Wii Music Dated for October 20, 2008 — Why We Think It’s a Toy
Nintendo’s biggest game that comes out this year, Wii Music is officially scheduled to come out on October 20, 2008. Although the word ‘game’ is used loosely. In fact we have a HUGE issue calling it a game.
You see, we feel anything that uses the word game should have a set of rules and the player(s) must follow them better than the other competitor(s) to insure victory. Wii Music doesn’t include that philosophy in anyway. When some Nintendo Fanboys get upset when gamers call it a toy, we think they need to come down because when you think about it, it really is. Here is the definition of the word toy:
1.)An object for children to play with.
2.)Something of little importance; a trifle.
3.)An amusement; a pastime: thought of the business as a toy.
Honestly, when you look at the definition, does Wii Music follow that more, because we believe it does. But to call it a game in our opinion makes the industry we love look VERY immature.
As a matter of fact, we’re not even saying that we’re not going to play it, nor do we think we’ll have a terrible time when we do. We’re just not sure what kind of reply value the music simulator will have. How many times can I play ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star‘ with no reason besides to kill time?
Oh and another thing, check out the video above. Nintendo has just released another trailer for the ‘toy,’ and the girl this time is ‘playing’ a harmonica. For gods sakes, does it even sound close to the instrument?
September 20th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Yeah, right. Toys are for children. Games are not…oh, wait.
Jsut because you don’t like the game and it has different values then what you worship doesn’t mean you should debase it. Some people do like it, and if they came out and said “EPIC GAMES BLOCKBUSTER is not a real game because it tells you what to do, you press buttons, and it does it. You have no real control.” You would be pissed that they were attacking your oh-so-holy of a past time.
September 21st, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Joe:
He’s not criticizing it because it’s different, he’s criticizing it because it has no real goals.Games are supposed to have something to accomplish.Whether it’s save the princess, score the touchdown, or strangle the Nazis, there are goals.This is like that tiny piano you would get as a kid.You’ll play some of the keys, get bored and do something else.
It’s not an issue of opinion, really.You can hate other games as much as you want, they’re still games.This, however, is just a feature.It’s the Microsoft paint of music, destined to be toyed with while you’re waiting for you’re microwave lasagna to finish cooking.
In my opinion, it’s Guitar Hero, without the rock star fantasy or, you know, the songs.