Nintendo showcases motion-controlled Wii Music at E3
- July 15, 2008 17:58 PM PST
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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto revealed an ambitious motion-controlled Wii Music title at E3, featuring saxophones, drum kits and more--all controlled by gestures.
This is the drum kit pedals, seriously
At E3 today, Nintendo gave a real-time demo of long-rumored title Wii Music, which will feature gesture-controlled instruments and the new Wii MotionPlus attachment.
Nintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto told the audience that Nintendo designed Wii Music to allow everyone to experience the joy of performing music.
When players play a saxophone, for example, they hold the controller as they would a real sax. Same for drums, which will use the Wii Balance Board as the kit pedals.
While most music games today require you to press buttons with precise timing to match symbols on screen, Wii Music relies on the gestures and placement of the Wiimote to create songs.
There will be 50 different instruments in all, including drums, piano, guitar, violin and saxophone, all of which you play using the same positions and gestures as the real thing. There was no timing, as in Guitar Hero or Rock Band, as the gestures, button presses, and timing of the player's movements were controlling the action.
The software won't grade your performances, Miyamoto said, but it will record them and allow you to create music videos with up to four people.More Top GamePro Stories
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- Jul 15 2008 at 10:13:46:AM PST
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GTA great, but Nintendo still sux . I mean another pokemon, a cooking game ? WTF, the only cool game they show was the snowboarding one.
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Im really disappointed in Nintendo, i was expectiing a huge 1st party game. Animal Crossing is fun but the fact that the mic isnt a headset means that the mics are sensitive which could have problems with other overlapping sounds, also better hope ur friends dont curse if ur around ur parents cause they hear everything u say.
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what was the hardcore announcement????Animal Crossing City Folk...WTF!!!! i wont be buying any of those game they mentioned at the conference....they are too hard core for me... j/k
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nintendo is in a world of their own..all that kiddy shit. i dont want it
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No offense, but this is making Microsoft's show look platinum. I wonder what Sony has tomorrow.
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I wish this music video game genre's bubble would burst already. Anyone who wants to sit around playing a video game focusing on playing music is pretty much a loser. Why not sit around and spend that time playing an actual instrument. It's not like the games are even good, or fun. I'm sorry, but I don't get that genre of gaming.
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