New York Times talks Miyamoto, Wii Music

I wonder if the Wii will produce the music in stereo and will it sound any different than kiddies music? :-)

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Go Miyamoto!

With Mario alone you founded the basis of all the love that I have for video games as a media today. A godfather of his industry. It's nice to see him garnering a little more public respect as opposed to just he video game crowd.

Also, I'm highly intrigued by Wii Music. Sounds like it could potentially be extremely fun.

I really wish that they would stop attaching "Wii" to everything.

I am shocked. SHOCKED. That a well-respected and much-beloved captain of the video game industry would ACTIVELY, WILLFULLY, and SHAMELESSLY promote DANGEROUS and UNSAFE BEHAVIOR. Seriously, you would think he would know better than to show off to trillions of doe-eyed younglings the exact WRONG message. I'm going to go right home, set my Wii on fire, and use the Balance Board to stamp out the blazing consumer electronics that would promote such life-threatening behavior.

(For the sarcasm-impaired: I'm referring, of course, to the fact that Miyamoto is wearing socks while on the Balance Board. The instructions clearly say NOT to do so.)

Nintendo has released/published 25 games since the Wii Launch, and have only used "Wii" in 3 games, Music being the next in the series.

That's more like it. A music maker rather than a "game" like Guitar Hero and pals. I'd buy that.

it's just going to be the music maker from Mario Paint with some waggle

I would love to see Miyamoto do an impression of Itagaki... AGI style... wait, scratch that last bit.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

THIS JUST IN
Nintendo Music makes tons of money. Your Girlfriend and Grandparents love it.

Wii Music

I've been waiting on that one for some time. That or Majesco's Major Minor's Majestic March

Some Wiimote conductin' i needs it!

just lookin at dat nigga in dat shit makes me laugh hahahahahaaha. i wonder wats so fun bout dat shit? i bet dat dis is nigga is da hero of fernando

According to Mr. Miyamoto, gameplay systems and mechanics have always come first, while the characters are created and deployed in the service of the overall design. That means a focus on the seemingly prosaic basic elements of game design: movement, setting, goals to accomplish and obstacles to overcome.

“I feel that people like Mario and people like Link and the other characters we’ve created not for the characters themselves, but because the games they appear in are fun,” he said. “And because people enjoy playing those games first, they come to love the characters as well.”According to Mr. Miyamoto, gameplay systems and mechanics have always come first, while the characters are created and deployed in the service of the overall design. That means a focus on the seemingly prosaic basic elements of game design: movement, setting, goals to accomplish and obstacles to overcome.

“I feel that people like Mario and people like Link and the other characters we’ve created not for the characters themselves, but because the games they appear in are fun,” he said. “And because people enjoy playing those games first, they come to love the characters as well.”


This I feel is true. Nintendo's characters basically have no fleshed out personality or characterization or anything beyond a vague idea. At least from a character standpoint, this is why I feel often nintendo games feel more like real 'games' than something hybridized with books, film, or TV. Not that that makes them better or worse or anyhitng, just creates a different feel when you're playing them.

this is getting out of control. yesterday my mom said maybe she should get a "wiimachine" so she can exercise.

I hope that Wii Music isn't the big announcement of E3, or whenever Nintendo was planning on making that big summer announcement...