Wii Music Announced

15 Jul 2008 at 18:06:50 by Paul Younger

Nintendo has revealed the latest music game for the Wii entitled Wii Music. This new game, which is being shown at the moment at the E3 press conference, is going to be rather different from your colour matching button bashing titles we have come to know and love.

Wii Music is focusing more on the performance and there's no requirement to follow notes or on-screen prompts. The game works by holding the Wii remote and mimicking the playing acton of the instrument which the Wii then picks up to create music. There will be a whopping 50 instruments in total including guitar, piano, violin and a variety of percussion instruments which include balance board support.

The game wll also record videos of your performance and up to four players can take part in the music creation process. Watch out for more on Wii Music here on IncGamers in the future.

View the Wii Music screenshot gallery.

Game Details

KEY INFORMATION

Create a musical masterpiecewith up to four players. Anyone can play the huge selection ofinstruments in Wii Music with simple motions—like strumming anddrumming.

• It’s easy to play improv jams. Musicians in yourband jam by simply playing their instruments to the beat of a song orby improvising to their heart’s content. Play faster. Play slower. Skipa beat, or throw in 10 more. No matter what you do, Wii Musicautomatically transforms your improv stylings into great music. Thereare no mistakes—just playing for the pure joy of playing.

• Wiicontrols immerse you in the music. You can play most of the 60-plusinstruments in Wii Music using simple motions with the Wii Remote andNunchuk controllers. Strum to play guitar, banjo and sitar. Drum toplay jazz drums, congas and marching drums. Hammer away to play piano,vibraphone and marimba. Unlike most music games, Wii Music doesn’t makeyou use complex buttons. You only need to imitate playing theinstrument.

• Wii Music offers virtually endless ways to makemusic. You choose the song and instruments and decide whether to blazethrough a rock take on classical songs, put a jazzy spin on folk tunesor transform Nintendo classics like the Super Mario Bros.® theme intoLatin-flavored numbers. The song list is only a takeoff point—it’s howyou improvise with the songs that matters.

• Send your band-jamrecordings to Wii Friends who have Wii Music. They’ll see your Mii™band members, your players’ improv styles and your instrumentselections. They can watch your recordings, or play over parts of yoursong, then send their modified recording back to you. Improv jams canbe sent back and forth over WiiConnect24 and changed again and again.

Beyond the Jam:

WiiMusic includes many other modes besides the main band jams, includingseveral musical games and an enhanced video playback mode for recordedjams.

• Play it again: Use the playback mode to see your jam recordings brought to life with dramatic camera angles.

•Pick up the baton: Command an orchestra in the conducting game whereyou’ll wave the Wii Remote controller like a conductor’s baton to leada Mii orchestra through orchestrated music. Make them play quickly,slowly, strongly or gently.

• Ring a bell? Play a handbells gamewhere you’ll swing your Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers to play yourtwo handbells as part of a larger ensemble. Everyone on the team has ajob to do: Play one of your notes only when the tune demands it.

•An ear for music: Take a tone quiz that tests your musical ear bygiving you challenges, like putting note-playing Miis in order fromlowest to highest pitch.

• Bang the drum: Play a virtual drumset in the drumming mode, the one mode in Wii Music that also uses theWii Balance Board accessory (sold with Wii Fit™). You’ll use the WiiRemote and Nunchuk controllers as drumsticks, and place both feet onthe Wii Balance Board—which work as virtual pedals for the bass drumand hi-hat cymbal.

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