Wii Music is a music game on the Wii, and probably the most bizarre one yet. Unlike other music games such as Guitar Hero or 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 Public Domain) 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 Memetic Mutation, based on an E3
demonstration which took Cringe Comedy 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, which was never released outside of Europe or Japan).note
Contains examples of:
- Bizarre Instrument: You can play a wide range of instruments, including rapping, cheerleading and meow-ing.
- Company Cross References:
- The practice tune that the Miis do in Mii Maestro is the same tune from the title screen of Electroplankton.
- The ground theme from Super Mario Bros., the overworld theme from The Legend of Zelda, the main theme of Animal Crossing: Wild World and K.K. Blues, the Wii Sports theme, and the Mute City theme are playable songs.
- Irony: It's a music game directed by Kazumi Totaka, yet the Totaka's Song easter egg isn't in the game, either as a playable track or an easter egg.
- Mini-Game: 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 Rhythm Game in which the players swing the Wii Remote and nunchuck like handbells. Pitch Perfect is an exercise of pitch discrimination.
- Musical Gameplay: 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.
- Public Domain Soundtrack: 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.
- Speaking Simlish: The Tutes talk this way.
