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Review: Wii Music is a Boring and Ultimately Failed Attempt at a Music Game
Review: Wii Music is a Boring and Ultimately Failed Attempt at a Music Game
What the Game's About Two E3s ago, Nintendo unveiled an orchestra game, which received a positive response from excited Wii fans. Shortly after the unveiling, the company confirmed that the orchestra mini-game was a part of a new game in development by famed game creator Shigeru Miyamoto, called ...
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Wii Music - review
GoNintendo — A portion of a Kombo review… Shigeru Miyamoto said it best. Wii Music isn’t a video game, it’s a toy. The only demographics I can imagine getting any lasting enjoyment out of the game are young gamers and families who want a wholesome game to play together. Even then, I can’t imagine that younger players will stay entertained for long, and, well, parents won’t either. Full review here This entry was posted on Monday, October 20th, 2008 at 8:59 pm and is filed under ...

Metareview -- Wii Music
Joystiq — ... Kombo (50/100): "Initially, there's an element of novelty to Wii Music. Admittedly, it's kind of fun to motion the controller as if you're playing a real instrument -- especially when playing with something like a violin, which simply feels good to play in the game -- but the enjoyment quickly dissipates." ...

Wii Music Tops the Charts in Japan
Kombo.com — [image] Though it has failed to set critics' hearts aflutter , it seems that Miyamoto's opus has done well for itself on the Japanese sales charts, taking the number one spot in its first week. Here are the numbers: 01. Wii Music (Wii) - 92,000 / NEW 02. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 72,000 / 1,754,000 03. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida Or 2 (PSP) - 59,000 / NEW 04. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 51,000 / 1,007,000 05. Culdcept DS (DS) - 50,000 / NEW 06. Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters (PS2) - 43,000 / NEW 07. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (PS2) - 27,000 / 184,000 08. Macross ...

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