Wii Music track list underwhelms

For a music game, it's hard to get excited about the inclusion of "Yankee Doodle" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

Wii Music track list underwhelms

Cute graphics I can handle, but cute music might not cut it (click for more screens)

One of the biggest head-scratchers for what some people call the "misunderstood" Wii Music is the less-than-desirable list of playable songs. Unlike Activision and EA, which are quick to boast about popular songs and household acts included in their rhythm games, Nintendo has opted to stay quiet on bundled songs in Wii Music.

Enter the diligent work of Video Games Blogger, whom have compiled a near-complete and known list of 48 tracks featured in the game, an overwhelming majority of which are public domain songs played in MIDI sound. Behold:

Partial track list

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 Titan by Gustav Mahler
34. Symphony No. 9 From the New World by Antonin Dvorak
35. Symphony No. 9 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. patriotic song

GamePro gave Wii Music a three and a half stars out of five rating. The game is available now.

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VictoryRed

Am I the only one that feels infuriated by simply looking at screenshots for this game?

Jake016

Wow... this game looks so terrible. The songs are awful. They should have just let the Nintendo theme songs go onto rock band or GH because most of the other songs are crap.

eday_2010

VictoryRed wrote:

Am I the only one that feels infuriated by simply looking at screenshots for this game?

This game is obviously aimed at very young kids (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star), and their parents (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go). I don't know how some people can't figure this out. So no need for you to get infuriated by a game that isn't even aimed at you (or me) or our demographic. The Wii is about something for everyone, not everything for some people.

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