Let's just say, i don't trust this women.

[DJ_Tet]

I want to see dirty pics of Jennifer Tsao.

Everytime I mention this on gaf (not recently) one of their posters gets out his white knight suit and prepares to battle.

[Eel O'Brian]

wait, wii music gets "every breath you take" and rock band doesn't

wtf sting

[archie4208]

wait, wii music gets "every breath you take" and rock band doesn't

wtf sting

Only the brilliance of MIYAMOTO SAN can make barking a Sting song possible.

[Bloodwake]

Jesus, this game basically makes me want to quit playing games.

[Mr. Gundam]

Jesus, this game basically makes me want to quit playing games.

I too fear the coming gaming apocalypse.

Someone hold me. 

[Flannel Boy]

    * "Woman" by John Lennon

GOTY

[The Sceneman]

thread of the fucking week.

the OP is A+++++++ forum posting skill

and Im not being sarcastic. Kafka for icon, or at least give him a tag like 'Forum Expert' or something

the addition of NAACP in the title, fucking genius

[cool breeze]

IGN gave it a 5/10

[archie4208]

IGN gave it a 5/10

Maybe Miyamoto didn't sprinkle enough fairy dust to make it "magical" for the IGN guys.

[TVC15]

    * "Woman" by John Lennon

GOTY

Should have gone with Woman is the distinguished black fellow of the World.

[Hollywood]

Nintendo once again makes jaded hardcore games cry. 

[Mrbob]

You got that wrong. 

Hardcore gamers are too busy playing all the cool games on 360 and PS3.

Wii owners are convincing themselves they actually like shovelware, and begrudgingly eating up everything their favorite company (who is now ignoring them) make. 

[Joe Molotov]

Vangelis and John Lennon, HD consoles owned yet again.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Given IGN's 7-10 scale, Wii Music must be appalling.

Go have fun waggling spastically to the MIDI version of Turkey in the Straw, distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

La Bamba is public domain?!?!?!

Sick, that'll fill one of the holes on my EP 

[Hollywood]

He's a wrestling fan and a christian, self delusion is a way of life.

More crying. 

[Don Flamenco]

Nintendo once again makes jaded hardcore games cry. 

tears of "what are you doing to my hobby"

also, read the reviews. This has nothing to do with casual/hardcore...under any other name this game would've been trashed to bits.  Ubisoft's Imagine Musicz with public domain tracks and....the splinter cell soundtrack?...would've gotten reamed.  The common thread in positive and negative reviews is that there's hardly any real gameplay.

[Himu]

jennifer tsao is awful

[laesperanzapaz]

    * "Woman" by John Lennon

GOTY

very underrated song there.

*sniff, RIP

[Phoenix Dark]

John Lennon...midi?

[recursivelyenumerable]

I'm not terribly interested in this (I might pick it up at $10 if I had a Wii) but I think you're being a bit hypocritical about "non-games" in general.  The video "game" industry and fandom has always been as much about the movie and toy/gadget aspects of entertainment software as about game-design, and the most popular of what are now ridiculously being called "hardcore games" have usually been a mix of all three.  Fans' other interests support this: a lot of movie/anime geeks, a somewhat smaller contingent who like to play with toys and gadgets (programming languages and libraries, in my case), and a much smaller group with a serious enthusiasm for board and card games etc.  If someone were to develop something along the lines of Wii Music, but aimed at a more musically advanced audience, and with a theme I found appealing, I'd definitely consider buying it.

[DJ_Tet]

jennifer tsao is awful

I googled her and was severely disappointed.  She should stick to the 2" blurry headshots in egm I guess  :'(

[Don Flamenco]

Hey Shigeru! It's your cousin Reggie!  You know, Reggie Miyamoto?  You know that hot, completely offbeat midi sound you've been looking for?  well listen to THIS!
 
[youtube=425,350]DXdmpTf4nUU[/youtube]

[y2kev]

Is that THE JC video? That sounds awful.

[cool breeze]

This is the JC video. 

[youtube=425,350]vOx3G2AAFUI[/youtube]

I admit that it seems slightly intriguing.  I have a friend who buys crap like this on the Wii that I can try out, but he's in Japan and I can't take advantage of his daftness.  I think even paying to rent it would be too much...I don't know.

And even so, the nfan brigade is treating the guy in that video like a goddamn prophet or something.

Oh, and by-far the funniest thing to come out of the Wii Music nonsense was that guy who said that the haters are comparable to the creationists.  This was coming from the same group that worships a single man in their life (Miyamoto) while trying to spread the gospel of Wii Music using the teachings of this JC guy.

[y2kev]

But he has absolutely no control over what sound is made :\

[Don Flamenco]

who in the fuck is SuperPhillip32?  (in the youtube comments)   

[Flannel Boy]

* Night Man shudders

[Crushed]

http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/827335/wii-music/videos/wiimusic_101508_2.html
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/827335/wii-music/videos/wiimusic_zelda2_101808.html

watch both versions of the zelda theme done with the same instruments

[Madrun Badrun]

fuck.  what the hell is with the cat and dog, and "Ya!, Ya!"

[Van Cruncheon]

on what insane idiot planet would someone find that jc rodrigo video interesting or inspiring

jesus christ, i think wiitard cognitive dissonance has an infinite horizon

[Van Cruncheon]

fuck.  what the hell is with the cat and dog, and "Ya!, Ya!"

I see you haven't met my good friend Japan yet.

kawaaaaaaaaaaai sooooooooooo

DESU

[bork]

I was at the biggest electronics store in the city the other day.  There were shitloads of copies of Wii Music just sitting there, unsold.  The stickers on the top row set of copies also means they sold very, very few. 

Guitar Hero Aerosmith was also featured more prominently than this.   

[Phoenix Dark]

....NAACP?

[Don Flamenco]

....NAACP?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

[Phoenix Dark]

Well yea, unfortunately I'm a member, but I didn't get the reference between it and NAACP

[Don Flamenco]

Well yea, unfortunately I'm a member, but I didn't get the reference between it and NAACP

they're all acronyms.  like "omg wtf bbq usa"

[The Sceneman]

what a fucking distinguished mentally-challenged fellow

[Crushed]

FULL TRACKLIST 

1. “American Patrol” the march by F.W. Meacham
2. “Animal Crossing’s K.K. Blues” by K.K. Slider
3. “Animal Crossing: Wild World” Theme
4. “Bridal Chorus” by Richard Wagner
5. “Chariots of Fire” by Vangelis (from Chariots of Fire)
6. “Daydream Believer” by The Monkees
7. “Do-Re-Mi” by Rodgers and Hammerstein (from The Sound of Music)
8. “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9. “Every Breath You Take” by The Police
10. “F-Zero Mute City” Theme
11. “Happy Birthday To You” the birthday celebration song
12. “I’ll Be There” by The Jackson 5
13. “I’ve Never Been to Me” by Charlene
14. “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms
15. “La Bamba” the Mexican folk song
16. “La Cucaracha” the Spanish folk song
17. “Legend of Zelda Overworld” Theme
18. “Material Girl” by Madonna
19. “Minuet in G major” by Johann Sebastian Bach
20. “My Grandfather’s Clock” the bluegrass song by Henry Clay Work
21. “O Christmas Tree” the Christmas carol
22. “Oh My Darling, Clementine” the American folk ballad
23. “On the bridge of Avignon” the French song about the Pont d’Avignon
24. “Over the Waves” by Juventino Rosas
25. “Overture” from the opera Carmen
26. “Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvelettes
27. “Sakura Sakura” the Japanese cherry blossom folk song
28. “Scarborough Fair” the traditional English ballad
29. “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire
30. “Sukiyaki” by Kyu Sakamoto
31. “Super Mario Bros.” Theme
32. “Swan Lake” the ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
33. “Symphony No. 1’s Titan” by Gustav Mahler
34. “Symphony No. 9’s From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak
35. “Symphony No. 9’s Ode to Joy” by Ludwig van Beethoven
36. “The Blue Danube” the waltz by Johann Strauss II
37. “The Entertainer” by Billy Joel
38. “The Flea Waltz” is usually the first piano piece learned
39. “The Four Seasons’ Spring (La Primavera)” by Antonio Vivaldi
40. “The Loco-Motion” by Little Eva
41. “Troika” the Russian folk song
42. “Turkey in the Straw” the American folk song
43. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” the English nursery rhyme
44. “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” by Wham!
45. “Wii Music” Theme
46. “Wii Sports” Theme
47. “Woman” by John Lennon
48. “Yankee Doodle” the U.S. patriotical song

Please note that this info is based mostly on the Japanese version and thus certain obscure songs will likely be replaced with others depending on the region you live in. Other songs in the Japanese version include: “Butterfly” the German folk song, “Fir Tree” the German children’s song, “Memories” by Frantisek Drdla, “Santouruse from Bilbao” the Spanish folk song, “Hum Literature” the German folk song, and the unknown “Love Is Like A Dragonfly”.

[Sho Nuff]

I was at the biggest electronics store in the city the other day.  There were shitloads of copies of Wii Music just sitting there, unsold.  The stickers on the top row set of copies also means they sold very, very few. 

Guitar Hero Aerosmith was also featured more prominently than this.   

Wii Music is an IQ test for the world

[Don Flamenco]

edit: hmm...waitaminute

[Eel O'Brian]

much as i hate to admit it, it probably is good for getting little kids interested in music

[cool breeze]

Only one song by K.K.?

Not even a very good one.  Where the hell is K.K. Western or Cruisin' K.K.?

on what insane idiot planet would someone find that jc rodrigo video interesting or inspiring

jesus christ, i think wiitard cognitive dissonance has an infinite horizon

It's interesting because it actually shows that the software is: a tool that lets you stretch pieces of a midi trap based on motion.

Between people calling it "magic" and people telling you that you don't get it, it is just hard to figure out what the software actually is.

[Eel O'Brian]

where the hell is K.C. and the sunshine band

[TakingBackSunday]

8. “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

That's pretty awesome.

[originalz]

I was at the biggest electronics store in the city the other day.  There were shitloads of copies of Wii Music just sitting there, unsold.  The stickers on the top row set of copies also means they sold very, very few. 

Guitar Hero Aerosmith was also featured more prominently than this.   

Somehow I get the feeling that that table had all of the total stock of both Wii Music and Guitar Hero Aerosmith.  Well, maybe someone will buy those 2 copies of GH, although I think they still had old GH3 units on that table too, haha.

You're missing the big one though, CLANNAD for Xbox360 was sold out!  Now there's a comparison worth talking about!

[Ganhyun]

Update on this. Its not official. But according to Sarcastic Gamer, which has podcast members who live in Houston, they called all the Gamestops in the Houston area and only 2 copies of Wii Music had sold, the rest just sat there.

http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/index.php/2008/10/wii-music-sells-two-copies-in-houston-today.html

Of course, as Doc says, this isnt official. But to me, its funny. With reports of Japan passing on this, maybe moms and pops in the US will do so too.

[Mr. Gundam]

Over at GAF in reference to Wii Music:

It is a pretty hard sell but I'd expect word of mouth to kick in by november. It is a heavy complex game experience with a big education quotient. Just look at how much trouble GAF has with the game.

What does that even mean?