Miyamoto speaks on the possibility of a Wii Music sequel.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rumor/24430
In an interview with Techland during Mario's 25th birthday celebration on November 7, Shigeru Miyamoto spoke a little about potentially including Mario in a follow-up to Wii Music, and went on to say that changes were in progress to improve the game, specifically mentioning a new interface.
Miyamoto: In most of his games, it's about the player's actions on the screen or the player being able to experience the actions of Mario. He doesn't seem to fit that role of a musician for us right now. With the Mii characters that players create to represent themselves appearing in different games– again, like Mario does–I thought that idea of using Miis was a good fit. And so the user could feel that they were there playing the music....
And there's a lot of potential still in Wii Music, I think. Because we're going to change it up, a new interface is coming, and all of that.
Wii Music had a poor reception at its release two years ago, but went on to achieve good sales totals worldwide. Past reports have indicated Miyamoto's interest in developing Wii Music further, adding features to the original while not being a true sequel in a similar way to Wii Fit Plus.
Not to mention it includes WHAM's hit single... I'm telling you, an electronic slow jam version of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go," full of hand-claps and space drums, is a thing of beauty
But WHY? There are many games with much more potential that didn't get a sequel, why the one that completely failed to resonate with the audience?
QuoteBut WHY? There are many games with much more potential that didn't get a sequel, why the one that completely failed to resonate with the audience?
But maybe that is exactly why they want to do a sequel. Miyamoto is disappointed with how the first game went so he wants to make a Wii Music that WILL resonate with the audience.
It isn't going to be a megaseller either way so why not invest into something that could use a sequel more and probably would sell more as well?
Wii Music sold between 3-4 million copies worldwide.Says VGChartz? Wikipedia lists Wii Music at 2.65 million, with a Nintendo financial report as a source.
Says VGChartz? Wikipedia lists Wii Music at 2.65 million, with a Nintendo financial report as a source.
Which hasn't been updated since May 2009. Most of those figures haven't. It seems like Nintendo just stops keeping track of sales of a few games after a while.