Wii Music - Just Bad Games

Nintendo made a music video game for the Wii. It's out of tune.

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[benmalsky]

Man, it’s crazy how much you realize Nintendo has an AMAZING history of iconic music that transcends generations and they didn’t use them in this game.

[Poofesure]

poor wii music 😭😂 you guys ripped it to pieces but you’re so right

[Geno]

Trombone champ definitely succeeds in what this game is. It embraces the stank of playing the instruments but focuses on the charm and weirdness.

[ScrambledAndBenedict]

It's funny how many game designers miss the most basic concept behind any game like this: Easy to learn, fun to play, hard to master.

[Mgauge]

I still remember the E3 where this game was revealed. The presentation was kind of depressing. Like watching a friend making a terrible mistake, but not being able to say anything to stop them.

[SaulGRCanalYT]

You know what's confusing about this game? If you search Wii Music on YouTube, you'll find the entire OST of the Wii Operating System

[kzgamer]

You already know it’s gonna be good when Rerez is starting to get to the iconic bad games

[Skywreckdemon]

This game is unironically what got my into rhythm games as a child. It was bad, but I still kept going back because I loved turning on the rhythm game mode rather than just the freestyle beats. When i learned better rhythm games existed, I was so happy. I thought Wii Music was the only one!

[Lo-Sir]

Wii Music is mainly fun when you just go wild and see what monstrocity it produces

[sodapone]

28:54 This point is interesting – there are plenty of rhythm games out there that cut down the length of songs, but they're usually arcade rhythm games where time spent not putting more money into the machine is effectively time wasted, so you want to be efficient with how much playtime the player gets on each credit.

Thing is, Wii Music isn't a freaking arcade game. There is no time pressure. Maybe Nintendo thought casual players would find it too exhausting to sit through all four minutes of Every Breath You Take. Given this is Wii Music we're talking about, I'd be inclined to agree.

[Terminator]

15:13 As someone who played in church bells before, I can confirm that sometimes you ring the bells at lot doing one song, and other times only one or twice.

[jasonsmyth-chandler]

Not going to lie; I was in college when this game came out, and being obsessed with everything Wii, I got this game, took it home, and played the heck out of it for like...a little less than a week. It was entertaining for a short time, once I got a bit of the hang of it, but my biggest disappointment was that the game didn't have a "composer" mode like Mario Paint. When the trailer mentioned "composing you're own creations, " I thought that's what they meant. Instead, it's basically a big midi remixing program.

[AgentHeroic]

"Are you mad?"

Considering how deep they are into this series, yes

[Shadowfox]

One thing both Rockband and Guitar Hero did right was they didn't just have popular songs. They had songs that most people hadn't heard before or it wasn't very often they heard them and they also were really good songs so playing either of those games also had players discovering new favorite songs. It's really too bad Wii music couldn't do what those games did.

[brazilian_oak]

Ah yes, Rerez is FINALLY covering the Nintendo dark ages

[_Vengeance_]

You know it's a good game when the people in the ad, who are there to sell you the game by showing you their excitement, just stand there even more awkwardly than a person with social anxiety trying to speak to a room full of people.

[haydenboggs]

This game won, my wrist lost... and so has my mind

(It's impossible for me to remember this game without also remembering Nintendo's E3 2008)

[Jeloetta]

I sunk hours into this title as a kid and, I enjoyed most of them. It sure felt special then.

That's not going to stop me from enjoying watching Shane and Adam tear it to shreds though.

[colinroberts]

Even then, the orchestra in the "Mii Maestro" minigame depicts several instruments which aren't actually playable in the rest of the game, including "Instrument Improv". In addition, the version of Vivaldi's "Spring from "The Four Seasons" is only playable in Mii Maestro. Not to mention that there are many styles of music in the game which aren't directly outlined but are only labeled when accessing a song in the "Quick Jam" mode. Some examples are: French Bistro, Country, Synth-Rock, "Parade", and Funk.

[vivi]

I like that they brought Darth Maul to play drums on that weird 2008 E3 presentation.
Also, if you're wondering why the game sounds so bad, it's because they're probably using a rather limited variation of the GS Sound Set, which is basically the same instrument bank you'll find in any cheap YAMAHA or CASIO keyboard, and one of the simplest synthesizers to implement on any device.