You get 50 instruments according to the videos.  Not sure what you would consider far, but it's farther than Guitar Hero in terms of instruments and being able to create music.

Obviosly this is not shovelware, or people would just ignore it.  It's funny how so many people feel threatened by it's existence.  All this hype by the haters is starting to make me think I should pick this game up, as I clearly will not be able to trust any negative reviews, as they will be biased by all the hate out there for the game on the internet.

The "Causal" Cycle (as seen it in Nintendogs, Brain Academy, Wii Sports and Wii Fit):

1.- Nintendo announce a game/software focused on Causal Gimmicks.
2.- Fans became Outrage and blame Nintendo for "destroying" the industry
3.- Videos are released and fans became more Outrage and condemn the game/software to burn in hell
4.- Game/software is released and sell millions of copies.
5.- Some fans discovers that they like the game/software.
6.- Acts as if nothing had happened
7.- Wait for the next game/software and repet the cycle

Damn, when did they release kool-aid and where can I buy some?

Why? Because he likes music? Because he wants children to get some basic music education?

This thread is silly.

So I've read this entire thing and still haven't figured out exactly what it is that Miyamoto has lost.

His address book?

His car keys?

His glasses?

My brain is going to explode trying to figure this one out. I'm still trying to figure out who let the dogs out.

Remember that genius and insanity are measured differently only by success and failure.

@Kyros: And Guitar Hero gives you one piece of plastic. So, that's 2-1 for Wii Music. Also, Wii Music imitates 50 instruments, while Guitar Hero "imitates" only one. So that's 50-1 for Wii Music. And they are taking you a lot further than Guitar Hero, atleast in terms of gameplay.

@OkeyDokey: No, i'm not riling people up. they tend to do it by themselves. Look at Kyros, how is basing his arguments? By posting videos of people who can't play the game and saying "it sucks because i say so". The discussion could be even good, if there would be real arguments, but since there's practically none, people just get riled up.
Of course, i'm not saying that Wii Music is guaranteed to be good, but it has a lot potential considering about what we have seen so far and it having Miyamoto behind it, whose games usually deliver.
On a side note, what people seem to be forgetting (despite someone always bringing it up) is, that Miyamoto have played a guitar practically all his life, so i'm pretty positive about him knowing what it means to play an instrument. Maybe the simulation isn't perfect, but atleast it should have the creativity and fun -aspects in it.

And about the topic, what Miyamoto is talking about, is that when you take lessons in playing the instrument, you will learn how to play it, not what's fun in it (especially when its the parents who put their kids taking lessons). As Stof pointed out, even the Guitar Hero is getting people to take guitar lessons, so apparently people have learned that playing an instrument can be fun, despite them not playing one. Maybe the people would have wanted to do other stuff in Guitar Hero than just press buttons and are taking lessons to do that.

Some people have no imagination.

@Kyros: In your last post you just described how Guitar Hero works. But it only uses on instrument.