I think it's a good sign that the performance wasn't very good. Just proves that it's real time.
Electroplankton had a neat approach that lets people create interesting sound really easily, so I am fairly certain they are going to nail this one. It's a neat showcase of the difference between Nintendo and where certain other developers are heading: WiiMusic is active entertainment, while Guitar Hero is passive entertainment. Granted, GH and RockBand add a welcome active touch to a passive thing, but it's still passive since players just learn, adapt to and endlessly repeat existing rhythms. There isn't really much creativity involved within the game itself.
I also like that this will not result in a million plastic guitars finding their way into landfills once they reach obsolescence. (Or so we can hope. If they put out WiiMusic controller shells, we are all doomed).
Instead, getting new instruments will involve simply pressing a few buttons, then the controller becomes something else :)
Okay, on the other hand, they looked like lunatics. However, does it look any less wacky than four people hammering away on fake guitars? Watch somebody playing GH without sound and you, too, will accept how horrible it appears -- especially if you are in range to hear the clacky noises.
Electroplankton had a neat approach that lets people create interesting sound really easily, so I am fairly certain they are going to nail this one. It's a neat showcase of the difference between Nintendo and where certain other developers are heading: WiiMusic is active entertainment, while Guitar Hero is passive entertainment. Granted, GH and RockBand add a welcome active touch to a passive thing, but it's still passive since players just learn, adapt to and endlessly repeat existing rhythms. There isn't really much creativity involved within the game itself.
I also like that this will not result in a million plastic guitars finding their way into landfills once they reach obsolescence. (Or so we can hope. If they put out WiiMusic controller shells, we are all doomed).
Instead, getting new instruments will involve simply pressing a few buttons, then the controller becomes something else :)
Okay, on the other hand, they looked like lunatics. However, does it look any less wacky than four people hammering away on fake guitars? Watch somebody playing GH without sound and you, too, will accept how horrible it appears -- especially if you are in range to hear the clacky noises.