Wii Music not so much of a joke in Japan

Time will tell.

From all the hype, I'm sure it will initially do quite well, sales wise that is. I'm sure the ratings and reviews will show the truth as I believe this game seems to simplistic to hold any quality gameplay or replay value.
Wiggle your arms to play a Cello, drum to play the piano. Futurespective... Fail.
They can keep it overseas.

Yes I do. Thanks for the proofreading, Professor.

I can see this as a big family game for the holidays this year!

The game is probably going to do what other successful casual games do and sell consistently over a long period of time.

Even in North America.

Gamers will act like idiots (again) and squeal when it "only" sells 200,000 copies its first couple of weeks, and then it'll stay on the charts forever, like Wii Play or Wii Fit.

Like the wii fit furor... in the future the game will be forgotten...

First party shovelware ftl. I have no doubt that it will sell well as countless zombies buy it, because it has Wii in the title and is made by Nintendo. Maybe they should have tossed in a free nunchuk to go with the remote that nearly every Wii owner has from Wii Play.

Nintendo products selling well in Japan.... wow... what a story. Nintendo could shovel crap into a box and sell it. Oh yeah.. the did that ... and it's selling like hotcakes.

Well...

I've spent a lot of time with Wii Music, and I have to say...

I think most of the people reviewing this software are utterly retarded.

I do understand their confusion; unlike say, Guitar Hero, the point isn't to follow along with what is essentially a glorified game of simon.

The point of Wii music is *arranging music* as opposed to mimicing someone else's tracks.

Basically, if you have no sense of rhythm, your output will sound like a mess.

As evidenced by many, many videos out there now showing what folks can do with wii music if they actually, you know, play thru the lessons and learn a little, one can do some very interesting arrangements of the songs.

As one more clued in reviewer put it: your score is based on how good your music sounds to you :)

To elaborate, your score is much more based on how your music sounds to others, heheh. If someone comes in and tells you it sounds like crap, there's your "score".

Also, of course, your friends can rate your arrangements and even do changes on the parts to make them better (or worse).

Wii Music is far from a random flingfest and actually has a bit of depth to it.

I wish i had a capture card so that i could make some vids of my own to show how well this actually works :/

The biggest failing of Wii Music really is outside of general cynicism, most reviewers don't seem to understand they are meant to create with the software, not mimic :)

I'm a huge Wii Music supporter and am glad that a "toy" is selling so wonderfully. By the way why label the game as a toy... I dont get it, couldnt we make the argument that every game is a toy or couldnt it be said that if Wii Music is a toy then a guitar or piano is also a toy. Sure they require alittle more skill and alot more knowledge but at its core your still waving your arms like a jackass

i will get it, since i hate the lack of imagination of guitar hero games, and after all, Mario Paint was one of the most innovative games of the 90ths, and this is pretty much the same but with music instead.

some people arent mean to buy a imagination demanding console as the wii tho :p

@kai cherry

wow, what a great 'synopsis' or explanation of the game. like many others i've wondered "what tha hell is this supposed to do?", then thought "previews and reviews seem negative, so who cares". but after reading your comment, it seemed to 'click' for me. nice job. may get this for my nieces so i can take a crack at it too. but i'm with others...will wait for a big sale or special deal on it.

I picked this up the first day it came out and have been very excited about it for quite some time. Most reviews didn't inspire a whole lot of confidence in the game, but I kept thinking back to Miyamoto's comments about the way that Wii Music inspires creativity and imagination. I kept my enthusiasm and was richly rewarded.

I've already put in about 5 hours of game play in the first two days. (And all that has happened in the evening after long days at work...) This game keeps you thinking about it long after you're done playing. I have enjoyed the lessons and have put a lot of effort into arranging and re-arranging songs. Tinkering with instrument combinations... Laughing at the results... And just purely enjoying the musical experience.

This game is definitely worth a try for anyone who enjoys music. :-)