Parappa creators bringing 'Major Minor's Majestic March' to Wii

by Kyle Orland { Jan 31st 2008 at 11:45AM }

Yeah, yeah, we're intrigued by the possibilities of Wii Music but, like you, we're disappointed by that game's apparent lack of marching! Someone at Majesco apparently feels the same way, because the company today announced Major Minor's Majestic March for the Wii.

Featuring the talents of Parappa the Rapper designer Masaya Matsuura and artist Rodney Greenblat, the game will ask players to use the Wii remote to "keep tempo, recruit new band members and pick up valuable items." The release promises eight "whimsical" locations, a "dynamic procession" of up to 15 instruments and 25 "popular marching band songs." We hope they can secure the rights to some of the hits from Sousaphone Hero. The promise of conducting our own version of "Stars and Stripes Forever" by Holiday 2008 is just too delicious to contemplate.

Gallery: Major Minor's Majestic March

Tags: breakingnews, greenblat, majesco, major-minors-majestic-march, marching-band, masaya-matsuura, matsuura, parappa, rodney-greenblat

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mr.ESC @ Jan 31st 2008 11:48AM

Is really not the same without PaRappa the rapper.

Lemmiwinks @ Jan 31st 2008 11:49AM

And the bridge between band geeks and videogame geeks is built.

...okay, it was already there. "Reinforced" then.

Jay @ Jan 31st 2008 2:39PM

There is absolutly nothing wrong with that.

as far as the game DO WANT

Lemmiwinks @ Jan 31st 2008 2:52PM

As a saxophone-playing gamer, I never said there was.

Definitely DO WANT as well. I'm hoping for some kind of formations game mechanic.

This is the type of stuff I've been hoping for on Ninty's little box.

Jay @ Jan 31st 2008 5:03PM

Ah, nice to find another one of the fellows on this vast abyss that is the good ole internet

SAX POWER

B1gC72 - PSN: KillaKornbread @ Jan 31st 2008 6:46PM

hey small world. i played Tenor Sax in my high school marching band. well middle school to freshmen year high school at least, then i played the #5 Bass Drum my sophomore year, and Quads my junior and senior year. i can also proudly say that my high school marching band had a winning streak going from 1992 til last year when they finally got a 2nd place. too bad it ended but we won all the parades i was in! band geeks FTW!

paragraph @ Jan 31st 2008 11:51AM

It's Everything i ever wanted in Rock Band! A Tuba, a Flute, and my Ex getting estatic about it... yey... really...

-_-

Looks like it might not suck though :-P

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Jan 31st 2008 11:54AM

I read the headline and I was like "Yay!", then I read the article and I was like "Meh"

If you can create your own drills, this would be cool.

paragraph @ Jan 31st 2008 12:00PM

...

BAND GEEK ALERT!

...

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But Seriously... this game has limited appeal anyways, so might as well go all out :-P

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Jan 31st 2008 12:01PM

Band geek indeed! Marched Percussion for 6 years (4 in highschool, 2 in college). It was the best freaking time I've had.

Bloo @ Jan 31st 2008 11:56AM

Any collaboration between Masaya Matsuura and Rodney Greenblat is a must purchase for me. Can't wait!

Fernando Rocker @ Jan 31st 2008 12:01PM

Nice to see the game getting all this kind of titles... this, De Blob, Goo...

Check this other game in IGN... Mosnter Lab... check the video, looks cool too...

http://wii.ign.com/articles/848/848497p1.html

Dustin @ Jan 31st 2008 12:04PM

All I can say is... NatalieDee.com! I think this is the third or fourth Natalie Dee cartoon that has been shown on Joystiq. Hooray! Anyone else read Natalie Dee, Toothpaste for Dinner, or Married to the Sea?

Tommy @ Jan 31st 2008 12:11PM

I have read Toothpaste for Dinner, Married To The Sea, and Natalie Dee for years now. I was actually a T-shirt winning runner up in one of the TfD photo contests. They are freaking hilarious.

Jason @ Jan 31st 2008 12:06PM

Finally a place for the joke "One time at band camp we used a wiimote..." It had to come in somehow!

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Jan 31st 2008 12:07PM

You get voted down for bringing back the dumbest joke I've heard to many damn times.

CJC @ Jan 31st 2008 12:07PM

I played Parappa just last week, and the gameplay hasn't aged particularly well.

The music is still great though.

CreepersCreek @ Jan 31st 2008 12:48PM

Is there a level where you have to dodge batteries thrown by your own drunken football fans? There could also be a level called "Drumline Hangover Challenge." How about road apple dodging in parade mode... especially with all the animal characters.

Will the trumpet players all be roosters (if you know what I mean)?

This looks like a total flop so far.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Jan 31st 2008 2:18PM

Sounds like someone hated their band experience.

Sidepocket @ Jan 31st 2008 2:26PM

I love how people are saying "This looks like a foo-foo kids game and the game play concept is going to flop!"

Guess what? That is what everyone else thought when they pitched Parappa the Rapper to people and Sony in circa mid 1990. In fact initially Sony made a low number of copies because they thought it was going to sell poorly, only to be swamped with demand.

So in short, fuck off. ;D