"Nintendo... Alienating their biggest fans since 2006."

Caseus

Anybody who buys this game gets an official punch in the nuts.

. . . or a falcon punch in the hot pocket.

Frologic

@Octo1:

You forget the part where various third parties make different knockoff versions (EA Tunes, Tom Clancy's: Symphony, etc.) in an attempt to cash in.

Cake_Eater

perhaps it shall be bundled with a wiimote, then lo and behold--a guaranteed million seller. it worked for wii play didn't it?

ArchMemnoch

The game will sell. People will have fun with it for an hour to two tops, realize how lame it is and puts it away with the Wii until the next Wii-gimmick games comes out. Or another likely scenario. People will buy this get its home and realize WTF?!? This 'aint Rock Band!

Octo1

My self-diagnosed OCD demands that I get this to complete the set but my logical part says no.

Logic won the day.

PatMan33

@DarthMetalHope: Wahaha, I was hoping someone would get the reference. :D

vid3oman64

@Sandbox_Emperor: de Blob, Sam & Max, Animal Crossing, Rock Band 2, Sonic Unleashed, Mushroom Men, Spray, Line Rider, Harvest Moon, Samba de Amigo, [www.fourhman.com]

Why is it that because Wii Music is lame, the entire console release lineup is negated and forgotten?

StocDred

I'll be checking this out for a couple days from my work at some point, just to see if it gets any worse then the freakin cheerleader. I dont expect to play it and wanna buy it though. Damn my curiousity is getting the best of me.

DarthMetalHope

@vid3oman64: You are awesome for saying that quote. super SUPER awesome!

DarthMetalHope

@Sandbox_Emperor:

Third parties are constantly complaining that they can't compete with Nintendo's games.

So, Nintendo have (inadvertently) given them a chance to compete with a less-than-impressive first-party holiday line-up.

Now lets see what happens. Will third-parties be able to take advantage of the situation, or will they just keep pumping out shovelware and wonder why their games don't shift all that many units?

Marlor

I really wish I could care about Nintendo anymore.. I really do. They just make it so impossibly hard for me to do so.

Eventually, they're going to run out of "casual" gamers to entice... and by that point, everyone will have jumped ship to Sony/Microsoft.

mphz

Go Wii Music, go! Win! Win! Go! Go! Pretty!

tatermoog

@boringjob2:
Yet, this game will sell a ton because the people who buy it, and like games, do not read reviews.

Cagny

Wii Music is so lame...

FenderMaster

I don't know. I want to be polite, the game is no good but should give 4-5 years old children some fun.

heirdt

this game seems fun!
i can't wait

xtraman

@Sandbox_Emperor: Bendover: Lube It Up!

AokiShinya

@hagridore:

lol. Sounds like you're in the first stage of grief, denial.

TheHeeyyy

@Sandbox_Emperor:
you are gonna wish for wii music for the holidays :\

SolidOni

Timmay!

NorthernAvengeR

"Wii Music" sure is a funny way to spell Kid Icarus...

hagridore

other than Wii Music and Wario Ware: Shake it, what else is coming out for Wii this holiday?

not being trollish, Im sincerely wondering...gotta make my wish lists! lol

Sandbox_Emperor

Breaking News:

Nintendo announces release date for Wii Music; Gamers continue to not give a damn.

TheHeeyyy

Oh hey, Nintendo announced an NA release date.

Um...

Needs more Disaster: Day of Crisis!!!

Naturestee

And they ate the minstrel.

And there was much rejoicing.

vid3oman64

I guess it will sell. But every time I hear about people playing this game, unless they're huge Nintendo fanboys, they never give it a good review.

boringjob2

@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic:

I'll take 12! great Christmas gift for the kiddies...wait...this is Nintendo's flagship title??? Hmm...

SolidOni

The box looks like so much fun. Such misleading art...

mfwahwah

For some bizzare reason, it reminds me of that old Powerpuff Girls episode where a mime attacks and sucks out all the color, and the girls all play a song to restore color everywhere.

And then beat the shit out of the mime.

The game reminds me of the song part, specifically. Although if it allowed you to beat the shit out of people who keep screwing the song up, I'll take three copies.

Lyrai

Very hardcore indeed.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

@FenderMaster: don't forget Fallout 3 :D

Sandbox_Emperor

True HardxCore gamers get mad about Wii fit and Wii music even existing. So if you wanna be cool then just hate it because it exists.

CCCombobreaker

Nintendo... Please cancel this crap and uses time and resources on more important matter. Like new Zelda, new Mario, 2D Metroid!, and decent core oriented games.

neo177117

@StocDred: Way to mention RB2 for the Wii but not GH:World Tour, honest mistake right? :D ...also your link leads me to something about wii fit >_>

And um, other wii games.... star wars force unleashed, that clone wars lightsaber thing, megaman 9, lego batman, quantum of solace, and some other stuff.... [www.gamefaqs.com]

Ghar

If this "thing" actually sells... we're doomed

Chopper_Mike

It's going to be interesting to see how well this does, especially since it's a glorified toy. Wii Sports Resort is going to do well because everyone has played Wii Sports that owns a Wii and loves it. Wii Fit did well because it's a fitness game, and America loves easy things that make them feel like they're getting into shape.

Wii Music? You can play a glorified imaginary version of an instrument along to all of your favorite midi jams. Don't worry about rhythm! Don't worry about skill! Just have fun!

Problem with that is, the whole fun part is probably gonna wear off in minutes.

Mit

So while Guitar Hero and Rock Band get songs from ACDC, The Who, Aerosmith, Metallica, etc., Wii Music gets classics like "Yankee Doodle" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

I understood what Nintendo was doing for the other wii games. Wii Sports was to introduce everyone what the Wi can do (and was a great party game), WIi Fit tried to get people more interested in fitness, and Wii Play was... to give you an extra remote.

But what's the point of Wii Music? TO make yourself look more like an idiot? If I want to pretend to be playing music, I at least want to use something that resembles an instrument.

Red_Maniac

@StocDred:

I doubt any of those games will score higher than 80% on Gamerankings, Sonic'll be okay not great, de Blob'll be quite good, Samba Da Amigo wont work with Wii controls, neve heard of Line Rider, and Harvest Moon ill be quite good. Mushroom Men i dont really know

The thing is that Wii owners have far longer, and harsher game droughts than 360/PS3 owners, but theyve always had one hardcore big hitter to make up for it each Christmas, and this year, it aint coming

There will be some quite good games, but quite good doesnt cut it after the drought wii owners have suffered, especially when other formats get GoW2, R:FOM 2, Little Big Planet, Fable 2, Mirrors Edge etc

FenderMaster

@ArchMemnoch: You must have missed the article where Nintendo reported people were actually spending a lot of time playing Wii Play, thanks to the data collected from the Nintendo Channel.

The fact is that people enjoy playing Wii Sports and Wii Play, and will undoubtedly enjoy Wii Music as well. And like with Wii Sports and Wii Play, Wii Music will get called a fad for the next two years.

Raian1

@SolidOni: lol absolutely not. Just that Wii music and Wario were the only 2 games that came to mind when I was trying to remember what was coming out for Wii this christmas

@StocDred: oh sweet! forgot about those :D

Sandbox_Emperor

@Cagny: Funny, I like games and I read reviews. If you mean clueless people don't research things before they buy them, then I agree.

Meanwhile, I was referring to people I know who have gotten to play it at conventions/shows/etc.

And if you say you don't listen to people's opinions you trust, I don't believe you.

boringjob2

@Caseus: Really? I've been playing Nintendo since the NES, and I don't feel alienated. I'm happy that they're expanding their markets. My grandmother now has a Wii because I let her play Wii Sports on mine and she loved it. My nieces and nephews enjoyed it greatly. They enjoyed Mario Galaxy as well, and probably wouldn't have gotten into video games if it wasn't for Nintendo's little white box.

Seriously people, if the fact that Nintendo focuses on someone other than you freaks you the fuck out, put the controller down, take a step back, and just breathe. Nintendo's been a business for over a hundred years, they know what they're doing.

Mostly. (Virtual Boy, I'm staring at you)

If casuals INFURIATE!!!!! you, try this: Try using their enjoyment of the Wii as a springboard to get them hooked on more mainstream games.

"I really liked Zelda."
"Well, have you tried Okami? It's a different setting, but it's same enough that you'd enjoy it"

And you go from there. Seriously. Not that hard.

Lyrai

OMG VIDJO GAEMS ARE SRS BIZNES

lord forbid we play games to simply have fun. you people disgust me. *spit*

shatteredhalo

Judgment day is comming.... not seriously I don't care much about this software but it'll be interesting to see the reaction of the press and mass media on this.

alfredofroylan

Look like I'll be ignoring this one. But I am more interested in the Wii Resort with Motion plus bundle with.

Shachihoko

@vid3oman64: i cant place the quote, and its killing me.

@shatteredhalo: very mature.

TheIrishNinja

@shatteredhalo:

really? you're going to have fun spazing out with the wii controller while the game pretty much plays dog noises at you?

OtherAdam

Definitely getting a Wii now.......

NightMystic

@shatteredhalo:

I do play video games to have fun, that's why I don't touch the Wii.

captainapplesauce

@StocDred: I think it has to do with the game being a huge disappointment from Nintendo themselves on their own console then anything. However granted alot of the Third party games for the Wii are shaping up really well.

Kaizuden

Not quite sure about the game itself, but that box art is pretty sweet.

phinehas

facepalm.jpg

Yougotyourpbinmyjelly

@Cagny:

Well then, so you're a moron who buys whatever games that reviews tell you to? That makes you such an informed snooty gamer, congrats!

Has it ever crossed your mind that the majority of gamers never read reviews, never have? I think we've been doing just fine, thanks.

Markez

I´m getting it, for sure!

lucasreis

hehe, as someone else said earlier, I can see it now...

A kid asks for Rock Band 2 or one of the Guitar Hero games for the Wii and their Grandparents get them this game. Come Christmas the kid will see/notice the rectangular shaped box and will get excited, and then when he opens it up he'll be like, "what the?!"

hehe

*thanks grandma/pa....*

I do like the cover art but yeah...I don't need/want another "flail your arms/wrists all around for no reason" game. Just not for me...

smd31

@Nilyx: eh? it was sarcasm, aimed at all the nintendo haters here. if people want to spout obscenities when talking about the wii and it's okay, then i see no reason why i should silence myself when i'm actually sticking up for nintendo.

shatteredhalo

@shatteredhalo: I think you should be more disgusted at your own attitude.

Safe to say those of us who regularly visit gaming blogs and forums are the more serious gamers, which makes us the minority of the Wii's install base. Nintendo doesn't care what the gaming press thinks, they are going to make even more money and put bigger grins on shareholders faces.

I wish I had Nintendo stocks. :(

Nilyx

@Rebochan: Laughing at the whiners, not the gamers. Though I'm sure they laugh at them too. From their pile of money, they can laugh at anyone they want.

Rebochan

@OtherAdam: Yea, funny how different people find different things fun.

Seriously, I was at PAX, which is about as hardcore as you can get, and I couldn't get near this game. Outside of the usual whiners that gather in any Wii related post, gamers that actually like this stuff are eating it up and Nintendo is just making money and laughing at them.

Rebochan

A day before Rock Band 2 and a Week before Guitar Hero: World Tour, Oh Nintendo You Sly Nintendogs...

HeyMykie

@OtherAdam: why not? it sounds hilariously fun to me :)

@TheIrishNinja: sorry, just getting tired of all the nintendo hate. and i don't even own a wii. :/

shatteredhalo

@ca$h: funny you should mention that, i'm actually the supervisor at a wastewater/sewage plant (whichever terminology you choose). :P definitely wasn't my first career choice, but hey, it pays the bills.

and what is so wrong with me actually praising a game that everyone else is thumbing their nose at? people can pretend to be rock stars and play on plastic instruments and it's okay; people can stomp around on "dance" pads like they've had 6 bowls of sugar for breakfast and it's okay. no, no one looks like idiots at all there. but nintendo goes and announces yet another something that you'll look like an idiot playing, and it's getting all this backlash? it's just very confusing to me.

honestly, this just seems like an updated mario paint to me, and people seem to love that thing. so what's the deal? if you ask me, i think people are taking themselves way too seriously, and are too afraid that someone might look at them like they have some sort of mental issue.

come on, people, lighten up and learn to make fun of yourself once in a while. no one's gonna beat you up and take your lunch money.

shatteredhalo

@TheIrishNinja: Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail.

EmeraldDragon

@shatteredhalo:
Why not stick up for sewage water, suppositories, and the ebola virus while you're at it? They're all the same.

ca$h

Epic Fail Imminent.

But it will still sell.

Wiidiots.

theEnemy

@EmeraldDragon: Right on.

vid3oman64

Wow...Nintendo's getting lazier and lazier, "hmmm...dang, gotta make the box art for Wii generic title, aaah...here we go clip art, aaaand lets slap on some Mii's...finished".

Sadly, I'll have to hang myself if I hafta line up at 6 in the morning for this like I did for Wii Fit...Damn you Nintendo, Damn yoooou...

NeVeRMoRe666

@ca$h: lol okay, I'll give you that. But I have NO idea why they invited M. Night S... Sha... something, to debut it. I don't recall him ever coming out as being this huge gamer, let alone an advocate for gaming. Personally though, I can see myself really enjoying this. I can recall countless times I've found myself playing air drums or air guitar while at work or in my car.

On the GH note, I picked up GH when it first came out, and SERIOUSLY, those guitars were tiny. It's hard to look more ridiculous than that, but I remember me and a buddy of mine rocking out to ROTM in GH2 with our tiny lil Gibson SG guitars. Sure, with RB, they're starting to get bigger and not so ridiculous looking, but if you've ever played a real guitar, you *know* those things are still a lot smaller than their real counterpart.

I can definitely see what you're saying about people hitting their limit on how dumb they want to look, though. I guess I just have no shame haha. :P

shatteredhalo

@shatteredhalo:
Fair enough. I think most people realize, secretly or not, that they look 100% old school retarded playing GH, especially the old ones with the really tiny and fake looking guitars. All they'd need is a helmet to complete the illusion.
I think people have hit their limit as to how dumb they will make themselves look in order to have fun (if Wii Music IS even fun, we'll have to wait and see). Can't talk for everyone, but after seeing the E3 on-stage demo I vowed to never be in the same building as Wii Music, or zip code, if possible.

ca$h

I played this at PAX and let me tell you all now..I cannot...I mean, REALLY, REEEEALLY cannot WARN anyone enough about how craptacular it is. It's the crappiest crap that ever crapped a crap. Ever.

no, seriously.

Booji-Boy

@McClain: Not a chance... most of the people that will buy Wii Music don't know or care about the games you listed. I think it would be a safe bet that it will outsell all of them in its lifetime.

Mezodon

@McClain: I kinda doubt the fact that the people who would buy this game day one have the other systems to play the games you mentioned...or even enjoy those type of games. For those that do, I definiately agree.

NeVeRMoRe666

@vid3oman64: And on that note, We are the knights that say Wii! =P

EmeraldDragon

just as well come out in October. It's not going to sell that well with Far Cry 2, Fable 2, and Little Big Planet coming out the next day. then Fallout 3 a week later. The game will get lost in the shuffle.

McClain

Oh if only the rest of Wii owners had other options other then Wii Music. If only there existed a Rock Revolution, Rock Band, or some kind of Guitar Hero to play instead on Wii.

If only like Wii Fit, it wasn't a mandatory purchase, punishable by death in a freak Fat-Plumber-To-The-Head-Mafia-Attack.

Truly, this is worse then when Sony created EyeToy: Groove or Kinetic and forced everyone to buy and shake their arms like fools to the music. Oh those horrible days when Sony would whip you if you didn't go along with their EyeToy games.

If you really don't like Wii Music, get over it and stop talking about it. Yelling at it, calling it horrible, insulting those who may like it, is clearly doing nothing to help your cause of getting rid of it. It might actually be helping to promote it with all this talk and links for Wii Music on Google and how they bring up results.

I'm not a fan of Wii Music, nor was I fan of any EyeToy music game. I ignored the latter, I'll ignore the first and life will be just fine as I play Smoke On The Water or Foxy Lady on Playstation 2/3.

Kenofthedead

@shatteredhalo: ROTM = RATM. d'oh.

shatteredhalo

At least with Wii fit you were getting heathier or at least learning something on health, Wii sports was fun, Wii music looks like it reinforces the need of a receipt or earplugs.

fox01313

It better be cheap!

HalcyonX12

@EmeraldDragon: WII DEMAND....

A SHRUBBERY!

vid3oman64

It's Nintendo, when do they ever make anything cheap?

captainapplesauce

"Wii ______" = $$$

I'm sure next year's Wii Chores will be a big hit as well.

Chinpokomon

Wii music is just skirting around the fact that we never got a proper sequel to Mario paint.

My question? Why isn't this a subgame in something to the effect of Wii Paint? I bet that it would be supremely more popular than Mario Paint, what with not having to buy the extra accessory and being able to move your hand like you were holding an actual brush or spray paint.

xanth

@vid3oman64: *launches a cow with a catapolt*

EmeraldDragon

@NeVeRMoRe666:@Mezodon:
True, the families that have 4 or 5 year old kids might pick it up. Even though a lot of the hardcore crowd probably don't own a wii, I do know several people who have a combination of the wii and the ps3/360 or even all three. Never the less while I probably won't recommend this game to a customer, I will give it a mention. Either way we'll have to see what kind of reviews it get.

McClain

this will be beyond retarded

Jabbertrack

I predict 1 million in sales in two days.

NintendoFanBoy64

@EmeraldDragon: It's funny how Monty Python and the Holy Grail quotes can relate to just about any topic.

"Now go away or I shall TAUNT you a second time!"

+ Watch video

Also, if I can compose this song in Wii Music, it's worth every penny.

Szin

People need to get over the fact that this is not a game and not aimed toward gamers.

M

You know what? I'm gonna say it, lest my digital form be torn asunder by a thousand kotaku user fanboys, but this looks pretty fun. It'll probably be released in the uk at a lower than usual price, so i might pick it up as something fun to play at christmas with a few friends between bouts of Left 4 Dead. What was that? Putting Wii Music alongside a more serious/hardcore game? Blasphemy, Blasphemy I tell you...

Ursus-Veritas

@Ursus-Veritas: Haha better run man.

This will sell well to families with young children. I'm even thinking of getting it for my 2 year old. I bet she'd be pro at this.

sweetie55

This is the gaming equivalent of the consolation trophy for everyone in the little league who didn't win...suck at guitar hero, you're still a winner with us!

jpneiswi

@Szin: Yes, yes it is.

EmeraldDragon

@vid3oman64:

We want ... a shrubbery!

One that looks nice. And not too expensive.

Strangelove

@Ursus-Veritas: hooray!! someone else who shares my opinion :D

shatteredhalo

That's odd? No delays, No retooling? Just an announcement on the final version of the game and two months later it's out.

Since Nintendo didn't really talk about anything memorable since Miayamoto first conducted a virtual orchestra, then it's safe to say that this game, for some time, was off their priority radar as well.

Don't go miss-placing that mindset Nintendo. I haven't touched my Wii 6 months.

AntiZERØ

@neo177117: They said they're working on a new Zelda. Too bad it'll be pushed until it's a launch title for the Nintendo Uhz.

PlatformJunkie

I pretty sure the only thing more annoying than the fact that this is really coming out(mind you thats not a lot of stuff, Hugh Jackman comes to mind) are the promo's that are going to follow it.

Nassin

@boringjob2: Here's that preview saying it's good (note: not a review, there aren't any reviews yet afaik), from 1Up:

Surprisingly, I like Wii Music.

Maybe that's not surprising to you, but it certainly caught me off-guard. When Nintendo revealed its upcoming music game at E3 (if indeed it can be called to be a game; creator Shigeru Miyamoto regards it more as a toy), I was skeptical. When I actually played it, I was even more doubtful. It lacked focus or structure; it was, in short, fairly pointless.

But Nintendo has a slightly more fleshed-out version of the game on display this weekend at Penny Arcade Expo, and despite this version sporting only a few modest tweaks, I think it has won me over. The difference: A sense of purpose.

Don't get me wrong I don't think they're going to say it's the greatest thing since sliced bread - that preview's sounding like maybe a B, not an A - but that's at least one fairly positive preview which suggests it might also get a fairly positive review.

@McClain: Pretty sure that if Wii Music has worldwide sales less than most of the games you named, Nintendo will be disappointed. Given that these titles typically last much much longer than other games, they may not be too bothered about competition in the release window either.

Obviously time will tell; maybe Wii Music will flop. They can't be right all the time...

...but then again, @neo177117: If Nintendo had listened to advice like yours, the system they'd have released instead of Wii would have continued their downward trajectory to secure a worse third place than GameCube managed, and they wouldn't be swimming in cash that's currently bankrolling (among others) the next Zelda and Mario games... I agree they could do to make more games apart from those (and Pikmin and whatever else they might be doing) but that certainly does not mean they need to make fewer games like Wii Music.

quen

Dang, how will LBP compete with this?

Pablos102030

@Lyrai: Intelligence spoken by Lyrai. I love to find these rare gems amidst the piles of junk.

John Lucas

johnlucas

@TheHeeyyy: Speak for yourself. I'm interested in seeing how this works.

Expand your boundaries, Kotaku fans. You might find some interesting stuff in those "non-games".

John Lucas

johnlucas