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Wii Music: waggle songs horribly, or well if you feel like it. Updated song list
cloudeagle
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It's coming out soon, and someone needed to make a thread on it.
Ever hear of little things like Guitar Hero and Rock Band? Well, Wii Music... isn't like them at all. Instead of playing the exact notes required to produce a song, you can just flail around and make some noise. You have absolute freedom! Freedom that might cause your soul to die a little. Or not if you're adept at making your own fun without outside incentive. I dunno.
The game has four modes: jams, videos, lessons and games, which are more or less self-explanatory.
Jams: Up to four people can pick one of 60 instruments, such as horns, guitars, drums, castanets, cowbells, turntables, and, for some unfathomable reason cheerleader, cat and dog noises, set up on one of 10 stages, and just go to town.
Videos: Interestingly, you can record your jam session. If you're by yourself, you can lay down an instrument, then go back and lay down another until you have six. Then you can torture your friends by sending them the alleged music you made. They can even jam over your music, if they're feeling truly masochistic.
Games: You've got maestro, where you conduct an orchestra, handball harmony, where you to play bells to on-screen cues, and pitch perfect, a series of aural challenges designed to test your pitch. Sure, you could gracefully wave your Wiimote around and make yourself feel like the world's top conductor, but IGN reports that you can just waggle around like an idiot and you'll score as well or probably better.
Lessons: You can practice playing each instrument and get the hang of the rhythm. Most of the instruments involve simple waggling, but IGN says the drum and piano are weirdly complex:
So what will all that waggling produce? Cruddy MIDI squawking, as Nintendo apparently couldn't be arsed to reproduce actual instruments.
They'll bleep and bloop in an approximation of songs including:
1. “American Patrol†the march by F.W. Meacham
2. “Animal Crossing’s K.K. Blues†by K.K. Slider
3. “Animal Crossing: Wild World†Theme
4. “Bridal Chorus†by Richard Wagner
5. “Chariots of Fire†by Vangelis (from Chariots of Fire)
6. “Daydream Believer†by The Monkees
7. “Do-Re-Mi†by Rodgers and Hammerstein (from The Sound of Music)
8. “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik†by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9. “Every Breath You Take†by The Police
10. “F-Zero Mute City†Theme
11. “Happy Birthday To You†the birthday celebration song
12. “I’ll Be There†by The Jackson 5
13. “I’ve Never Been to Me†by Charlene
14. “Jingle Bell Rock†by Bobby Helms
15. “La Bamba†the Mexican folk song
16. “La Cucaracha†the Spanish folk song
17. “Legend of Zelda Overworld†Theme
18. “Material Girl†by Madonna
19. “Minuet in G major†by Johann Sebastian Bach
20. “My Grandfather’s Clock†the bluegrass song by Henry Clay Work
21. “O Christmas Tree†the Christmas carol
22. “Oh My Darling, Clementine†the American folk ballad
23. “On the bridge of Avignon†the French song about the Pont d’Avignon
24. “Over the Waves†by Juventino Rosas
25. “Overture†from the opera Carmen
26. “Please Mr. Postman†by The Marvelettes
27. “Sakura Sakura†the Japanese cherry blossom folk song
28. “Scarborough Fair†the traditional English ballad
29. “September†by Earth, Wind & Fire
30. “Sukiyaki†by Kyu Sakamoto
31. “Super Mario Bros.†Theme
32. “Swan Lake†the ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
33. “Symphony No. 1’s Titan†by Gustav Mahler
34. “Symphony No. 9’s From the New World†by Antonin Dvorak
35. “Symphony No. 9’s Ode to Joy†by Ludwig van Beethoven
36. “The Blue Danube†the waltz by Johann Strauss II
37. “The Entertainer†by Billy Joel
38. “The Flea Waltz†is usually the first piano piece learned
39. “The Four Seasons’ Spring (La Primavera)†by Antonio Vivaldi
40. “The Loco-Motion†by Little Eva
41. “Troika†the Russian folk song
42. “Turkey in the Straw†the American folk song
43. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star†the English nursery rhyme
44. “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go†by Wham!
45. “Wii Music†Theme
46. “Wii Sports†Theme
47. “Woman†by John Lennon
48. “Yankee Doodle†the U.S. patriotical song
"Okay okay," you're thinking, "I get the idea. It sounds really lame." Or "hey, this sounds as awesome as that time my parents bought a new refrigerator and let me play in the box." But there's more. Steel yourself, then click on this link of IGN absolutely slaughtering the Legend of Zelda theme:
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/827335/wii-music/videos/wiimusic_101508_2.html
Or you can play well, just don't expect any reward for doing so.
tl;dr: Wow this game looks meh. But click on the video; it's the entire reason I made this thread.
Ever hear of little things like Guitar Hero and Rock Band? Well, Wii Music... isn't like them at all. Instead of playing the exact notes required to produce a song, you can just flail around and make some noise. You have absolute freedom! Freedom that might cause your soul to die a little. Or not if you're adept at making your own fun without outside incentive. I dunno.
The game has four modes: jams, videos, lessons and games, which are more or less self-explanatory.
Jams: Up to four people can pick one of 60 instruments, such as horns, guitars, drums, castanets, cowbells, turntables, and, for some unfathomable reason cheerleader, cat and dog noises, set up on one of 10 stages, and just go to town.
Videos: Interestingly, you can record your jam session. If you're by yourself, you can lay down an instrument, then go back and lay down another until you have six. Then you can torture your friends by sending them the alleged music you made. They can even jam over your music, if they're feeling truly masochistic.
Games: You've got maestro, where you conduct an orchestra, handball harmony, where you to play bells to on-screen cues, and pitch perfect, a series of aural challenges designed to test your pitch. Sure, you could gracefully wave your Wiimote around and make yourself feel like the world's top conductor, but IGN reports that you can just waggle around like an idiot and you'll score as well or probably better.
Lessons: You can practice playing each instrument and get the hang of the rhythm. Most of the instruments involve simple waggling, but IGN says the drum and piano are weirdly complex:
Strangely, though, for being so simple, it's also remarkably unintuitive. Take, for example, the process of playing the drums. You won't just bang your Wii remote and nunchuk around at different positions, as you might hope. You'll need to hold a combination of buttons and manipulate both the analog stick and D-Pad while you bang around. Need to hit the snare? Try holding down the Z button and gesturing with the nunchuk. Cymbal? Just hold the C button. My personal favorite is that if you want to hit the four different tom drums, you have to quickly press different directions on the D-Pad. This is more difficult than playing real drums. Play the piano instruments and you'll be met with the same overly complicated process, a robust list of button combos while manipulating the analog stick.
So what will all that waggling produce? Cruddy MIDI squawking, as Nintendo apparently couldn't be arsed to reproduce actual instruments.
They'll bleep and bloop in an approximation of songs including:
1. “American Patrol†the march by F.W. Meacham
2. “Animal Crossing’s K.K. Blues†by K.K. Slider
3. “Animal Crossing: Wild World†Theme
4. “Bridal Chorus†by Richard Wagner
5. “Chariots of Fire†by Vangelis (from Chariots of Fire)
6. “Daydream Believer†by The Monkees
7. “Do-Re-Mi†by Rodgers and Hammerstein (from The Sound of Music)
8. “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik†by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9. “Every Breath You Take†by The Police
10. “F-Zero Mute City†Theme
11. “Happy Birthday To You†the birthday celebration song
12. “I’ll Be There†by The Jackson 5
13. “I’ve Never Been to Me†by Charlene
14. “Jingle Bell Rock†by Bobby Helms
15. “La Bamba†the Mexican folk song
16. “La Cucaracha†the Spanish folk song
17. “Legend of Zelda Overworld†Theme
18. “Material Girl†by Madonna
19. “Minuet in G major†by Johann Sebastian Bach
20. “My Grandfather’s Clock†the bluegrass song by Henry Clay Work
21. “O Christmas Tree†the Christmas carol
22. “Oh My Darling, Clementine†the American folk ballad
23. “On the bridge of Avignon†the French song about the Pont d’Avignon
24. “Over the Waves†by Juventino Rosas
25. “Overture†from the opera Carmen
26. “Please Mr. Postman†by The Marvelettes
27. “Sakura Sakura†the Japanese cherry blossom folk song
28. “Scarborough Fair†the traditional English ballad
29. “September†by Earth, Wind & Fire
30. “Sukiyaki†by Kyu Sakamoto
31. “Super Mario Bros.†Theme
32. “Swan Lake†the ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
33. “Symphony No. 1’s Titan†by Gustav Mahler
34. “Symphony No. 9’s From the New World†by Antonin Dvorak
35. “Symphony No. 9’s Ode to Joy†by Ludwig van Beethoven
36. “The Blue Danube†the waltz by Johann Strauss II
37. “The Entertainer†by Billy Joel
38. “The Flea Waltz†is usually the first piano piece learned
39. “The Four Seasons’ Spring (La Primavera)†by Antonio Vivaldi
40. “The Loco-Motion†by Little Eva
41. “Troika†the Russian folk song
42. “Turkey in the Straw†the American folk song
43. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star†the English nursery rhyme
44. “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go†by Wham!
45. “Wii Music†Theme
46. “Wii Sports†Theme
47. “Woman†by John Lennon
48. “Yankee Doodle†the U.S. patriotical song
"Okay okay," you're thinking, "I get the idea. It sounds really lame." Or "hey, this sounds as awesome as that time my parents bought a new refrigerator and let me play in the box." But there's more. Steel yourself, then click on this link of IGN absolutely slaughtering the Legend of Zelda theme:
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/827335/wii-music/videos/wiimusic_101508_2.html
Or you can play well, just don't expect any reward for doing so.
tl;dr: Wow this game looks meh. But click on the video; it's the entire reason I made this thread.
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I just want a good motherfucking orchestra conducting game.
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=vOx3G2AAFUI&NR=1
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Doesn't stop it from being meh, though. And this is coming from a dude who still uses Wii Fit on a daily basis.
You put the boom-boom into my heart
You send my soul sky-high when your lovin' starts
Jitterbug into my brain
Goes a-bang-bang-bang ‘til my feet do the same
But something's bugging me
Something ain't right
My best friend told me
What you did last night
Left me sleeping
In my bed
I was dreaming
But I should've been with you instead!
Wake me up before you go-go,
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't wanna miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not planning on goin’ solo
Wake me up before you go-go
Take me dancing tonight…
I wanna hit that hiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
:whistle:
I thought as much. I realize the controls are slightly confusing but in the IGN video it was like they weren't even trying to make it sound good. The guy in the video plays the game in a way that actually seems fun.
Yeah that first video is not bad at all, and even if he had practiced beforehand it shows that it is possible to not suck.
I liked when he was playing the piano and swinging both the remote and chuck did a normal chord, but at the end he just did a little remote swipe and it arpeggio'd the chord.
These vids are going a long way towards selling me on this game.
Those reports are false based on the videos I just pointed out. You can see in the second one that at least the volume of the notes you play is dependant on how you waggle, and buttons act as modifiers to decide what kind of notes yo play.
Not necessarily. Sure, the guy in the video is waggling correctly, but other people have said you can just flail the wiimote up and down and still do just as good. They also said the button modifiers are overly complex and unintuitive.
"Gamers" and the "Core" will likely despise it because it doesn't follow their idea of what a "game" should be, but I think it's a great concept and of course it will sell millions.
How could he apreggio the chord, the wiimote had a condom on!
Indeed. I think that lot of people have missed the point of "game". Of course, Nintendo's abysmal E3 showing didn't help.
And I think you missed the point of Wii Music. WM is a improvisation tool than actual game. Not even Miyamoto calls it a game. Successfully improvising song and adding notes to create different kind of performance can be quite satisfying, although in quite different way than beating your high score.
The strategy of going "here's a bunch of instruments, go nuts" could be fun for a while, but personally I need more motivation to keep going after the first hour.
I'm sure there will be extremely nice sounding music coming out from it from some people with the dedication.
I like the way Nintendo is inviting people to try and create music, and not go down the GH/RB route.
And more power to you. I also personally need some clear objectives, but I still wouldn't judge game because of missing goals.
But executing it in a manner that simply requires you to shake a controller around and pretend you're playing an instrument (and wow that music list is not something that appeals to me, even if the concept did) is not something I like.
Hey wait a second there. I consider myself a gamer, I like "core" games, but I liked all the other "casual" games Nintendo has made for the Wii and I liked their approach of "Everyone can pick it up and play" because I finally get to play with people who didn't touch much videogames before. When a game is well-made, it's well-made and fun no matter if it's "casual" or "core" (god I hate those terms). But Wii Music looks abysmal, still.
Obviously, I am going to rent it and see if it's any fun. I'm going to give it a shot, and a fair one. I just expect it to suck pretty badly because it seems to me it's dug its way out of the games crowd and deeply into the kid's toy section. Yay, move your fucking hand any way you want and a midi sound comes out. Jesus.
You can destroy the experience for yourself or go through it the way Nintendo envisioned it. It's not like it's a competition, so I don't know why people are so bummed by the fact that there's no challenge. The challenge, in my opinion, stems from the improvisation, and whatever the gamers set for themselves.
Of course, I haven't tried it yet. We'll see when it comes out.
Or for the second person in the world that seems to know how to make this game look awesome.
I was pretty meh on it after reading the media's reactions, but that guy does a good job of explaining and demonstrating the concept. The improvisations he performs on the Mario theme are actually pretty impressive.
I'm still not sold, and the included song roster isn't the best, but I'll definitely be adding it to the old gamefly queue now.
For instance, unlocking new games and exercises in Wii Fit is just a matter of playing the game X number of minutes. It's beyond easy. But it's still a minor sense of accomplishment or "oooh, neat" when you discover you can now do the bubble-blowing game. It keeps you going. Wii Fit even keeps score and let you compare them against your friends and family, even if every single person has the coordination of drunken tree sloths.
Wii Music doesn't sound like it has any of that.
Serious question, not being sarcastic. What is the draw here?
If you suck so horribly at RB or GH that you can't even make it through a song on Easy, Wii Music is for you.
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I think what COULD have been the draw was that you supposedly have 60 different instruments that all control differently. I guess.