Have you played the game?

Waving your arms =/= doing something? And your movements DO effect how the song plays out, it effects the tempo. The people outside aren't going to slow down or speed up in sync with my arm movements. The drum mini-game use buttons, motions, and the balance board for more a specfic set-up.

There's nothing wrong with not being interested in Wii Music or down right disliking it. But trying to justify your dislike by trying to pretend it's devoid of any interaction is simply foolish. You might not find the interaction meaningful to you, and again there's nothing wrong with that.

@ vaio - Yeah we should do a contest together or something when it comes out. My family really don't have plans for Christmas this year so I'll probably have some extra money to burn this holiday season.

I know it will sell but I don't think kids should be so underrated. I mean, yes if something is too hard it can be annoying.  But does you having no consequence in the game make it so much more enriching? I mean, you also feel good when you accomplish SOMETHING.  You gotta know a lot of people are gonna be like "Okay, but what do I do?"

Edit - Well it seems there is some input.  Doesn't change my opinion of the game, but at least I guess it is a game now.

When is this game supposed to be released?

The success of Wii Music will depend on how many people there are out there who want to make music, but don't want to actually learn how to play an instrument. And I have this nagging suspicion that quite a few people out there fall into that category. I certainly know a lot of people who enjoy the idea of making music, but can't be bothered to actually take lessons.

And yeah, Guitar Hero is already out there, but you still have to learn how to play that. It's not a huge learning curve, as I understand it, but it's still more than many people will tolerate. There's nothing intuitive about it; if anything, it's less intuitive than DDR, the game that it more or less transplants into keyboard form, since there's nothing natural about hitting colored buttons to play guitar while there is something natural about moving your feet in given directions to dance.

Do I have to? You cant tell by watching the vids alone? How will you choose a videogame if its shovelware or not if you dont know by watching alone? BTW how will you simulate a clarinet with just 2 buttons or you can make a perfect notes by just pressing a?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwxSJ1h8OMk

@NYANKS

I am not underselling kids, just basing this off an n of 1 (my six-year-old son).

He is starting to play racing games well (Mario Kart). He can solve puzzles in games (Zack & Wiki). He can do some platformers (Kirby). He is an experienced fighter (SSBM/SSBB).

But he could not get through a song on Guitar Hero.

Mike from Morgantown

PS -- Tonight should be interesting. He wants to play Defend Your Castle.

PPS -- Wii Music will have more substance than Happy Family. But that would not be hard.

We are giving far too much attention to this crap called a game (or toy or whatever it is meant to be). I wish we would just let it die. I don't want to hear about Wii Music or read about it.

Amazon.com lists it as Oct. 20th currently, no idea if that's definitive or not.

As for the "Okay, but what do I do?" question. I'd answer it with another question. "What can you do?" Same thing I'd say to someone asking me about Mario Paint.

It's not the great next thing. in fact, I hope it flops, so Nintendo doesn't make another one and makes something good instead.