Wii Music Disappoints

The reviews are in for Wii Music from around the web and they are mediocre at best. Here are just a few of the highlights:

Gamespot.com summed things up well in their review: “The game is charming and can be fun for short periods of time, but unless you’re buying it for a young child, it’s difficult to recommend as a purchase because older children and adults aren’t likely to get more than a few hours of entertainment out of it.”

IGN’s summary: “Our condolences to the two-and-a-half million people who buy this game.” You can read their detailed review here.

Gametrailers was even more direct - “DON’T BUY THIS GAME, IT’S NOT WORTH IT, TRUST ME.” Their video review is below.

Bottom line, unless you have kids under the age of 6, save your money…

Gametrailers video review:

Wii Music- New E3 Details: Air Drums!

Wii Music was shown at E3 just a couple of minutes ago, and frankly it looks awesome! They started off by showing of some air drumming. You use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk as your own drumsticks and the Wii balance board as a bass foot pedal. This system seems to work quite well and looks like it’ll give Rock Band and Guitar Hero a run for their money.

After the drum solo had ended, Shigeru Miyamoto walked onto the stage, playing a ’saxophone’. He did this by holding the Remote to his mouth, recorder style, and used the buttons to emulate the notes… Read more »