Wii Music: A Compilation of Classic Tunes from the Best-Loved Wii Games

LoveReading: Best thing about this is that it's easy to play, even for quite young children e.g. my son could do it when he was 4. You get to play different instruments (though there's not much skill involved in any of them) and make music videos, but after a while it gets very boring as there's a very limited selection of music to choose from and only a few settings for the videos and designs for the covers. I've given it 3 because my children still enjoy it after a year or so of playing with it, and at least it doesn't get them into a rage because it's too difficult (which happens with the Mario games sometimes), but given that there is so much scope for a really good music game on the Wii this one is really disappointing. I paid about [] for mine and I think that was good value, but I wouldn't be happy to have paid [] or more.

United Kingdom on Feb 17, 2011

Lilly Shaya: I have to say, this is not the sort of game that would appeal to everyone but bought this for my youngest. Her and her big sister have not put it down! They spend hours 'jamming' I think if I hear 'jingle bell rock' one more time I'm going to go insane!!
There has a lot to do in it like having lessons on a variety of instruments, playing mini games that are really quite hilarious to watch and jamming using the mii characters you have created. Also once you have made your music the way you like it you can design your own CD cover and keep it in the wii for later viewing or as mine do show off to anyone who walks through the front door while they are playing!
A great game for younger children and their daft parents.
There is a couple of the mini games that would be fun to play at parties or family gatherings.
Enjoy, just don't take it too seriously its just a fun thing. Although a few of the tunes begin to grate after the millionth play through.

United Kingdom on Oct 24, 2009

Mr. S. Moulster: Just buying this for my niece's birthday as it's what she's asked for. Just wanted to air my slight vexation at some of the reviews and this area of computer games in general.

If you're a youngster and this sort of game appeals - great. If you want realism - playing a musical instrument realism - here's an idea: stop wasting your life in front of the TV and learn to play a musical instrument. It's real. You could get out and meet people; might even get paid for it.

My experience of these games is NOTHING like playing music IN ANY WAY AT ALL. So make up your mind, either play games that test your ability to interract with a TV screen, or get out and do it for real - whatever it is. One can't replace the other. At least making music is cheaper and more accessible than Grand Prix driving or blowing people away - potentially cheaper than buying a games console and a bunch of games.

United Kingdom on Oct 10, 2009

David S.: This game basically allows you to jam along with well known tunes which your choise from a selection of instruments.
First time you follow a character who guides you though how to play various musical instruments.
This game requires at least one Wii Controller and Nunchuck, and supports upto 4 controllers, the Wii-fit board is optional as it is used for some of the drum routines.
It is not quite a music creation program. Both my wife and I enjoyed the Jam sessions, seeing how much 'noise' we can create !
As you progress like many other Wii games, more options become available, in this case more instruments and more tunes.

United Kingdom on Jul 26, 2009

L. Costello: I'm a music teacher, and bought this game for my 5 year old daughter as she requested it for her birthday. She and my 6 year old son have been loving it for the past 3 days. I've loved what I've seen so far! I really didn't know much about the game before I purchased it, other than what I read on here, and have been pleasantly surprised. It is a "gentle" game and I like that it isn't super loud and raucous. It is also very educational in the music field, while also being a lot of fun for the kids. It does require a lot of reading, but my 6 year old has been able to do that, and for the younger kids a parent or older sibling can do that for them. Its a GREAT family game, esp. if you have 4 remotes. You can save your "jam sessions" and add to them, create videos, play games that are in essence fun quizzes about music topics, play songs with simpler "rock band" type song sheets, and play just about every instrument out there using the wii remote, nunchuck, and balance board. (I'm sure there is more, but that's all my kids have figured out on their own to this point.) Your Miis are automatically brought over in cool new looks. While I think its great for families, and anyone can have...

United States on May 02, 2009

J. Hansen: I've always loved my Wii--just wish I had more time to play it. :-) We got this game as a family Christmas present, and boy was it worth it. Everyone, from my 3 year old son, to my wife and I enjoy the game. Nintendo has really thought out a lot of these type of games, and, with the unique wireless aspect of playing the Wii, it really adds to the game play.

Some of the fun parts of the game we enjoy are the option to play songs with bells. We've done this lots during Christmas in our family with real bells, so having a virtual/game version was a blast. Wii Music offers simple songs to more advanced, but it's a blast to play together.

My son really enjoys the Dog Suit "instrument" option. It's funny how Nintendo added some goofy things like this, but, within one of the jam session options, you can select to "play" a dog suit. This involves barking and howling, moving your hands, etc. Lots of fun, and, as I said, my son gets a kick out of it.

Within the section that allows you to conduct a symphony, it's fun to see what you can get the players to do. My son gets them to sweat almost every time since he has them playing so fast, and then holding a note for a long...

United States on Feb 19, 2009

Rebecca Haden: My family got this game for Christmas and we've been playing it almost constantly since we unwrapped the box. We're musicians, so we may be biased in favor of it -- but that also means that we can see the potential in the game.

To play the basic form of this game, you choose a piece of music and an instrument each for up to four players. The number of available songs and instruments increases as you play -- we've just added a sitar to our collection. Players are divided up into melody, harmonies, and percussion (if you choose -- you can also do "Ode to Joy" on Dog Suit and ukelele if you want to) and everyone plays. You can have "sheet music" to guide you if you like, but in any case, all players can control tempo and phrasing of the piece and otherwise add their own creative touches.

You can play with friends or lay down multiple tracks and put everything together to make videos. You can conduct the orchestra of Miis -- several conductors together can work to achieve "chemistry" together, too, a surprisingly challenging task. There are also games to work on pitch and rhythm, all of which were fun and which would also be excellent for ear training or music...

United States on Dec 26, 2008

Picard: I love music. I DJ, produce my own tracks, have a garage full of old keyboards (yes, I'm a saddo!) and record interesting sounds... Like alot of people, I guess music's my life, but theirs always room for fun elements to my work and play. So it came as a big surprise when I saw the Wii Music ad on TV.

OK, so this isn't trying to compete with Ableton, Logic Studio, or daftly any other software, This is Nintendo's apparent fun take on making some music on your Wii at their usual fair price. And fair do's to them! Theirs already Guitar Hero and the alike out, so how does Nintendo's approach fair?

It's a mixed bag, to say the least.

Presented under a plush card case that's very funky, it sends all the signals that this would be ideal for Christmas. Even the release date, a month ahead of the maddest time of year, suggests they want this to be a gift to which alot of people can relate to.

An induction session (similar to most of Nintendo's own Wii games) takes you through the 3 main different ways of using the Nunchuk and Wii Remote. Suffice to say, all 3 are genuinely easy to pick and make sense, using a combination of buttons and movements. Unfortunately,...

United Kingdom on Nov 14, 2008