Topic: Has anyone heard news or a release date for a Wii Music sequel?

i was wondering what news anyone knows for a wii music sequel?

There is none.

Absolutely nothing.

i googled it and found that nintendo has an idea for one.

It is a lie.

google also has a lot of new sega console and shenmue stuff floating around too, didn't make it true though.

That's the same as NOTHING. It is not an official announcement. It's like SEGA says they want to meke Shenmue 3, they want to do it, but that doesnt confirms anything.

Luckily, Wii Music sold like crap so there won't be one.

Speaking of Shenmue, I always have a laugh when people claim there is a chance of part 3 coming out. Delusion is good fun.

i wouldn't be surprised if a sequel is made i enjoyed the first one my only complainant is there wasn't enough nintendo songs

and on shenmue topic there never will be a 3rd game mostly the maker of it left sega years ago so with out him it would be pointless and he can't make one with out sega because they own the ip

So 3 million copies is crap now is it?

For a Miyamoto game? Sure.

It might not have lived up to expectations, but I think it did well enough for Nintendo to consider a sequel; just not one to be a stand-alone release like Wii Sports Resort.

Some of the rumors stem from a recent interview with Miyamoto where he spoke about what the development team would do if they were to get together to plan a sequel, based on how the first game was received. He noted that the game didn't have much general appeal, much to the surprise of everyone involved in developing it, but that there were indeed countless musically-inclined gamers who appreciated this title like no other.

I'll have to look for a link later, but it was within the past 3 or 4 weeks that this came up in an interview. Still, it's not confirmation of a sequel yet by any stretch.

Please do, I'd love to read that.

Also, where were you in this thread:
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii/wii_games_you_lovebut_...
?

Looks like I missed a good opportunity for some trademark page-long posts. I only avoided the thread on principle, due to "lovebut" being in the title.

...and here's your link, although it's really very brief, not a whole lot of detail here, and no direct transcript. Perhaps another blog or source would have better information (not a big fan of Joystiq meself).

During the Q&A that followed, when asked if he was particularly surprised by the reception of any of his games, Miyamoto responded that while he wasn't "truly surprised" by the reaction it got, he thinks "there may still be some possibility with ... Wii Music," the Big N's poorly received music title.

"The development team members, the directors of Wii Music were I think, maybe a little bit shocked by the reaction and had hoped it would get a better response than it did," Miyamoto explained through a translator. "So I think if we were to do anything, it would be a matter of getting back together with them and trying to understand what their expectations were and where the gap was between their expectations and what the resulting product was."

That doesn't mean Miyamoto doesn't have any insight into the game's failure to connect with gamers. He explained that the "gap between the positives and the negatives seems to be pretty big," referring to the games reception. "The thing that's interesting about Wii Music is there are people who are very versed in music and play the game and their evaluation of it is very high but at the same time there are a lot of people who play it and don't have a very good opinion of it."

As if to prevent any "Wii Music 2 confirmed!" headlines from finding their way online, Miyamoto clarified, "We have talked about it but it isn't anything that's concrete at this point."

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/15/miyamoto-there-may-still-be...

Thanks for that, WW. I definitely appreciate his realization that Wii Music was so polarizing. The good reviews are generally pretty steller, and the bad reviews pretty dismal. It's rare that I've encountered genuine "mixed feelings" about this one...it seems to pull very strongly in either one direction or the other.

I'd love to see a sequel, but, of course, I'm thinking of a sequel more in line with what I want from it...and if Miyamoto is looking to rectify this enormous split in the audience's perception, that may not be the direction he takes.

Still, I'd be interested to see what they do in the future, and I do hope it's something...maybe on the next console. Wii Music was astonishingly versatile, but maybe they didn't make that clear enough from the start. (Heck, I didn't know about it until you started giving me evidence, WW...)

I think they just need to market the sequel better. Let people know that this is a music creation tool--not Nintendo's answer to Guitar Hero or Rock Band. If they do a sequel, I would love an online database where you could share your music vids and rank and comment on other people's; similar to Flipnote Studio or LittleBigPlanet. And of course a full blown song editor might be interesting (although I like the setup they have with Wii Music just fine)

Well, 3 million of people like me that will not commit the same mistake twice

The next game will be called Wii Music: The Last Story. You have to play so loudly, you lose your hearing.