I am not entirely sure what the deal is with Wii Music.
How can you call something a game when you have such little affect on what is actually going on. To be honest, it looks as if I could get the same experience out of switching the radio on and handing out a couple of household goods to my friends and telling them to pretend that they are playing instruments.
While there are currently only three reviews on Metacritic for Wii Music ( The other two being Gamespy: 70/100 and IGN: 50/100) I was rather amazed to see that 1UP had scored it a 91.
It’s starting to make me wonder if being a gamer means the same thing as it did a couple of years back.
The short except from the review says the following:
“Wii Music may have a hard time winning over the skeptics who just want to laugh at it, but give the game the chance it deserves. You just might realize it’s pretty damn fun being in on the joke.”
Am I one of those skeptics that she is talking about? Maybe. I won’t know until I have tried it.
To score it in the same range as titles such as Resident Evil 4, Okami and Metroid Prime 3 just feels off to me.
But hey, what the hell do I know, I am not one of the gazillion people out there who have forked out money on the Wii, even though they barely know how to turn a PC on. Maybe now that gaming has finally taken off, hardcore gamers are going to feel even more alienated than we were before.
Maybe I should buy Wii Music. I don’t want to feel left out when all of my aunts start talking about it.
Source: 1UP
Last Updated: October 21, 2008
gazza
October 21, 2008 at 12:03
I think this game was scored with it’s “target” audience in mind. If you take that into account I’m pretty sure Wii music is the best “non-game” out there.
LazySAGamer
October 21, 2008 at 12:15
I don’t care if it got a 91… it still isn’t on my list of games to get…
I love the Wii but not for games like this.
UnsafestCorpse
October 21, 2008 at 12:17
LOL….where’s my credit as the source!!??
ferver
October 21, 2008 at 12:33
Well I have the Wii and I consider myself a hardcore gamer (might not have all the Xbox 360 games but they’re all out on PC so why bother??). And even if Wii Music looks very… interesting, I’ve heard a couple of people that say that the game has more than it looks like and is actually a lot more fun than what we think. I think I just might give it a try.
Nonetheless, Nintendo did a great thing with this game. For the last couple of months, that’s all everybody talks about.
LazySAGamer
October 21, 2008 at 12:36
if the lazy *&%^ ever wakes up I will tell him to update it 😉
Fred
October 21, 2008 at 12:37
Looks like a load of poo to me , i’m sure my 4yr old daughter would like it though.
ewie
October 21, 2008 at 13:55
Like wii fit and wii play,
Flameboy
October 21, 2008 at 14:17
Nick is starting to forget a lot of things. He didn’t give me credit for one of my tips as well.
eyesuc
October 22, 2008 at 08:06
target: deaf, blind and rhythmically challenged people?
Prazzie
February 1, 2009 at 00:22
I saw the trailer for Wii Music on the Nintendo Channel on my Wii and it didn’t really appeal. Then I watched JC Rodrigo on youtube doing a demo and holy cow, now I am itching to play it. It’s on Kalahari for R460, seriously considering it.