Topic: Miyamoto reafirms Wii Music is still coming along

[Ian Sane]

YES. YES THERE IS A JAM MODE. YOU CAN EVEN RECORD MUSIC VIDEOS AND SEND THEM TO YOUR FRIENDS.

My understanding is that you don't actually create anything.  You don't pick what notes to play or anything like that.  You pick a song, you mime an instrument with the remote to whatever timing you want and that's the Jam Mode.  Even if I can record a video of that (video of what?  Mii's hopping around?) I don't consider that a create-a-song mode.  Can I write a brand new song in Wii Music?  Nothing I have read suggests I can.

[Bloodworth]

I must share this with you.

[Dasmos]

I must share this with you.

This is the reason I'm not buying this game the first day it's released, it's the reason I'm buying this as soon as the fucking shops open. I'd go to my first ever midnight launch for this.

Downright hilarious. I hope this is the first of many zany "instruments" we see.

[redgiemental]

You can get children's toys that do something similar.....

[Dasmos]

You can get children's toys that do something similar.....

Really? Where can I buy one?

[Nick DiMola]

store.nintendo.com Q4 2008

[redgiemental]

It's basically just a friggin kid's animal noise's soundboard with the buttons mapped to gestures. You've got to be kidding me.

[Dasmos]

It's basically just a friggin kid's animal noise's soundboard with the buttons mapped to gestures. You've got to be kidding me.

Wow you're naive.

store.nintendo.com Q4 2008

Put me down for one.

[DAaaMan64]

There are only 1 - 3 animal costumes like that I think. Please remember that with instruments, the range of notes you can use changes depending on what song you choose. 

[BeautifulShy]

Nice Box Art

[KnowsNothing]

It's basically just a friggin kid's animal noise's soundboard with the buttons mapped to gestures. You've got to be kidding me.

...so?  Kids love those things.

[Stogi]

That box art kicks ass. I can't wait for this game.

[BeautifulShy]

I heard recently that the game got pushed up from November 3rd to October 20th.So the wait isn't that long.
This push up of the release date has messed up my buying of the DS Lite. I was going to get one in October, but this game is coming then. November has Chrono Trigger DS and Mushroom Men.December has Little King's Story.Oh well I guess I have to wait till the new year.

[BeautifulShy]

Some new info

Ad Lib Performance
- Choose among 50 tunes, 60 instruments, and a selection of stages
- As you play alone, you can record 6 different instruments separately and mix them

Share clips with friends
- Record your performances
- Design an album cover for each record
- edit performances that you’ve received
- send to friends

Lesson mode: Basic Play
- Learn the fundamentals of the game
- practice with all instruments to become familiar with them

Re-arranging Lessons
- Learn to choose the appropriate instrument depending of the the type of song, as well as the basics of conducting a musical performance

Drum Lessons
- Use both hands (Wiimote + Nunchuk) and your feet (Balance Board) to learn how to play a drum set

Minigames
- Minigame 1 : Conduct a Classical Orchestra
- Minigame 2 : Connect the Handbells
- Minigame 3 : Test your Musical Sensitivity

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I think i'll use the credit i'll get from Brothers in Arms towards purchasing Wii Music.

October is saved.

[WuTangTurtle]

I really can't understand why people are anticipating this game at all.  Everything I've seen and read still just makes me believe you can shake the controllers randomly to the songs and their just doesn't seem much to it than that.  It seems like one of those games you play for like a week than never play it again.  Yeah the dog thing was funny though.

For me this just adds to the negative stuff against Nintendo, looks like I'll be looking towards the 3rd parties for awhile.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Shaking isn't random if shaking is intentional.  You have influence over nature of the note, opposed to activating/missing predetermined sounds in the score-based games.

[KDR_11k]

Of course you can just randomly hit/move the controller, just as you can randomly pull strings on a guitar or mash keys on a piano. The machine will not tell you that you're doing it wrong but your ears will. Playing badly sounds bad, playing well sounds good.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Imagine the killer7 Gatekeeper theme with Dog Barking...
lololololololololololol

[SixthAngel]

I am happy that we have reached a point where there is no longer unanimous agreement that games will be good.  It shows that more varied tastes will be catered too.  I always thought it funny that the most loved games were always beyond reproach except by "fanboys."  It is nice to see games that, even though I am not interested (Nintendogs) have a wide appeal.  Movies aren't limited to simply one viewer, romance, action, drama, comedy.  They all draw in a different customer and it is about time videogames started drawing in more then the same people again and again.

I am indifferent about Wii music.  I would probably only enjoy the crazy instruments, I don't think a full game of this is right for me but I'll try a demo or at a friends somewhere to see first.

[Stogi]

I can't wait to jam out on this.

The list doesn't have a "jam mode" though. Do you always have to pick a song? I thought you could make up a song as you go.

[BeautifulShy]

New screens

[Monteblanco]

Shaking isn't random if shaking is intentional.  You have influence over nature of the note, opposed to activating/missing predetermined sounds in the score-based games.

Actually, this is what got my attention to this game. It is really a music game, in opposition to rhythm games, such as Guitar Hero or Rock Band. To me, the appeal is obvious as I can treat Wii Music as a smart instrument that pick the notes automatically. Also, it appears that I can choose how many notes I'll play changing the interpretation all over.

I think those with some familiarity with playing music will understand it better but I don't think Wii Music will have much appeal to gamers which are more used to some sort of competitive drive.

[Mario]

Imagine the killer7 Gatekeeper theme with Dog Barking...
lololololololololololol

You know what I actually can imagine that, and it sounds hilarious.

Of course you can just randomly hit/move the controller, just as you can randomly pull strings on a guitar or mash keys on a piano. The machine will not tell you that you're doing it wrong but your ears will. Playing badly sounds bad, playing well sounds good.

Really? I thought you couldn't hit off notes. It stays in key so while you can sound repetitive and cliche it can't really be bad. Hoping there's some kind of free play mode to take advantage of all the different instruments and actually make stuff with them, otherwise it will be a big opportunity missed. I can already imagine youtube being flooded with Wii Music "covers". Though I can't really imagine how that would be controlled and how the controller would actually be an instrument with all individual notes at the ready. Some kind of Mario Paint type thing with notation perhaps? Let the masses sound good and have a good time with the standard play, put this mode in there for the few thousand people that will get a few million youtube views out of it.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

"It is really a music game"

It really is a music game.  Rejoice!