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R.I.P. Wii Music: 2008-2008
Posted by Luke Plunkett at 1:20 PM on September 9, 2008
After the first, we imagined there would be more Wii Music ads. Many more. And so it has come to pass. Here's the 13th commercial.
After the first, we imagined there would be more Wii Music ads. Many more. And so it has come to pass. Here's the 13th commercial.
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Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Ryan Smith
Posted September 9, 2008 2:46 PM
Whay can't games like this be hit with the ban hammer?
gadjet
Posted 2:06 PM 9/9/08
seriously?
gadjet
swarmster
Posted 2:05 PM 9/9/08
Though I will admit it wouldn't be half as amazingly amusing if you all didn't hate it so much. It's like Nintendo hears the whining and is only encouraged to lay it on thicker. I'm glad someone's still having fun in this industry. Imagine that.
swarmster
shrek187
Posted 2:05 PM 9/9/08
Wii Music= Game of the Year
Wii Music becomes a huge success and will sell out at every retailer possible (Even Hot Topic)
Once that happens it will be a sure thing that hell froze over.
shrek187
jaronimo
Posted 2:04 PM 9/9/08
@Channing: Germany: Hafu hafu?
Where'd you get that from..?
Try "wuff wuff" ;)
jaronimo
symeon6
Posted 2:04 PM 9/9/08
Fuckin' retarded.
symeon6
Kenofthedead
Posted 2:04 PM 9/9/08
I love how there is so much hate for Wii Music, that it gets talked more then the things people love.
Who wants Google to see more links and posts for things they love though? Far better to see more about that which they hate.
Personally I'm going to do my part to make Wii Music not show up, by not buying it and doing my best to show indifference.
Lack of talk and care (hate or love) hurts sells.
Kenofthedead
Orionsaint
Posted 2:03 PM 9/9/08
@vid3oman64:
Don't worry. Someone can remove that cancer from 10 ft away in mid air with invisible surgery tools with Wii Surgery.
Orionsaint
swarmster
Posted 2:03 PM 9/9/08
omg, that doggie-suit Mii is cute! Any word on if there will be a kitty one?
I really wish there was a way to write that and not sound sarcastic. Gamers are such downers these days.
That video made my day. And it's only 12:03.
swarmster
thebestporter
Posted 2:03 PM 9/9/08
lol gameboy415. i was thinking the same thing.
thebestporter
Demonbird
Posted 2:02 PM 9/9/08
This is still the dumbest thing I have ever seen, and I've seen the powerglove, the Uforce (god I love it)
That stupid balance thing for the nes, and Jimmy Carter's foreign policy plan.
Demonbird
vid3oman64
Posted 2:00 PM 9/9/08
I just have to post again. I mean jesus christ, she just shakes the damn remote! I wouldn't even call that motion sensing! That's "whoops, dropped the controller" sensing or "gaming during sex" sensing...
vid3oman64
Gameboy415
Posted 1:58 PM 9/9/08
Holy shit!
Wii Music is a JINGLE DOGS SIMULATOR!?!
Now I don't have to make barking noises when I'm drunk anymore!
*PREORDERS*
Gameboy415
Trowble (XBL/PSN)
Posted 1:58 PM 9/9/08
@dyl604: You are correct sir!
Trowble (XBL/PSN)
DustySword
Posted 1:57 PM 9/9/08
o_0... what are those...noises...
DustySword
jpneiswi
Posted 1:56 PM 9/9/08
This better not cost more than $5...although I'm still pissed the ineternet browser costs that much now. Everyone just loves to sell stupid #$^% just to make a quick buck...usually it's the 3rd party developers, but now it's actually Nintendo?! wtf This is the most retarded idea i've seen in a long time
jpneiswi
dyl604
Posted 1:54 PM 9/9/08
Nintendo is just getting back to its roots. We haven't wanted a dog to die this badly since Duck Hunt.
dyl604
TheCakeIsALie
Posted 1:53 PM 9/9/08
At least Cammie Dunaway will get a kick out of the doggie suit.
TheCakeIsALie
ThisCharmingMan
Posted 1:52 PM 9/9/08
Sigh...
ThisCharmingMan
Archaotic
Posted 1:52 PM 9/9/08
W...what...?
Archaotic
Karbrino
Posted 1:50 PM 9/9/08
@Shocky-: That was hilarious.
Karbrino
vid3oman64
Posted 1:50 PM 9/9/08
Okay, had surgery, all good.
I don't believe I followed Kotaku when the Wii Fit was being made and pushed, but I can only imagine the responce was somewhat similar. I can't see this game not selling.
vid3oman64
Puchi
Posted 1:49 PM 9/9/08
At first I was curious to see what see was looking at... but then I saw it and totally regret.
Puchi
Micronumerous
Posted 1:48 PM 9/9/08
That was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.
Micronumerous
vid3oman64
Posted 1:47 PM 9/9/08
OOhhh.... ooohhhh god... ohhhh
someone dial 911, ive just suffered from explosive colon cancer, damn you reggie and miyamoto....
...I... curse.... zoidber
vid3oman64
ichiban1081
Posted 1:46 PM 9/9/08
lul wut!
ichiban1081
GrassJelly
Posted 1:46 PM 9/9/08
Given the current Wii software line up this is video is a lot more infuriating than it should be.
GrassJelly
Ambiguous Blob 2.0
Posted 1:46 PM 9/9/08
@Kyolux: Also part of my plan! Muwahahahahaha!
Ambiguous Blob 2.0
FlapDangerous
Posted 1:46 PM 9/9/08
dammit nintendo the only reason i'm not selling my wii on ebay is because i still want to play no more heroes, okami, metroid, and mario galaxy when i get a chance. i also want to have a system that'll play my old gc games. other than that, your little white box is useless to me. this sorry excuse for a game is not helping.
FlapDangerous
CrypticMetaphor
Posted 1:44 PM 9/9/08
Maybe this is Nintendo's way of killing stupid people. Perhaps Wii Music is actually a bomb, that activates upon being inserted into the Wii. Let's hope Wii Music/explosive-device sells very well.
CrypticMetaphor
CitizenInsane27
Posted 1:44 PM 9/9/08
@holybarbie: I think the concept of the header was that this advert alone should bury the damn game.
CitizenInsane27
amorphis
Posted 1:44 PM 9/9/08
I am speechless.
amorphis
Kyolux
Posted 1:43 PM 9/9/08
@Ambiguous Blob 2.0: Oh you beat me to it. :P
Kyolux
SpearXXI
Posted 1:43 PM 9/9/08
Silent Hill 2 did it better. Oh yeah, the dog ending rocked!
SpearXXI
CitizenInsane27
Posted 1:43 PM 9/9/08
Jesus....fucking.....christ.
Who in the hell thought that was a good idea????
I don't own a Wii, but even if I did, this would not get my approval, it is aimed to make people look like fools, nothing more.
CitizenInsane27
blizzardjesus
Posted 1:43 PM 9/9/08
I cannot wait for this... I may actually pre order.
blizzardjesus
Kyolux
Posted 1:43 PM 9/9/08
I just can imagine the parents buying their kids this new game. Then returning it a week later for the huge head aches they had to suffer after their long day at work to come home and listen to their kid make shitty music with dog barking sounds.
joy.
Kyolux
holybarbie
Posted 1:41 PM 9/9/08
OOHHHHHHHH I thought they cancelled Wii Music thanks kotaku for dashinng my hope
holybarbie
MerryPranksters
Posted 1:41 PM 9/9/08
so does anyone from Japan want to tell us want just happened, cause to us crazy North American folks this was really really weird, but hey maybe it makes perfect sense over yonder. Or maybe Nintendo just want to crap all over the people who helped them become so successful.
MerryPranksters
Klaymen
Posted 1:40 PM 9/9/08
I am a big Nintendo fan, but there is no way I'll touch this stinking turd.
Klaymen
FLYBOY611
Posted 1:39 PM 9/9/08
What the shit?
No really...
What the shit?
FLYBOY611
Ambiguous Blob 2.0
Posted 1:39 PM 9/9/08
Unfortunately little kids will love this "noise maker"...
Haven't any of you ever gotten a family members or friends kid a noise making toys like one of those pull farm animals, plastic lawn mowers, or electric making guitars that make midi sounds and play songs?.... Well everyone, I give you the new noise maker for toddlers of the new millennium, guaranteed to drive parents every where crazy in 5 minutes flat! I think I know what I'm getting my little nephew for christmas this year. My cousin, that biatch, so has this coming to her! She owes me and I know exactly how to pay her back! Muwahahahahaha!
Ambiguous Blob 2.0
elevenoverzero
Posted 1:38 PM 9/9/08
Looks like a designer's five year old daughter got into his documents one night.
elevenoverzero
iam.gmo
Posted 1:38 PM 9/9/08
@Dragoonkin: me too...
This will be nintendo's biggest failure since... well, not that long ago... the gamecube.
This leads me to believe the Wii is more a lucky strike than a well thought of sistem...
iam.gmo
Quicksilver4648
Posted 1:37 PM 9/9/08
@kazooiedog: So did I, I thought Nintendo took the advice from the many reporters and just canned the project. I was sadly mistaken.
Quicksilver4648
Quicksilver4648
Posted 1:36 PM 9/9/08
Forget Wii Music. Just R.I.P. Wii.
Quicksilver4648
Ecks
Posted 1:35 PM 9/9/08
I can make my own barking dog Christmas music now? ALRIGHT!
Ecks
Letiumtide
Posted 1:34 PM 9/9/08
@zkotaku: And just imagine, you'll get to listen to them do so for a several months after release anytime you buy something at EBgames/GameStop, the employee suicide rate will go through the roof, I'm sure.
Letiumtide
kazooiedog
Posted 1:33 PM 9/9/08
I honestly got a little excited when I saw the 2008-2008 headline.
kazooiedog
uveridiot
Posted 1:33 PM 9/9/08
Im sorry, I couldnt hear the commercial. Some dog was barking right outside my window.
uveridiot
Cartman86
Posted 1:32 PM 9/9/08
@Channing: My roommates got all offended when I heard an anime refer to an explosion as "boom". I new that dog barks were not refered to as "bow wow" everywhere in the world so I asked if boom was the same everywhere. They could not understand what I was asking. They are from China and Combodia so I figured there would be some difference somewhere, but they could not get it in their head what I was asking and that there could be difference.
Cartman86
FightingChance
Posted 1:32 PM 9/9/08
This actually damages my memories of gaming bliss I had with the SNES. Retroactive nostalgia destruction. Thanks Nintendo.
FightingChance
zkotaku
Posted 1:31 PM 9/9/08
5 year olds can play this all day long.
zkotaku
Orionsaint
Posted 1:31 PM 9/9/08
So I can do that with my casio keyboard or do it in the air? How exciting. I guess in the future we won't actually hold anything. I'll play an invisible guitar and cook stew in my invisible pot on my invisible stove.
Orionsaint
shinko
Posted 1:30 PM 9/9/08
my god, what was that =/ seriously if this thing sells well i dont know what to make of this game industry >_<
shinko
Ken
Posted 1:29 PM 9/9/08
Oh god...
Furries + Jingle Dogs....
+ Watch video
Oh god,... why did you have to take me off my Spore high Luke.
Ken
Murderdolls
Posted 1:28 PM 9/9/08
@Crawl to China: I laughed haha
Murderdolls
ridleysaria
Posted 1:28 PM 9/9/08
Dammit, don't get my hopes up like that. It'd be an early Xmas if they shitcanned that garbage.
ridleysaria
SarcasmOD
Posted 1:28 PM 9/9/08
This is disgusting. You could make a flash game that had all the capabilities of this game in a matter of weeks, including motion control since you can use the wiimote with your PC. Being a bad game is one thing, but being a bad game because you did the lamest, easiest thing possible just so you could have something new to shove down our throats with the Nintendo name on it is inexcusable.
SarcasmOD
Crawl to China
Posted 1:28 PM 9/9/08
Canada: Eh eh
Crawl to China
Letiumtide
Posted 1:28 PM 9/9/08
Please... cancel it. Pleeeeeaaaaase. This is one of the stupidest things ever, maybe they thought it was a good idea because we all liked messing with the composer that came with Mario Paint.
Letiumtide
Toasticus
Posted 1:27 PM 9/9/08
>:[
Toasticus
Murderdolls
Posted 1:27 PM 9/9/08
That looks like the least fun anyone could have playing a video game.
Murderdolls
Channing
Posted 1:25 PM 9/9/08
Japanese: Wan wan
America: Bau wau
France: Uwa uwa
Germany: Hafu hafu
Russia: Gafu gafu
Indonesia: Gon gon
China: Uu uu
Korea: Mon mon
I learned something new today!
Channing
Shocky-
Posted 1:25 PM 9/9/08
Oh, I forgot to add. Think of the lawsuits that will come from this.
Jack Thompson in his newest case: Does shaking things produce sound?
"12 year old child Jimbo Jimson was playing his Wii Music game, producing dog barking sounds when he got the idea to test his playing skill in real life. He then picked up his dog and shook it, and to no avail; it wasn't performing like his Wii Music. So, he simply kept shaking it until there was nothing left of the dog and now faces time in juvenile for inhumane animal abuse, however we all know it was completely the games fault.
Shocky-
AokiShinya
Posted 1:25 PM 9/9/08
KACHING!
AokiShinya
Pata-pwn(TM?)
Posted 1:25 PM 9/9/08
2008-2008 seems too long
Pata-pwn(TM?)
Apparatus Ex Somnium Design
Posted 1:25 PM 9/9/08
I can't think of anything witty to write, anything funny to say.
I...I've seriously got nothing. That has to be the worst thing I've seen in years, and it certainly doesn't look fun to play. Just oddly banging around in space to make dogs bark to a musical tune?
I am seriously baffled, and I can only hope the next Zelda makes up for this. It has a lot of work to do to erase this memory from my mind.
Apparatus Ex Somnium Design
Dragoonkin
Posted 1:25 PM 9/9/08
I got all excited with the "RIP" and thought maybe they'd cancelled the damn thing in a moment of clarity.
Dragoonkin
Schoolimangooli's backpack turns into a ham sandwich!
Posted 1:24 PM 9/9/08
2008-2008 LMAO!
Schoolimangooli's backpack turns into a ham sandwich!
Balance_In_Life
Posted 1:23 PM 9/9/08
Right... ummmm, about that.
Balance_In_Life
FP_slomo788
Posted 1:23 PM 9/9/08
Wii Music fuck year!
FP_slomo788
Samlove
Posted 1:22 PM 9/9/08
I... um... what?
Samlove
Tilimorf
Posted 1:22 PM 9/9/08
I am totally confused...
Tilimorf
Shocky-
Posted 1:22 PM 9/9/08
Better than guitar hero maybe? Shaking your hands like a madman to produce music maybe?
Genius maybe?
Shocky-
icko
Posted 2:27 PM 9/9/08
@BPMΣ: snu snu
icko
LittleBigPlaneteer
Posted 2:26 PM 9/9/08
If I was to send an example of FAIL into space so that aliens could grasp our human understand of it, I would send this abomination of a video this second. What the hell was Nintendo smoking when they thought controlling a dog orchestra was a good idea?!
I almost want to contact the PETA to help stop the suffering those animals must be going through.
LittleBigPlaneteer
BPMΣ
Posted 2:24 PM 9/9/08
At first I was just indifferent to Wii Music... I really didn't care for it, nor did I hate it enough to wish it never existed.
But now...

I don't know how I feel!
Is this incredibly awesome? Or do I want to KILL IT WITH FIRE?! I just don't know anymore!!
BPMΣ
Orionsaint
Posted 2:21 PM 9/9/08
I'm not even typing on a real keyboard. I'm typing in mid-air on my invisible wii keyboard.
Orionsaint
skitzogreg
Posted 2:20 PM 9/9/08
@Ken:
Thank you for the most appropriate youtube video ever posted on a comment.
skitzogreg
Kuririn
Posted 2:19 PM 9/9/08
@Crawl to China: really?...never seen dogs bark like that from where im at
Kuririn
Thorax
Posted 2:17 PM 9/9/08
What the hell did I just watch?
Thorax
DarthMetalHope
Posted 2:17 PM 9/9/08
@shrek187: Well we might as well get ourselves some warm jackets ASAP, cause i sense a mighty blizzard coming our way.....sadly -_-
DarthMetalHope
DarthMetalHope
Posted 2:15 PM 9/9/08
what...what was i just watching O_o?! *hides* sooo not cool
DarthMetalHope
ViceOfFire
Posted 2:15 PM 9/9/08
I was... Amused. A Japanese girl having an epileptic fit that makes magical barking noises, what's not to like? I'm willing to shell out my money right now.
Definitely the game that made me think twice about trading in my Wii. Thankyou, Nintendo, for finally getting something right. This kind of thing is all "core gamers" ever wanted.
On second thought, did I just say I owned a Wii? "No chance in hell!", as that news bitch's son would say.
ViceOfFire
PatMan33
Posted 2:13 PM 9/9/08
It somehow makes me want to play Wind Waker...
Uuhhh... my head...
PatMan33
Wolfers
Posted 2:11 PM 9/9/08
I love games that are fun for all audiences, but this is just odd. To me it seems like by the time a kid gets enough motor skills to use a Wii remote, they've already outgrown this thing. I wonder what my little nephew thinks of this...
Wolfers
nitromic
Posted 2:11 PM 9/9/08
This looks positively nauseating!
nitromic
ScottG13
Posted 2:10 PM 9/9/08
Core Wii owners will love it. They'll buy it, play it for a day or two and never think about it again. TAH DAH!
ScottG13
Spootythegameguru
Posted 2:55 PM 9/9/08
*facepalm*
Spootythegameguru
dowingba
Posted 2:55 PM 9/9/08
@MerryPranksters: I feel the need to correct you here. And keep in mind, I'm in no way condoning this absolutely retarded game.
But the people that made Nintendo successful? Come on. Us "core" folks are the ones who all abandoned Nintendo at the first sign of a Playstation and they almost went the way of SEGA. Is your memory so short? They're on top again largely because of abandoning these "loyal" fans. Their new bread and butter are ...whatever demographic is actually amused by ...whatever the fuck Wii Music is supposed to be. IE: folks who've never heard of video games before so they think being able to move pictures on a screen is some amazing new feat, or... brain dead folks who can stare for hours at a bright light. Or... moths.
dowingba
goldwings
Posted 2:54 PM 9/9/08
What genius! Nintendo has done it again, but now with DOGS. If my mathematics skills are still intact:
Wii + Music + game - Hardcore + doggy = ...
...
...
= Profits!
Everyone,
Nintendo
Is
Successful
goldwings
Barbara
Posted 2:53 PM 9/9/08
Wait Wii Music was canceled???
Barbara
jonny_foreigner
Posted 2:53 PM 9/9/08
@Dragoonkin: I thought the same think, until I remember Plunkett has used this format before...
@Plunkett *shakes fist* Well done sir! :D
jonny_foreigner
Mr. Tambourine Man
Posted 2:47 PM 9/9/08
Mr Miyamoto was right; This is definitely more interesting than a game. This is History in the making right there, ladies and gentlemen...
Mr. Tambourine Man
weenull
Posted 2:43 PM 9/9/08
Please let there be a LOL cat version.
weenull
mackincheese
Posted 2:36 PM 9/9/08
@LittleBigPlaneteer: Let's not do anything drastic.
Seriously, that looks so STUPID. :\
mackincheese
kenesu96
Posted 2:34 PM 9/9/08
If 20 years ago when Nintendo was king of the Universe, you showed me a crystal ball of what they turned into, I would have been so shocked and saddened as the junk that they turned into. And more shocked that people continually eat it up (yet its nobody that I know)
kenesu96
boopadoo
Posted 2:33 PM 9/9/08
I think of Big Mouth Billy Bass after watching that clip.
...and we all know how that POS turned out...
boopadoo
nolanvoid
Posted 2:33 PM 9/9/08
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, mate.
nolanvoid
otakujpop
Posted 2:32 PM 9/9/08
I guess we now know who Nintendo wants to dominate next. . .RADICA: Senseless Motion Sensor Games!
otakujpop
Filthy_O_Bedlam
Posted 3:18 PM 9/9/08
Ouch,
That hurt my brain
Filthy_O_Bedlam
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 3:16 PM 9/9/08
This make Fry's dog look so damn happy...
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Dalren
Posted 3:16 PM 9/9/08
Hopefully this will teach people who insist on defending Nintendo a lesson.
Dalren
Mezodon
Posted 3:12 PM 9/9/08
Oof... jaw droppingly bad. The scariest part is that this was their centerpiece at E3. I really hope they're working on more actual games than just "Mario and Zelda." Not that I won't look forward to those, but what in the world will we have to play between now and 2010 or whenever those get released? I really hope they have more planned that we just don't know about yet.
Mezodon
SnakesSolids
Posted 3:12 PM 9/9/08
...the fuck?!
Wow. Just wow Nintendo.
We used to be cool. Now, you're hanging out with weird people, acting all crazy. You've changed pal.
And not for the better. Hmph.
SnakesSolids
meltyman
Posted 3:11 PM 9/9/08
*stands up and applauds nintendo
The only thing that could make this any more perfect would be for nintendo to license the disney song collection.
meltyman
em
Posted 3:07 PM 9/9/08
lol, odd.
The first thing that came to mind was Mario Paint.
em
tlozwarlock
Posted 2:59 PM 9/9/08
*points upward at the commercial*
I'm quite sure that the american adverts will be less weird and feature more "cool, hip, american" things like guitars and drums and...
Wow, yeah, I just got the image of that insane epileptic fit they were calling a "drum solo" during the E3 conference.
Yeah, no advert could save this thing.
tlozwarlock
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Posted 2:59 PM 9/9/08
I don't know... this could be awesome if they let you sample your own sounds. I think it would be pretty awesome to play Beethoven's 5th using the word "penis" various octaves. Hell, it'll reinvigorate the masterpiece! (...and it'll be all thanks to Shigeru "it'll sell a billion" Mayamoto's Wii Music)
okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
Spartan301
Posted 2:57 PM 9/9/08
LOL at the mii with the dog costum!
Spartan301
Bigbobo
Posted 3:44 PM 9/9/08
So Nintendo is still sticking true to MIDI music eh?
Bigbobo
eclipsegryph
Posted 3:39 PM 9/9/08
Hey, versatility. I can take that.
Still want this game. *raspberries to all the haters* :)
eclipsegryph
Saliu
Posted 3:39 PM 9/9/08
Wow. That's all.
Saliu
jiSh
Posted 3:22 PM 9/9/08
I....I...want....I..uh..
Can somebody hold me?
Err, um what the FUCK are they thinking. I thought the dog barking was just going to be a joke to play around with but they are really marketing it.... oh no what is the world coming to :(
jiSh
Assassin_Kensei
Posted 4:06 PM 9/9/08
if someone played that in front of me I'd have to punch them in the face for being a douche bag.
Assassin_Kensei
bw81
Posted 4:05 PM 9/9/08
So this is what the developers are wasting their time on while we wait for the next Zelda/Mario?
What really sucks is that it'll probably make a bajillion dollars somehow and we'll feel like idiots for "not getting it".
bw81
Alex_Mexico
Posted 4:02 PM 9/9/08
@Mezodon: Couldn't agree more. They better have other core games in the making 'cause if they have just started working on a new Mario and Zelda (geez, cant they bring new IPs?) what will we have to play from 1st parties in these 2 years we will have to wait for them to release?
Assuming the new Zelda is entirely new. TP was cool and all but I dont want to play another Ocarina of Time knock off. STEP IT UP NINTENDO!
Alex_Mexico
ikan
Posted 4:02 PM 9/9/08
I honestly don't know what to think about this since there is not enough alcohol to make the game bearable, not enough fire to destroy it, a ditch deep enough to bury it forever, a cell dark enough to forget it and the fact that the day it will be release it will be as if millions of voices cried out and were suddenly silenced. Now if you excuse me I need to do something about my brain cells because way to many died going why god! why! watching that clip.
ikan
Alex_Mexico
Posted 3:59 PM 9/9/08
so, all of Miyamoto's creative efforts have been concentratd for the past month in this "game" for toddlers and ADD victims?
THIS is the reason Nintendo forgot to keep on doing real games?
THIS IS THE FU*****G REASON?
DAMN IT NINTENDO. HOW COULD YOU TURN ME FROM A RAGING NINTENDO FANBOY (1985-2008) TO A RAGING HATER SO FAST? Seriously... I've given you thousands of dollars over my life. I even made a line for the Wii and Zelda. Made the impossible to find Smash Bros over here in Mexico launch day and in LEGAL form. But you're pushing me now. I dont see a single game worth buying since Super Smash Bros BRawl (Mario kart wasn't even that worth it). Incredible....
Im serious about this: If this game becomes a phenomenom like Wii Play (well, "free" remote right?), Wii Sports (novelty indeed), and Wii Fit (definite innovation righ here) I will seriously loose any hope I had about the Wii ressurrecting with a real hardcore offering. If Wii Music becomes a success I will seriously consider not buying a new Nintendo console ever in my life and thats saying something coming from me.
All those years standing by my Gamecube and N64 when everyone else and their mom hated it for this? *sniff* Wheres my PS3? I need some comforting......
Alex_Mexico
108
Posted 3:58 PM 9/9/08
yeah dudes you be dissin' this shit now though wait until you've drank about sixteen red bulls and popped a couple morphine pills -- this shit's gonna be hilarious
108
Danilov.-
Posted 3:56 PM 9/9/08
i really don't get it
Danilov.-
Tulkamir
Posted 3:52 PM 9/9/08
@Dragoonkin:
... Had the exact same reaction... :(
Tulkamir
Kai200X
Posted 3:50 PM 9/9/08
Wow... jus wow! Can you even call this... this thing "music"?
Kai200X
Cagny
Posted 3:49 PM 9/9/08
Guaranteed: 3 million units of Wii Music SOLD!
Cagny
MerryPranksters
Posted 3:49 PM 9/9/08
@dowingba I was more referring to core gamers and well gamers in general giving Nintendo a start, those who wet to the arcades and played the original Donkey Kong, and kept pushing Nintendo to break boundaries and truly make legendary games like Super Mario, Mario 64, Zelda etc... But look now, there taking an easy way out they make this gimmick games that are only fun for a few minutes and are fun for people who have never seen something like that before. But are any of these Wii games truly that good, Galaxy was good, but forgettable, Mario Kart Wii was generic, Brawl was a let down. Nothing on the system is groundbreaking and i would say that not a single is truly a must own.
MerryPranksters
Fryfat2
Posted 3:47 PM 9/9/08
yo let's judge a game before we play it
Fryfat2
ArgentAngel
Posted 4:36 PM 9/9/08
What did I just put myself through?
ArgentAngel
sirpilf
Posted 4:34 PM 9/9/08
i want to boycott nintendo. sure wii sports is fun, but i hate them more than apple now. they are pushing out the simplist easiest to make garbage, not to mention 2 gamecubes duct taped together and charging 5x the price for what its all really worth. atleast sony and MS give us something they actually invest time and money in.
sirpilf
Orionsaint
Posted 4:31 PM 9/9/08
Is this healthy? I mean all this encouraging to play fake instruments. No longer do kids wanna play a real guitar. They wanna play a fake plastic guitar with colored buttons. Why play a real flute? Play a fake one. Real drums? Why? Play fake drums! We're gonna end up with a generation of musician wannabes.
Yeah I played in a band. You did? Yeah in Wii band on Wii music. We went on tour for about 5 years. I'm so freakin talented!
Orionsaint
SnakesSolids
Posted 4:18 PM 9/9/08
@Fryfat2:
They put it out there for us to judge it.
If they don't want people forming opinions on what they've shown, they shouldn't show anything till it's released.
If we all said it looked better than GOW2 or Fallout 3 would you be saying the same thing?
SnakesSolids
Mujah
Posted 4:50 PM 9/9/08
My biggest problem with Wii Music is its undeniable similarity to the horrible, prolonged, "chipmunked" versions of songs that you were forced to sit through at the end of every tour in Rayman Raving Rabbids 2. The mechanic was inaccurate, irritating, and not fun at all.
Good to see Nintendo is still ripping things off and slapping their brand name on it just to make sales. I'll stick with Rock Band 2, thanks.
Mujah
CartesianDualist
Posted 4:46 PM 9/9/08
Didn't Nintendo state that this game was aimed for children, and would be good for children in a educational setting?
I am all for games like this so 6 year olds can have fun with gaming as well. You really don't expect a 6 year old to be playing Gears of War or GTA do you?
CartesianDualist
Unclean1
Posted 4:44 PM 9/9/08
@weenull:
this.
Unclean1
HELLSRIDER
Posted 4:38 PM 9/9/08
I feel ashamed just by watching it.....
HELLSRIDER
kazooie
Posted 5:20 PM 9/9/08
wow. just wow!
DO NOT WANT!
kazooie
MaximoSupino
Posted 5:51 PM 9/9/08
Oh the humanity!!!
Nintendo has reached new levels. Maybe games where characters dress as animals and soundtracks formed almost completely by animal sounds is that new 'better-than-HDD' thing.
They should at least allow to use your own digitized sounds... Anybody playing music with 'body noises'?
MaximoSupino
TheWon
Posted 5:44 PM 9/9/08
You guys know that was cute. The Puppy Mii!
TheWon
Sloopydrew
Posted 5:27 PM 9/9/08
So, er ... I don't get it. Did someone just change the audio to dog sounds instead of whatever instrument she plays in the original ad? Wii Music is an insult to the human race. Seriously, orangutans would get tired of the game within a couple of seconds. Mark my words: This will be the first official Nintendo made "Wii" title to tank. It will be remembered in years to come as "Wii Disaster."
Sloopydrew
spider2544
Posted 5:26 PM 9/9/08
i have a feeling this will be huge at the old folks home, because they have the luxury of forgetting how much the game sucks.
spider2544
108
Posted 6:33 PM 9/9/08
i just watched this again -- because, why not? -- and i have officially decided on the Most Interesting Thing About This Video:
a "+ button" icon, next to the word "END", is always present in the lower-left of the game screen.
in a game where no one can lose, you literally need to devote a whole button to "game over".
fascinating.
amazing.
interesting.
108
everybest
Posted 6:23 PM 9/9/08
It actually looks pretty interesting. Not $50 interesting, but interesting nonetheless. If only the visuals were so so terrible.
everybest
SoCalClone
Posted 6:19 PM 9/9/08
Oh yeah, nintendo is REAL worried about the 200-300 of you whining about this. WOW they are really going to hear the lamentations of the elite gaming minority and decide to run their business according to a bunch of dudes reading a blog that constantly runs down their product and let the huge money train they are riding come off the tracks.
WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!
WE ARE THE MINORITY NOW!!!!!!!!!
WE HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY SOCCER MOMS AND AARP CARD MEMBERS!!!!!!
I am on the bloody frontlines of this business/war, visiting 130+ retail stores every month in Los Angeles and this war was lost when holiday 06 ended and the Wii just kept selling. We alone cannot support a game system, go ask Sega about the Dreamcast. Nintendo knows that the new people bring the fat wallets while we go to cheap ass gamer to stretch our paychecks between trips to the local fast food joint for dollar menu items. They market games to sell for YEARS (Look at the lifetime sales of games like Nintendogs and Brain Age and any DS game that has Mario in the title) not weeks and don't have to cut prices while we can find prices being slashed for awesome games like Orange Box and DMC 4 (both of which I picked up at less than 30 bucks) They KNOW that YOU won't buy Wii Music. They are NOT COUNTING ON YOU! The millions of people that use the Wii as a party machine will and they will keep buying it, no matter how stupid it is. Go ask 2k about how Carnival Games made their wallets fat.
I know my argument will not change your mind, but I hope that at least one of you realizes that this world has changed and it has left us behind.
SoCalClone
Grassy_Knoll
Posted 7:05 PM 9/9/08
I hope this is the only game Ian Huntley gets to play on his Wii, although I'm against torture...
Grassy_Knoll
TheUnlovingSonOfCammieDunaway
Posted 6:59 PM 9/9/08
I will play this with my dog
TheUnlovingSonOfCammieDunaway
mbeck
Posted 6:41 PM 9/9/08
epic LOLZ, im sold, get me this game now for fun family dogging action ;)
mbeck
honeymustard
Posted 7:33 PM 9/9/08
Surely there are better ways to make money?
honeymustard
Protector one
Posted 7:20 PM 9/9/08
From the get-go I was convinced this was a hoax, albeit a well-constructed one. I especially liked how the barking dog sounded like shite, and not at all like actual music.
But then I saw the Mii in dog's costume. Oh my.
Protector one
RealityCheckKH
Posted 7:53 PM 9/9/08
Will Wii Music be bundled with a huge bag of weed?
That's the only way I can imagine anyone enjoying this.
Look, I'm a doggy. And there are pink elephants!
RealityCheckKH
dowingba
Posted 7:36 PM 9/9/08
@MerryPranksters: You know what all these new "casual"... "games" remind me of? Atari games with better graphics. Remember back when a game was nothing but a simple concept (usually) badly implemented but people were amazed at them just because they were moving images on a screen that could be controlled (clumsily, using that crappy joystick) by folks? Replace the word "joystick" with "wiimote" and we pretty much have the Wii.
Hey, there's still a chance the Wii will turn out like the DS and actually have good and innovative games. Not just one giant heaping pile of shovelware.
(Hey, it's not like this is going to cause another Great Videogame Crash like the Atari. No, real games will be fine. It'll just cause a Wii Crash.)
dowingba
Channing
Posted 8:19 PM 9/9/08
@jaronimo:
I was translating what was written.
Channing
bobtheduck
Posted 8:15 PM 9/9/08
Damn no-embed videos!!! That was a good one, too... Still alive on mario paint composer...
K... here goes... An earlier version of the same song:
+ Watch video
The other one is better, you should watch that one.
bobtheduck
bobtheduck
Posted 8:13 PM 9/9/08
@Dragoonkin: Me too... I'm like "Did Nintendo go back to real gamers? I'M BUYING A WII WITH MY FIRST PAYCHECK WHEN... Oh, it was just a title that made no sense with the story, nevermind. Of course, the game itself made no sense, so I suppose it was fitting... You know the mario paint music creator is free on the net, right? You can put together REAL (though very staccato) music on there, only thing you're missing is waving your arms around, but at least there's the possibility of actual music... Sort of
+ Watch video
More real music than the ad in the article, anyhow.
bobtheduck
Krumm
Posted 8:01 PM 9/9/08
Wii music feels like those cheap ripoffs of the Gameboy back in the 90's, those that had 46 versions of Tetris and parents bought them for christmas because they looked the same and were much cheaper.
(cuddling in the corner and crying)
Krumm
joandrade
Posted 8:45 PM 9/9/08
Worst.
Commercial.
Ever.
Nuff Said.
joandrade
tatermoog
Posted 8:43 PM 9/9/08
Just wait for Wii MotionPlus and 1:1 Dog Bark Music Making.
tatermoog
phosphor112
Posted 8:36 PM 9/9/08
Shitty company is shitty.
phosphor112
lowercaseluke
Posted 8:34 PM 9/9/08
It's over, nintendo are finished.
lowercaseluke
shatteredhalo
Posted 9:06 PM 9/9/08
@shatteredhalo: To add to my previous comment: Anyone who thinks flailing their arms about wildly should be taken seriously and not just for fun's sake should be sent to the Mariana Trench. Nintendo's always been about having FUN. It's a GAME, people. Not a huge epic story about a 16 year old boy who's trying to save the world from an evil corporation.
shatteredhalo
shatteredhalo
Posted 9:01 PM 9/9/08
lol maybe I'm just warped, but I want to pick up a Wii just so I can try this out. I don't care how lame it looks, I can bet it's a ton of silly, humorous fun. :D
shatteredhalo
Noble-Asthmatic
Posted 8:55 PM 9/9/08
I'm not entirely sure what just happened.
Noble-Asthmatic
karmakid
Posted 9:28 PM 9/9/08
....um, shes cute?.....
karmakid
leganx
Posted 9:25 PM 9/9/08
I just could not stop laughing watching.
Who is going to be caught playing this game? they would probably wear a bag over their heads.
leganx
talk2sk
Posted 9:23 PM 9/9/08
More reason I maintain I wouldn't be caught dead with a Wii in hand... PS3 FTW.
talk2sk
schnodder
Posted 9:50 PM 9/9/08
holy f....
schnodder
erlik
Posted 9:40 PM 9/9/08
No time to comment now, I've got to go buy this!
erlik
Strider-No.9
Posted 10:09 PM 9/9/08
W.T.F. Seriously, literally, utterly, W.T.F.
Strider-No.9
shatteredhalo
Posted 10:51 PM 9/9/08
@everyone: Wow. Talk about a bandwagon.
shatteredhalo
galactus5000
Posted 10:36 PM 9/9/08
So, umm, why did I buy a Wii again?
galactus5000
Miharu
Posted 10:25 PM 9/9/08
This is so EMBARRASSING. I wouldn't have the balls (not that I have balls) to play this even alone in a dark room.
Miharu
Lokno
Posted 11:03 PM 9/9/08
Ok, I thought this was a spoof at first. One of the instruments in the game is... a dog suit? Why not go classic and have a frog suit? Since we've already taken the exit to bat shit loco blv., why not go classic, and bring in the frog suit?
Lokno
Blah8
Posted 11:34 PM 9/9/08
I... don't know what to say...
Blah8
geekgrrl
Posted 11:26 PM 9/9/08
i have never been so ashamed to be a wii owner.
geekgrrl
theuglyteradon
Posted 11:53 PM 9/9/08
This is officially a toy for small children...
"Wave your arms around to hear the sounds of barnyard animals! Go spastic over dogs barking... the dog says what?"
theuglyteradon
phatnacky
Posted 12:43 AM 10/9/08
im so getting a wii , its lack of power and good games were an issue for me ...but after that ...I'm running out right now to hop on the wii bandwagon ..i just cant wait to get my waggle on!
phatnacky
BrotherNick
Posted 1:19 AM 10/9/08
@mlubczyn: To answer all your questions [www.neogaf.com]
BrotherNick
mlubczyn
Posted 1:04 AM 10/9/08
I keep on hearing on how the Wii will end up with a great game library like the DS.
What DS games are you guys playing? Any 3rd party games at all? I can't one one 3rd party DS game worth owning.
mlubczyn
BrotherNick
Posted 1:00 AM 10/9/08
OMG FUNNY XD
BrotherNick
phunky420
Posted 1:43 AM 10/9/08
That is absolutely retarded...I mean...really? WTFOMGBBQ????
I suppose it fits right in there to what demographic nintendo is really targetting...5 year olds and retards.
phunky420
mokona7
Posted 1:42 AM 10/9/08
GOTY!
mokona7
Human Bomb Committed Solaricide
Posted 1:24 AM 10/9/08
BINGO
Human Bomb Committed Solaricide
Vargas
Posted 2:01 AM 10/9/08
"... and the sound of facepalms all around the world was heard to the deepest corners of universe..."
Vargas
mlubczyk
Posted 2:11 AM 10/9/08
@BrotherNick: Ah!!! Finally, I should take a look at some of these. Thanks!!!
mlubczyk
Ryodestined
Posted 3:20 AM 10/9/08
I hope Wii music is a WiiWare title so that way I won't see it in stores and I won't see commercials for it.
Ryodestined
JAGJEET
Posted 3:52 AM 10/9/08
This is outselling PS3 and 360? WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO!!!!!!
JAGJEET
DranzerKire
Posted 3:50 AM 10/9/08
Return of the Mario Paint music composer dog sound! D:
DranzerKire
darvos
Posted 3:45 AM 10/9/08
please do not buy this game.... please do not buy this game.... it will cause me serious mental trauma if this game makes the top of the charts when it goes on sale.
darvos
phisheep
Posted 3:35 AM 10/9/08
Brilliant! Video game company does not take itself too seriously.
(ooh, can I claim first positive post on this thread?)
This ad is a message from Nintendo to all of us to lighten up, accept that things can be there just for fun, chill out, hate less, smile more.
Definitely getting this - now when's it out in Europe?
phisheep
Bergerac
Posted 3:31 AM 10/9/08
Nintendo innovative?! Pah! This is soooooooooooooo ripping off Silent Hill 2!
Bergerac
noelix
Posted 4:21 AM 10/9/08
That looks Godawful. They lost a sale with that.
noelix
Allosteric
Posted 3:59 AM 10/9/08
Arf, arf. Arf arf arf. Arf arf arf!
Allosteric
DranzerKire
Posted 5:05 AM 10/9/08
@mlubczyn: Ace Attorney series, Rocket Slime (I really enjoyed this game), Jump Ultimate Stars, Final Fantasy games. There are plenty, you just seem to overlook them.
DranzerKire
cheez
Posted 5:43 AM 10/9/08
So this is what it sounds like when creativity dies.
Seriously, look at the expression of the girl who's playing. She's like "Where's the part where I should start looking like I'm having fun?"
cheez
richard733
Posted 5:33 AM 10/9/08
cute shiba inu ^_^;
richard733
Abyss123
Posted 6:00 AM 10/9/08
You should'nt have put the R.I.P. on the title.
Did your momma not teach you that getting peoples hopes up just to kick them in the balls isnt right?
Luke you should be ashamed of yourself. >:(
Abyss123
red3001
Posted 6:32 AM 10/9/08
nintendo is marketing to furries now.
Just opening up new markets
red3001
Dr. Nooooooooo
Posted 7:23 AM 10/9/08
I wasn't that scared until the very end with...that.
I'm going to retire to my bunker. I have enough MREs and Gatorade to last until the apocalypse blows over. My SNES should help me forget this ever happened.
Dr. Nooooooooo
Tatticus
Posted 7:06 AM 10/9/08
@Letiumtide: yeah, except this doesn't look anything like that, unfortunately
Tatticus
mlubczyn
Posted 7:51 AM 10/9/08
@DranzerKire: Nah, just not my type of games I guess.
mlubczyn
Nedge
Posted 9:12 AM 10/9/08
That brings:
Horror to my face,
Pain to my ears,
Weakness to my heart,
Discomfort to my stomach, and
Sadness to my pants.
Nedge
Katana3160
Posted 9:47 AM 10/9/08
That was seriously the biggest "WTF" moment I have ever had in my entire life.
Katana3160
Admiral55
Posted 9:35 AM 10/9/08
@Fryfat2: Why not, you do it all the time.
I'm not sure how you can be looking forward to that 'game' with a straight face.
Admiral55
roger9614462
Posted 10:22 AM 10/9/08
...
I will buy Wario Land. I will (maybe) buy Disaster : day of Crisis (if the reviews are good). But one thing is sure, I'm not going to buy this "toy".
roger9614462
abhakam
Posted 11:31 AM 10/9/08
isn't wrong that i like it a little :P
abhakam
Dalren
Posted 1:12 PM 10/9/08
I watched this again, hoping it was all just a bad dream.
I think it devoured my soul this time.
Dalren
Ice-9
Posted 1:10 PM 10/9/08
Thats soooo cute cant wait to be a dog!
and then execise on my wii!
It can do everything!
except play dvds, and have last gen graphics!
Ice-9
Herabec
Posted 3:30 PM 10/9/08
I just died a little inside.
This is why I just bought a 360. I'd rather there were Core games for my Wii that I couldn't spent to 400 dollars on, but that's not the case.
Herabec
fearless23
Posted 4:18 PM 10/9/08
bunch of insecure HD fanboys! this will sell a ton!
fearless23
Super Bunny Princess
Posted 4:55 PM 10/9/08
The sad thing is that it will sell. Really well.
Super Bunny Princess
I_AM_D
Posted 6:59 AM 12/9/08
Hmmm. Maby they'll have that silent hill 2 theme dog-version to play.
I_AM_D
Jaffo
Posted 6:10 PM 13/9/08
Needs more plaid skirt
Jaffo
Cheroro
Posted 1:26 AM 14/9/08
@Shocky-: LOL
Cheroro