Yea, big suprise ...

I could argue endlessly on this topic, as I personally believe Wii Music to be the most musically engrossing game ever created (yes, that's an easily defensible position, and I studied music theory / history for years), however I only have a minute, so I can argue those points later.

What I'd like to stress is this: IGN's Nintendo coverage is absolutely pitiful, and the real tragedy isn't Wii Music sales but rather the fact that IGN hasn't gone out of business yet. There's nothing I despise more than the endless wining of "not enough Zelda games" combined with an embarrassing inability to judge any game that doesn't fit the usual mold.

Personally I hope Nintendo completely ignores the IGN crowd, and all like them, in its future decisions, as it has apparently been doing thus far. Every time I see another idiot like Matt C. wining about the abandoned "hardcore" gamer, which itself is a concept I find laughable, while at the same time scratching his head at the latest game, I smile and praise Nintendo for slowly but surely alienating the people that have made gaming look like nothing but a useless pastime for socially awkward adolescent males :)

I would love a sequel to have a much larger control over the pitch: like, when playing the piano, moving the controller to the left or right selects a higher or lower harmony. I'd never stop playing that.

@Kyros: It's nice to see you don't even understand what karaoke is about.
Karaoke is about people wanting to sing. The people may not know how to keep in rhythm, or know the words properly or even can't sing the right melody. Karoke gives you the words and the melody to sing and if we take Singstar into observation, it takes this a step further, it shows you when to go up or down in the melody.
This is the excact same idea Wii Music bases itself, but instead of singing, it's about playing.
The reviews are understandable, since if you don't have prior experience with music, it's really hard to come out with anything but noise. But, if you take the lessons and practise a little, you'll soon get a grip.

Funny you mentioned the drumset, if you have a balance board, you'll have a complete drumset that is like playing real drums (unlike the Rockband set).

@Esa-Petteri: More likely explanation is, that Wii Music offers much more replay value.

@Topic: Just popped into my mind, that Wii Music is showing the problem with games in general, only this time reviewers as an example. Since Wii Music requires some practise to master the game, when the reviewers just want to pick the game up and play, they actually have set theirselves into the position of a traditional non-gamer, who could be interested in games, if the games were easy to pick up, instead of going through tutorials and the proper use of analog stick and complex button combinations. Hahaha.

^ This just in, reviewers not hardcore enough for Wii Music

Tomorrows news: Mass suicide of video game reviewers

IGN failing? That's nothing new.

IGN admitting that they failed? Now that's impressive.

Despite IGN's claim of the game being a success I'm sure Nintendo execs will very carefully note that while the game has sold in excess of 2 million, it'll probably max out 8.

@Kyros: Up and down. And using your feet too. Force feedback is basically the only thing that's really missing. Other than that, it plays like real drums. It's actually impressive what you can do in Wii Music. Get the game and try it out, once you figure the game out after a couple of tries, you'll love it (same goes for Tuoyo).

He said balance board... You know, that silly piece of hardware that people stand on to play WiiFit? Yeah, that board.