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''Wii Music'' is a music game on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, and probably the most bizarre one yet. Unlike other music games such as ''VideoGame/{{Guitar Hero}}'' or ''VideoGame/{{Rock Band}}'', the game is not a traditional rhythm game in which one must play accurately to the beat to score. Instead, ''Wii Music'' focuses on remixing songs (a good chunk of which fall into the PublicDomain) in ways the players find appealing. The game does not penalize the players for playing notes of a song outside their traditional melodies, so recorded songs may range from beautiful compositions to awful cacophony, based on what the player does.

The game got some MemeticMutation, based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw_Bd-13YCk an E3]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM2DCflkA6s demonstration]] which took CringeComedy to new highs. Because of the lack of a definite objective, ''Wii Music'' is seen by some as not a game, but more of a glorified tech demo showcasing one possibility of using the console's motion controls.

Also notable for being 1 of the 2 games in the Wii series ''not'' to receive a sequel of some kind (the other being Wii Chess, [[NoExportForYou which was never released outside of Europe or Japan]]).[[note]]''VideoGame/WiiPlay'' got ''VideoGame/WiiPlayMotion''; ''VideoGame/WiiParty'' got [[VideoGame/WiiPartyU a sequel]] on [[UsefulNotes/WiiU Nintendo's next console]]; and both ''VideoGame/WiiSports'' and ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' got at least two sequels each - the first including the Wii Remote Plus (''VideoGame/WiiSportsResort'' and ''Wii Fit Plus''), and the second ones being for the Wii U (''Wii Sports Club'' and ''Wii Fit U''), while ''Wii Sports'' got a third sequel in the form of ''VideoGame/NintendoSwitchSports''.[[/note]]
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!!Contains examples of:
* BizarreInstrument: You can play a wide range of instruments, including ''rapping, cheerleading and meow-ing''.
* CompanyCrossReferences:
** The practice tune that the Miis do in Mii Maestro is the same tune from the title screen of {{VideoGame/Electroplankton}}.
** The ground theme from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', the overworld theme from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'', the main theme of ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingWildWorld'' and K.K. Blues, the ''VideoGame/WiiSports'' theme, and the [[VideoGame/FZero Mute City]] theme are playable songs.
* {{Irony}}: It's a music game directed by Kazumi Totaka, yet the [[https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Totaka%27s_Song Totaka's Song easter egg]] isn't in the game, either as a playable track or an easter egg.
* MiniGame: The game offers three music-themed Mini Games. Mii Maestro has the player assume the role of a conductor by waving the Wii Remote like a baton. Handbell Harmony is a RhythmGame in which the players swing the Wii Remote and nunchuck like handbells. Pitch Perfect is an exercise of pitch discrimination.
* MusicalGameplay: In Jam Mode and Handbell Harmony, the instruments make sounds whenever their note input method is triggered. In Mii Maestro, the entire orchestra follows the speed of the conductor's baton.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: A commonly criticized aspect of the game. A good deal of the music selection are assorted excerpts from classical and traditional music. There's only a bit of licensed popular music tracks from the 1960s-80s and tracks from Nintendo games.
* SpeakingSimlish: The Tutes talk this way.
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