E308 | Wii Music 'Better Than a Video Game', Says Miyamoto

Sadly Nintendo's demonstration of Wii Music on-stage at this year's E3 event probably put a lot of people off the game, but Miyamoto-san believes it will appeal to a wider audience thanks to it being more of a musical toy that will make it "...better than a video game."

From the reception on the show floor it became clear that the cacophony produced during the group demonstration hardly did anything to sell the idea of Wii Music, unlike the successful trialling of Wii Fit the year prior. However, reports state that the individual play-tests were far better, with players able to get a better feel of the instruments on offer, such as the guitars, steel drums, vibraphones, harpsichords, toy pianos, singers, tubas and even dog suits. Of course, being able to re-arrange the classic Super Mario Bros. started to win gamers over as well. Add in that the player's Mii character can 'Beat Box' and suddenly the whole prospect becomes slightly more interesting.

Shigeru Miyamoto actually believes Wii Music can act as some sort of educational tool that will appeal to those not quite enamoured with Rock Band and Guitar Hero, stating:

"I really think that half of an elementary music school could be dedicated to this. I'm hoping that through Wii Music, we'll get more drummers, more musicians and more people interested in music."