Topic: Wii Music Release Date Set

[NWR_Neal]

Be prepared to shake your Wii Remote in a musical fashion on October 20.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=16703

 Nintendo has announced the release date for Wii Music. Slated to hit stores on October 20, Wii Music will allow amateur musicians to play like pros with easy-to-use controls and over 60 instruments. Featuring a music selection ranging from classical to Nintendo, Wii Music allows played to put their own spin on the included songs. These songs can then be forward to fellow Wii Musicians via the Wii Message Board.    

ON OCT. 20, NINTENDO'S WII MUSIC MAKES MAESTROS OF EVERYONE    

Wii Sports™ introduced new players to the world of video games. Wii Fit™ got even more people interested in fun and fitness.    

Now Wii Music™ builds on that inclusive legacy by letting people turn their living rooms into fun concert halls. It brings the experience of performing music to people who think learning an instrument is too difficult. Wii Music launches exclusively for the Wii™ console on Oct. 20 and aims to bring a deeper love and appreciation of music to everyone.    

Players can improvise jams on the fly with more than 60 instruments. You will find rock favorites like the electric guitar; orchestra standards like trumpet, saxophone and clarinet; and even international instruments like steel drums, marimba and sitar. Players simply select their instruments, and then move their Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers as though they were playing the real thing. Wii Music turns players' movements into great music, even if you've never picked up an instrument before.    

Budding musicians can play along to the beat of a diverse array of more than 50 songs from a variety of genres including popular, licensed, classical and Nintendo songs. Or players can improvise by adding new beats or creative twists to the songs. The combinations are endless, and it's all for the joy of creating fun new tunes.    

Once players have their song the way they like it, they can forward it to friends who are also playing Wii Music via the Wii Message Board. Those friends can then put their own spin on the tune and send it back – or pass it along to their friends.    

For more information about Wii Music, please visit http://www.wiimusic.com >www.WiiMusic.com.

[TheYoungerPlumber]

Did you write that summary with a straight face?

[ShyGuy]

I've noticed that nron does a lot of the work around here.

[Plugabugz]

Lets hope the Large Hardon Collider destroys the gaming community next month faster than Wii Music does.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Disaster: Day in December?

[KDR_11k]

Large Hardon Collider

AKA internetz?

[Nick DiMola]

I've noticed that nron does a lot of the work around here.

Neal is awesome, guy busts his ass for this place.

[Ian Sane]

Featuring a music selection ranging from classical to Nintendo

  This line just cracks me up.  "Classical to Nintendo" is about as cool of a music selection as "polka to Christian rock".

So they're releasing this about a week before Guitar Hero: World Tour.  That's actually a remarkably clever business strategy.  In fact if you look at the release dates on IGN all sorts of a generic music games are released around that time frame.  Might as well grab whoever you can before they realize a new Guitar Hero is out.

[NWR_Neal]

I've noticed that nron does a lot of the work around here.

Neal is awesome, guy busts his ass for this place.

Damn right.

Also, this was very difficult to type with a straight face and the "from classical to Nintendo" part was my favorite.

[Toruresu]

I dont think I'll get Wii Music..What about you guys?

[King of Twitch]

I'll stick to playing My (real) Guitar though I may get Nintendoxygen

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Definite buy.  GH is still one of the most uncomfortable games I've played.

[Spinnzilla]

better have good note charting...

[AV]

I don't know guys this game looks super excellent . did you see the latest video ??

WOW I mean WOW footage of Wii Music, that EVERYONE must watch to see how AMAZING THE GAME IS, Worthy of GAME OF THE YEAR
 

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

Does anyone else feel like they're strapping themselves into a pillory whenever they play Guitar Hero?  Whatever WiiMusic's faults, it probably won't make you feel like a radical alchemist being tortured for science crimes against King George.

[NWR_Neal]

Does anyone else feel like they're strapping themselves into a pillory whenever they play Guitar Hero?  Whatever WiiMusic's faults, it probably won't make you feel like a radical alchemist being tortured for science crimes against King George.

Not really, its kind of like putting on a guitar.
I'll admit setup for Rock Band takes forever because you have to get out all the instruments, though.

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

If it helps, the sensation goes away when I stand up while using the guitar controller.  But, in the very act of standing up, I've defeated the point of playing video games in the first place.  So, it's more realistic pillory action for me!

[NWR_Lindy]

We just got our review copy of this, so look for a review soon.  I think Nick has it, IIRC.