@Ryodestined: Umm...that is not an instrument last time I checked.

They are if you're a jock.

HEY-OH!

NoBullet

Yikes

NoBullet

You wont believe this, but my 4 year old got bored with her wii, and started playing those online coloring book games on my wifes laptop, well my wife didn't like her on her school lappy, so I got a great idea, I went into the basement and dug out my SNES and Mario Paint, mouse and all, and she LOVES it! Plays it all the time! I'm so glad I spent $250 on a console that can't hold my daughters attention for more than a week, when a 15 year old console keeps her busy and happy! Also she seems to have a disturbing penchant for zombies, now that I showed her zombies ate my neighbors.....

CerberusXTX

...the revolution has arrived...

*facepalm*

tok1879

@Nirolak: err, beat to it, damn.

Nirolak

@ShiningDark: You can play the dog, at least.

LuigiHann

Umm...that is not an instrument last time I checked...

Nirolak

@Paustinj: After seeing this video, I can safely say God does not exist.

BossVersion1

I raged. That was awful.

Sakujo

Thank you, Nintendo. I don't feel like such a failure any more.

tatermoog

that was the most annoying shit I've seen/heard this year and you have to pay $40 for that?
I'd rather trepan myself with a rusty drill

eternalsunshineofcoralfang

*blank face*...wtf??????? *facepalm*

y2julio

Umm...that is not an instrument last time I checked.

Ryodestined

Gag me with a spoon.

UCB-Disco

Where is your God now?

Paustinj

WHAT THE FUCK?

james castle

facepalm.jpg

MeanBob866

Whatever happened to the good old Woof, Oink and Meow from Mario Paint. Are they in this one? If they're not, then I don't care about this game. Come to think of it I don't care much to begin with. Hopefully Nintendo does the smart thing and bundles this game with a nunchuck or something.

ShiningDark

This videos was misleading!

BillyTheRatKing

Save the waggle, save the world.

knulpm

Wow Nintendo. Just wow. They just broke a broom handle off in my butt. Where are the GAMES??

Hollowcow

She was totally standing in a military stance.

PsycheE

what the what is this I don't I can't is this what who did this why what kind of
I hope there's at least custom mods. Dragon Ball Z soundboard? Waggle up for OVER 9000, left for I HOPE MY BODY CAN TAKE IT, right for NOW HE'S REALLY GETTING HUGE and down for HRAAAAAAARRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH.

ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST

With every clip or headline relating to a clip I see for Wii Music, my hatred grows a little. That, or I die a little. Maybe both, and I'm slowly edging towards an utter meltdown of epic proportions. If that's the case, I'm taking Wii Music down with me, with my last moments being a helpless, frustrating, destructive waggle of death and midi-sounds.

thespyderboy

LOL, WUT?

tzaketh

Go! Win! Pretty! Pretty! WPrietnty!

ParadeDC

I used to say that Nintendo stopped trying for a while now, but now I just can't say that anymore, cause every single time I see another ad for this game I think it can't possibly get any worse, and then it somehow just does.

Bravo, Nintendo.

Mini-Boss

Go! Cool! Yeah!

Why can't we use Japanese words in everything? Pay back the favour?

Dr. Nooooooooo

*smacks forehead*

this cant be happening

theboyfrombrasil

Go Mii!

FeatherNET

o.O

EnigmaNemesis

Could this game look more awful? Cow bell, now cheerleader. Man, this is lame.

GamerMx

That looked amazingly silly to me. I can get on board with air banging drums but this.. Something about it just made me chuckle to myself.

Walker

Can't wait to get this game!

ELUNO

@Paustinj: In Iraq killing the terrorists and liberals.

SarcasmOD

Why are they wasting development time on this crap?

thebigxer

*Getting an hammer and smashing my Wii in shame and deep sorrow*

DAMN YOU, NINTENTO!

alecpyron

Now that I think about it. Well...here.

Everyone here seems to like Mario Paint. This is partly due to nostalgia. Now imagine you are the age you are now during the SNES era and (for convenience sake) the interest existed back then as it does now. Wouldn't people complain about how silly Mario Paint looks after looking at ad after ad like this? I think that would be the case! And the case is similar here because at Mario Paint's release a great Zelda and Mario were already released, with Metroid 2 entire years away and the next console Zelda 6 years away. I know it is not exactly the same, but it is uncannily similar. There is no reason to complain. How many truly great games were there on SNES? N64? Did people complain about the low amount of good games compared to the high amount of bad ones? Not that I can remember. It has ALWAYS been like this. So cheer up, people!

Dr. Nooooooooo

I hate this game more every time I see it. I just do.

ca$h

@Nicevillin:

+ Watch video

Nicevillin

@NoBullet: gigidi-gigidi Goo!

I dont think kotaku or any other game related site should report on the wii anymore, its the hardcore version of this:

Nicevillin

@CerberusXTX: You sir, are an awesome father.

OneLetter

Unison for PS2 let me play the cheerleader... you even have to remember your dance routines and then perform them without prompting!

...and it was pretty awesome, though I have been known to become mesmerized by bouncing afros...

fuchikoma

She's not even enjoying it anymore...

Trailnutz

@ Michael McWhertor "because every composition sounded like the soundtrack of insanity." LOL! Have you copyrighted the phrase, "soundtrack of insanity"? Am I free to use it and claim it as my own? I'm so making it my mission to introduce this into the vernacular (Think "I drink your MILKSHAKE" from the movie "There Will be Blood") and part of the zeitgeist!

Ambiguous Blob 2.0

Unfortunately, I've never had a chance to play a cheerleader. Because I'm a virgin.

Rocci1212

Come on, everyone, why are we suddenly pretending that we don't know the audience Nintendo is targeting? Definitely not gamers who know better.

ChiChi_BBQ

@knulpm: HAHAHA you are the coolest person EVER for saying that.

DarthMetalHope

my ears!!!!...they bleed

Ice-9

I might pick up the game if it will let me perform "U.N. Owen Was Her" in a dog suit.

Allosteric

Bwaaahahaha! wait what? forealz?

yashichi8bit

I am a Nintendo fan, but fandom has it's LIMITS.

I am so ashamed to be a Nintendo fan when I see these vids.

Who the fuck is Nintendo trying to target, fetuses?( I mean, they can kick their mom in the womb, thus triggering the music!!!)

Nintendo. Please. Stop.

Reform Deer and make a HARDCORE 2D Metroid.

Call it 'Super Metroid 2: Bloodlust'

You have no idea how many loads of um 'excited fan sweat' would be blown 5 seconds after you announce it. ( 5 seconds? nerds we are I guess)

Read my text.

Full 2D ( No background 3D shit )
Name it Super Metroid 2 at the least. Why? Hardcore cred. You are badly lacking it. Really.

The way you can announce the game is when you get to whatever number you are going to for Wii shi.. I mean music you can slowly pan out the screen until we see blackness around the monitor, then slowly tease us with select sound effects as you keep pulling the view back IN 3D until you reveal a a 2D Samus in a 2D world who was using her '3D side vision' or something to view the monitor. Have Samus then turn and face the screen to pull her helmet off.

The wind catches her long blonde hair, as the 2D screen itself pans out to reveal a destroyed landscape that looks somewhat familiar... we will understand it's Earth - but in time we will find out Samus has no clue it's Earth, or what an 'Earth' even is.. ( For the panning imagine the Fallout 3 trailer where it does this )

See Nintendo? I just gave you the core of a game that would excite the fanboys like myself to a point where each time they talk Wii they are rabid about it, not holding their head down to mainstreamers blaming them for you 'going soft'.

What does this all mean?

SALES. Even more SALES!

NintendoFanBoy64

@ruba-dub-dub: and yes that was the worst impromptu Wii name mashup.

ruba-dub-dub

*sigh*

I'm just going to go play my Nintendo for a bit and sob.

PatMan33

Well I can really tell what the obvious market this is for... Not long till those "core" games come, huh Nintendo?

Kaizuden

yup, still don't see myself getting a Nintendo Giimick Machine.

ruba-dub-dub

This kind of..my brain...video games....wha...NINTENDOOOOOOO

also, did this remind anyone else of this:

+ Watch video

LastFace

I hope this game will support motionplus, so we can have 1:1 cheerleading!

Garcia

I just don't know anymore....evrtime I see more of this.....oh god I just don't know....

*cries*

scotty

That girl in the video has a distinct look on her face that says "This is waaay too Japanese for me...and I'm friggin Japanese..."

gaijira

Oh God. /facepalm.

Now, you know what, if they just added music composition mode *EXACTLY* as it was on Mario Paint fifteen years ago, this could actually be good.

solar_tf

I cringed :(

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

@Dr. Nooooooooo: Sorry for the double post, but I have to disagree with your statement. It seems to me that many people would think Wii Music is a step backward from Mario paint, and when you are making a game 3 generations in the future that is less fun, less creative, and had less effort put into it than a SNES game that to some might seem little more than a gimmick, you deserve all the criticism people will give you for it.

SarcasmOD

Expanding that audience, I see.

Wolfers

Um, I clicked on the video because I thought it was going to feature a hot blond cheerleader.

I got ripped off.

Oh yeah, and the game looked like it sucked, too. Embarrassment, confusion, outrage, blah blah blah...

Eltigro

These commercials are just getting more pathetic. I don't even wanna think of something sarcastic. I just feel bad for Nintendo now.

SnakesSolids

@LastFace:

You just made my day.

tzaketh

I used to play the cheerleader all the time but I was never any good at it, the only sounds I could get to come out were OOOOH OOOOH! YES!YES!YES! and OH GOD Don't Stop! Which made playing music very difficult so I moved on to the Piano.

Cheerleaders Suck!

Gryfter

I said it before and I'll say it again

this is the only crap Nintendo puts out, Nintendo has never in their life ever made anything good!

fuck Nintendo up the ass, get a REAL game system and REAL games!

RealGamer1

Nintendo.Has.Jumped.The.Shark

Seriously you'd think one commercial couldn't top another on the idiotic scale, but this shit is off the charts and gets worse every time. It's like watching a car crash in super slow motion Like seriously, it's boggling my mind right now. Cheerleader sounds, dog barks, and cowbell? All we need now is a Death rattle.

RIP Wii Music 2008-2008

LittleBigPlaneteer

Alright, Nintendo.

I've always been a gamer. I wouldn't necessarily call my self "hardcore," but I've played video games almost all my life.

I've tried to belief in you. I was excstatic about my first SNES, my first Gameboy Pocket, my first N64. I loved them. I loved the games. The Gamecube..eh. I was hopeful about the next system.

When motion controls were announced, I was extremely hopeful. I pictured some great shooters and an amazing Star Wars game.

I liked Wii Sports. Nothing crazy, but it was enjoyable for short periods of time. Some of the driving games were "ok." I even bought Wii Fit.

And now, we get this.

At least earlier in the Wii's lifetime you were pushing Mario Kart and Metroid Prime.

Off the top of my head, I can't name a single Wii game that I'm excited about.

On the other hand, I can name at least five 360 games that I'm extremely excited about.

So, cheers, Nintendo. I'm moving on.

P.S.: I'm probably going to come crawling back once Wii Motion Plus comes out ;)

Poffy

@NintendoFanBoy64: Have you been reading my mind and visiting my dreams? Cuz that's in 'em. Fo sho. Oh. And wii music sux. ... that last part isn't actually in my dreams.

sandal-hat17

wow.

mva5580

dear god...

Surfaced

Am I high right now?

Because there is no absolutely no way that video would exist in a sober world.

OW-Holmes

wat

roflwaffles

...

oh nintendo...once upon a time you had some dignity as the company that brought mario to everyone. now....

Ajh

@FrenchZed: [www.gametrailers.com]

FrenchZed

For FAT chicks

PTUSHA

well honestly each Wii Music trailers made my day... this is some kind of sunlight... I am always suprised but the dog implementation is by far the better

FrenchZed

Now guys, hey. Did you ever hear of a bandwagon?. This is nothing more than a bunch of kids bought up in the arcade generation. The only reason those games were "hardcore" was so that they would get your quarters. A million allowances worth of quarters.

Now that games are becoming innovative, and are able to function outside of the actual gaming word, doesn't give you the right to slam them and deter people who may enjoy an actual Wii experience.

Now every comment I've seen here has been negative, and that is ridiculous for a game you haven't even played. Now what does that say about you. To make my point clear, I will go second by second if I have to to show how much quality exists in this brainchild of top Nintendo execs.

Nice and calm in the beginning, with some subtle music to show you the family atmosphere this game belongs in. Okay, so you can say "go!", "cool!", and "yeah!", probably towards some sort of recognizable beat. Hm. No, not quite. Um. Uh.

Wow.

Jesus.

my EYES MY FUCKING EYES

TheTheTheTheWhat

I would say that watching people play this game would justify it's existence in some way, but then that would be like saying the ends justify the means.

*hides in dog suit*

Mii

@TheTheTheTheWhat: And what wii-nerds never seem to get is most of us don't mind "casual games", what we mind is being shoved off to the side... Simply because the big N makes more money with crap like this than with real games, and the media falls in line. The real media, I mean, not the games media... The real media is happy that that nerdy gaming thing is a thing of the past and "true innovators" like nintendo are making cheap bar games for home use and they make more money than games that are made for people who actually care about the medium.

bobtheduck

The irony is that I've played this game (no, not the cheerleader instrument), and to be honest, it's not actually that bad. Most of the videos that have appeared on Kotaku and the like lately paint it in such a bad light. I don't know that I'll pick it up, but it's pretty interesting, and actually quite difficult.

maverickuw

Holy freaking crap. Defend Nintendo now, boys... It just gets funnier and funnier. And it continues being a sad marker of where the game industry is headed.

bobtheduck

@Dr. Nooooooooo: Nah, because you see- in Mario Paint, it was actually fun to be creative. You could make witty songs, do silly things. Granted it wasn't much of a game, but it was amazing what people could do with it.

But this? This is ridiculous. Shaking a controller and hearing a cheerleader scream "fuck yeah" every time you waggle isn't going to do much of anything. I mean seriously. I can only imagine this must somehow appeal to the japanese audience, in terms of what the cheerleader is saying, because this is getting ridiculous. I thought it was bad enough at the dog...

The sad part is, I am sure this is going to sell like a whore with free coke. And not the fizzy tickle your nose kind.

...well

Thugmunk

I honestly pity all you Wii kids. Your parents bought the console thinking this was going to be the family go-to for entertainment. You sitting there itching to go play your 360 or PS3 and your family goading you into playing Wii Fit or Wii Music. They all stand around cheering and having a gay old time while you roll your eyes and fantasize about slitting your wrists.

giroml

@GamerMx: I dunno, I think the game could use MORE cowbell, even. But then, I've had a fever lately.

mwoody

That game looks a little fun, I doubt I would pay more than $15 dollars for it, as it seems to be a random mini game more than an actual game, but I like mini games.

zdevex

Just when I thought Nintendo couldn't get any dumber, they go and do something like this... and totally redeem themselves!!!!!

Onegai

Play the cheerleader, play the world.

prelude97

Wow, Nintendo taking retarded games to the next level.

Fenian

still waiting for cellphone gameplay...

shake the wiimote to the beat of your annoying ringtone! :D

kjcwashere

@UCB-Disco:

Nice.

------------------

Not really liking the sound of the cheerleader.

em

LMAO

Refused

Wow, as soon as I think they've stopped giving me reasons to hate this game - BAM.

Frologic

@sandal-hat17: Yes, I have been watching your dreams.

I have only one suggestion.

I suggest you STOP doing what you always do to that poor, poor, giant stuffed bear.

NintendoFanBoy64

As much as I'd love to jump on the Wii-Music-hatred-bandwagon, I am still in love with this game. They can toss in as much ridiculousness as they want to - I'm still psyched for it. Irrationally so? Most definitely. But psyched nonetheless.

Bring on the cheerleading puppies!

phnord

She's actually saying "PITY!". And as god is my witness I do.

4Degrees

this beats the dog-instrument hands down

TheUnlovingSonOfCammieDunaway

Cheerleaders? Oh boy. Yet again Nintendo puts something more bizarre into the Wii Music lineup. I'm wondering if juggling or even opera will be added soon.

Mike's Stalker

Ironically I had a friend who played cheerleaders in high school. He got laid more than I did.

LuppyLuptonium

The dog was bizarre enough, but now cheerleader??? What's next? Hand across chalkboard? Armpit farts? Is there anything worth looking like a dumbass in this game? ANYTHING?!?!?

sweetie55

@Onegai: I only have smash bros for wii, but after seeing this im pumped for wii music.

orochination

I played the cheerleader in highschool...and yeah, the same sounds "Go!" "Cool" "Yeah!"

Just not the same tone...maybe their cheerleader is out of tune...because if mine was, well- that's another story...

JGab

Hehe... loving these Wii Music clips, for nothing more than the state of self-righteous apoplexy it's driving this lot into.

edheaded

After reading all those comments, I gotta say some of the flaming is as bad as fanboyism...

BTFzor_Freestyle

my 2yo sister cant wait for this ...

phatnacky

Suprised that since this is from Japan they didn't dress her up as a cheerleader or a classic anime schoolgirl for this. I swear this program is the new version of the Casio Keyboard that everyone got (when I was growing up) & played for a week or so then it sits in the closet or under the bed until sold on a garage sale for $3.

fox01313

I don't know how it'll play, but I do know it made my ears bleed.

NiceMissMayonnaise

AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAA!

I'm so gonna buy this game! :D :D :D :D :D

Onizuka-GTO

i cant wait to listen.

Go Team Venture

WTF dude...
WTF.

Shinkan

There is no god.

weblet51

Sounds like the last time I had sex.

Go! Cool! Pretty! Go! Go!

Dukeman330

With every new Wii Music commercial, I can't help but think this is all an elaborate April Fool's joke that Nintendo is planning.

gerrylum

@SarcasmOD: My favorite comment today...haha

@phnord: To quote the great Buzz Lightyear: O_o "You are a sad, strange little man. You have my pity. Farewell" V/

SeraphX2

@giroml:

You're an idiot.

Because you've overlooked the possibility of a household having both a 360 and a Wii.

Even then, I'd be fine with just the Wii. Cause the only things my brothers and I end up playing on the 360 together are (1) Halo, (2) CoD4, (3) Rock Band, and (4) Guitar Hero. Two of those are available for Wii. Of the four, their are two pairs of genre duplicates. If you haven't figure it out yet, I could do without.

As for the PS3, I'd like one if I could purchase a $50 version that could only play LittleBigPlanet. Well, maybe try out MGS4, but I suck at that series, so meh.

Mact

@Nicevillin:

You're an idiot.

One horrific game a bad system does not make.

Mact

@ChiChi_BBQ:

Except I would think this would annoy even that audience. Assuming they're human.

Then again, I get the feelings that these Wii Music commercials are in sequence for a reason. They're testing to see how much they can annoy the general populous, fully aware that their consumers will buy this anyway.

Mact

@LittleBigPlaneteer: 'RIP Wii Music 2008-2008'

Let's wait until we see the sales charts, shall we? When does it come out in Japan, pretty soon right?

I thought this ad was hilariously annoying. Do you have a little kid daughter/sister? Because this is what she's going to play. ALL THE TIME. Awesome.

Still kind of tempted to get the game despite its (probable) utter pointlessness in single-player mode, but will still probably manage to resist...

quen

I'm glad a new Wario platformer is on the horizon, otherwise I would have forced myself to commit seppuku.

GrassJelly

Yes, what really upsets me is this will outsell Fallout 3.

tzaketh

Play The Cheerleader, Save The World.

Dejanus

Oh god, you thought you got annoyed at Navi while playing Ocarina of Time...

Turn up the sound on the TV when you're playing this, and you've got the best way EVER to annoy everybody in your house simultaneously.

One thing you have to give the Japanese, they keep coming up with ways to make things more efficient.

xanth

Oh God.

First a dog, so the cowbell and now this?

I think Nintendo's been nibbling on Mario's magic mushrooms.

Combichristoffersen

Oh my god. This is awesome. Go Go Pretty Pretty Go Go Go! I haven't laughed so hard all week.

L_K_M

They're cheering me on! "Go! Win! Pretty! Pretty! Cool!"

Gutzman

I think this is pretty definitive proof that Miyamoto has alzheimers.

Placentasaurus