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Wii Music (Wii) | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
New (23) from £34.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 65
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: RVLPR64E
Model: RVLPR64E
UPC: 045496901301
EAN: 0045496901301
ASIN: B001DO3NEW
Release Date: November 14, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Turn your Wii into a musical instrument! Wii Music lets you try your hand at numerous musical instruments - jam with virtual band members, or up to three more of your friends!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 It's just a game, don't take it to seriously! November 24, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have read the other reviews on here and note the points made but i have got to say are you taking it to seriously? My family have had this game two weeks now and we are still playing it. So, why have i given it five stars? Its the simplicity and ease of the game for everyone that makes it so enjoyable. No one has any musical talent in our family (No one can read music or play an instrument!)however, that does not matter. The game talks you through everything with a nice and easy tutorial that gives you the basics of a song and what goes into it, such as the bass, the melody, percussion and so on. Once you have learnt these basics you can put them together in jam sessions using yourself for every part of the band! How good is that. You can even decide what style your band is going to play by selecting the instruments to get the right sound. An example of this is to make your songs sound red neck style by using the banjo, uckele and the marching drum. Or form your own string quartet and play some classics. When you have finished your track you can save it as your very own video. There are also the mini games, handbells being the most fun with four of you playing. the other mii's looks when you get a note wrong put you to shame. I'll admit now that I am a FPS fan myself but this game is ideal for the wii and it's unique use of the remotes linked to it's bias towards family games. Imagine this, a french nursery rhyme, sur la pont d'avignon, played by a heavy rock band with a cheerleader as the singer, performed on a balcony, what a laugh!
 over priced November 23, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
My son and daughter like it , but I do not rate it. I did not get it from Amazon, silly as I could have saved 5.00!!
 Misunderstood! November 21, 2008
53 out of 54 found this review helpful
This is my first Amazon review, after reading alot about Wii Music - and reading the reviews on here, I felt compelled to post my thoughts.
This game is nothing like Guitar Hero/Rock Band, so best to put those thoughts aside immediately.
What it is, is more musically challenging. At its core, GH/RB are just pressing a button that corresponds to a note on the screen. If you dont press it, you start to fail = no creativity.
With Wii Music, you CAN get different notes out of the instruments, by practice and experimentation.
Basically, when you play the 'Custom Jam' mode (1-4 simultaneous players), after selecting your instrument part (from a choice of 60), you then start to play your part of the song in the band. You can play by 'ear', or by pressing the - key, you get a note chart. This note chart is a key feature, especially for the beginners. If you 'play' your instrument when the note chart indicates, you will get the right note for that time in the song and carry on doing so will see you complete the song as intended.
Doing this is hard enough at first (each song is graded 1-3 stars in difficulty) and it can be a bit frustrating as mis-timed notes begin to sound like a real-mismash of noise.
Stick with it though and you'll be completing the songs fine.
Now you can start to customise the song to YOUR style and begin the creative process. For example, if playing the guitar part and 1 note is coming up, by holding DOWN on the d-pad, you can enable quick strumming, so 1 note becomes 10 - 5 notes before and 5 after the 'charted' note. The game will then pick the right notes and pitch etc for that part of the song.
Other examples are holding 'c' to play a chord instead of a note, 'z' to palm-mute notes etc etc. So by using combinations of all these controls, you really begin to add your own style. More skilful players can slightly (and deliberately) mis-time their notes to pick out another note from the song.
On top of all that, you can adjust the timing of the song - so perhaps miss notes out (deliberately) to produce a different sound. The 4 bouncing 'be-bops' in the corner of the screen help you keep time and also to indicate what section of the song is coming up (melody, solo etc).
When you have completed one instrument in the song, you can go back over the song with a new instrument and so on, until you have filled all 6 parts of the song.
It truly is quite deep - much deeper than what you may think before playing it.
The drum mode is actually very good too and feels quite authentic. Its not 1:1 controls and you do need to use buttons on the controllers as well as waving the sticks, but you do get a good sensation of actual drumming and the wealth of lessons provided help a complete novice such as I, to get a good idea of rhythm and timing. This is a mode I will practice over and over.
I've rambled enough, but hopefully that will give people a different opinion. Dont take this game on face value of 'oh its just waving the sticks around and you dont really play anything'. Its deep, fun and educational - and well worth getting!
One for the less musically talented! November 19, 2008
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Not the best Wii game ever and as usual it is more fun to play this with other people.
I have no musical skill whatsoever - can't really recognise notes/pitch....find it difficult to stay with a rhythm etc so I see this game as perfect as its a bit of a challenge. It just sounds so funny when you get it wrong! And watching your Miis dance around is funny.
As the other reviewers have said it doesn't matter really what you do when you 'play' the instuments as it plays the right notes you just have to keep rhythm really. Therefore it isn't a game if you are looking for a 'proper' music challenge.
I wish there were more mini games - I like the handbell one and the conducting game is also fun. The quiz is a bit difficult in places too. (luckily I know someone who is musical and can help me out)
There are songs that are popular all over the world so there are some that I have never heard of being from the UK.
Overall - OK for a bit of fun and you will enjoy it more the less musical you are!
Wii Music not as good as Wiifit November 18, 2008
7 out of 18 found this review helpful
It is good but not as good, as Wiifit. It is fun and is a good family game, in the jam bit you can try and play songs you know, i think that this is more of a group game.
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