For the music of the Wii console, see Wii § Music.
2008 video game
Wii Music
North American version cover art
Developer(s)
Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s)
Nintendo
Director(s)
Kazumi Totaka
Producer(s)
Takashi Tezuka
Katsuya Eguchi
Designer(s)
Koji Takahashi
Composer(s)
Kenta Nagata
Toru Minegishi
Mahito Yokota
Series
Wii
Platform(s)
Wii
Release
JP: October 16, 2008
NA: October 20, 2008
AU: November 13, 2008
EU: November 14, 2008
Genre(s)
Music
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Wii Music[a] is a music video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. The game was released in Japan and North America in October 2008, and in Europe and Australia in the following month. Wii Music is part of both Nintendo's Touch! Generations brand and the Wii series.
Wii Music focuses on creating arrangements of existing songs by controlling the members of an on-screen band. In order to do so, players choose from a selection of musical instruments that are played by mimicking the required actions using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk. Unlike other music games, such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band, players are not scored on their performance and are encouraged to experiment with different ways to play various songs.[1] The game has been advertised by Nintendo as a means to "bring the joy and creativity of musicianship to [one's] home without expensive music lessons."[2]
Wii Music is one of the original titles announced for the Wii console, first publicly playable at E3 2006, and then later re-introduced in greater detail at E3 2008. Upon release, Wii Music received mixed reviews according to aggregate scores with common criticism directed at its simple gameplay, imprecise motion controls and its predominantly public-domain soundtrack. As such, it is regarded as the black sheep of the Wii series[1] and is also one of the least commercially successful entries, selling 2.65 million copies worldwide as of March 2009.[3]
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