Just when we thought we knew the tune it looks like Nintendo have decided to remix it and throw in an extra chorus and a new middle eight! Wii Music looked like a fun ‘toy’ that allowed some Balance Board / Drum action and a variety of instruments for us to mess around with and not much else. But new details about the title have emerged which make the title sound much more appealing.

Firstly there is now some licensed music involved, who knows it may add a Rock Band / Guitar Hero (Cello Hero?) element to the game. There will be around 50 songs altogether not all will be licensed material) providing ‘endless possibilities’. The conductor element is still in place and best of all there will be a selection of ‘incentive based’ games in which players will be judged with a score. The games are: Mii Maestro (The Conductor element mentioned above), ‘Hand-Bell Harmony’ which offers a multi-player game featuring coloured bells which must be chimed in sequence. And finally there is ‘Pitch Perfect’, in which you attempt to match sounds of similar pitch to see if you have a  musical ear, kind of like an audio version of the Balance test! Wii Music is set for release on October 20th and now seems like it could be a hit.

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