No price cut for the Wii and Wii's successor is in progress said Iwata

[Onyxmeth]

famousringo said:

Demotruk said:

JGarret said:
Wii Music almost at 3 million and Animal Crossing passing 3 million is disappointing to Iwata?...was he expecting WiiFit/Mario Kart like sales?...if so, maybe it´s one of the (rare?) cases of Nintendo misreading their blue ocean market.

The problem with Wii Music was that it was too experimental. They wanted to do something with UGC, but they put it into a much too important game. They should have focused on the content (ie. more songs, and not just old free songs...)

I agree, the content offered was the biggest shortcoming of the game. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Yankee Doodle are useful for instructional purposes, but they aren't going to set anybody's heart ablaze. Even the few pop songs on the disc were bland old hits from the 80s.

To add to Khuutra's license-free Nintendo songs, they could have included more classical compositions without having to pay a license fee. Licensed music could have been added to a DLC store to recoup costs.

Normally, Nintendo's gameplay over content focus is well-founded, but you just can't make a music game without offering some killer content these days.

I don't even think it's that. I think Nintendo merely got it wrong thinking the rhythm genre wasn't being catered to. Wii Music was wholly unnecessary when Rock Band and Guitar Hero gave the beginner gamer, the traditionalist gamer, the gamer looking for a challenge, and the local multiplayer crowd precisely what they wanted; the feeling they were participating in a band and/or playing an instrument. Once you've got legitimate fake instruments in your hands, going to air guitar is a step backwards. I will admit it didn't help matters any that Wii Music's soundtrack absolutely blew chunks though.