Wii Music is the black sheep of Nintendo’s Wii– game series. It doesn’t come packaged with hardware or a peripheral, and it hasn’t sees the breakout success enjoyed by Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit, Wii Sports: Resort, or Wii Fit Plus. Gamers and reviewers everywhere that lacked a sense of musical independence brushed off the title and slammed it in review scores. Those who remember our review, however, will remember that we saw the game as having had massive potential… it was just a little lean for a $50 title.
Luckily, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto was smart enough to sort through ignorant and naive game reviews and little to the people who knew what they were talking about.
“I think it sold lower than our expectations but on the other hand it was a really unique game, I have to say. And also, even today, we are receiving several different offers from people in the field of music education, so as far as Wii Music is concerned, I think is still has great potential. And in the future there might be some developments.”
A future? As in, another game?
“We may want to think about the possibility of making some improvements, based upon the original Wii Music… Unfortunately we don’t have any news we can talk about at the moment. But like Wii Fit Plus, it’s not really a sequel to the original Wii Fit – but we have added some features to improve the overall experience. It’s a kind of an enhanced version of the original Wii Fit…”
As we said in the review, the game’s main appeal is the embrace of musical independence, rhythmic improvisation, and teaching of musical style. Still, for a full-priced game, the game lacked an enticing song library and was void of several iconic instruments – where were my oboe, cello, trombone, and bassoon? Either way, it would be interesting to see how the Wii Music property could continue, either through sequels or upgrades.
