E308 Media | Wii Music Accelerandoes into E3

During their annual E3 conference Nintendo unleashed their Wii music, and as expected it's a motion-filled festival that'll satisfy even the most hardcore of audiophiles.

Have fun creating and composing some fantastic masterpieces complete with Miis. The tool: Your Wii remote and nunchuck. Wii Music aims to simply music to the point of pure fun. There are no mistakes, apparently, just promises for hours and hours of music-making fun! Players can improvise to their heart's content and never miss a beat � with the game adjusting styles and jams into complete pieces.

Wii Music does what it says on the tin: allow performers to whip out over 60 unique instruments mimicking action for example drumming, hammering away on a piano and strumming away your guitar. Instead of complex button patterns and rhythms he game relies on simple movement to bring across a similar feeling of performing. To start, there's a serious of songs and instruments to use to play them. The fun doesn't stop there � depending on the way a performer interprets the piece can vastly affect the outcome. From a range of classic and latin numbers to Nintendo themes, the game has most bases covered!

At the end of the day performances can be saved and shipped off to friends to listen to on their own Wiis around the world.

Wii Music includes many other modes besides the main band jams, including several musical games and an enhanced video playback mode for recorded jams.

� Play it again: Use the playback mode to see your jam recordings brought to life with dramatic camera angles.
� Pick up the baton: Command an orchestra in the conducting game where you'll wave the Wii Remote controller like a conductor's baton to lead a Mii orchestra through orchestrated music. Make them play quickly, slowly, strongly or gently.
� Ring a bell? Play a handbells game where you'll swing your Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers to play your two handbells as part of a larger ensemble. Everyone on the team has a job to do: Play one of your notes only when the tune demands it.
� An ear for music: Take a tone quiz that tests your musical ear by giving you challenges, like putting note-playing Miis in order from lowest to highest pitch.
� Bang the drum: Play a virtual drum set in the drumming mode, the one mode in Wii Music that also uses the Wii Balance Board accessory (sold with Wii Fit�). You'll use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers as drumsticks, and place both feet on the Wii Balance Board�which work as virtual pedals for the bass drum and hi-hat cymbal.