Wii Music - Wii Game (Retro Fam)

Wii Music takes the world of creating musical songs and brings it into the simple but fun world of the Wii. In some ways it's easier than the Guitar Hero / Rock Band games - in other ways it's more creative.First, the basics. You can play a song with 1-4 people. You can play a few minigames with 1-4 people. Also, you can take their built in lessons.I find the start-up of the game tedious. You have to go through a series of boring lessons when all you want to do is start playing. The game isn't complicated - wave the controls up and down to hit the drums, piano keys, or pretty much any instrument you play. I love the selection of instruments available, and that there are various stages to play on. The song selection is extremely limited though. You only have a few songs to start with and not that many more to unlock. Most are public domain songs, with a few Nintendo songs and a spare handful of "real" songs thrown in. With all the amazing music games out there, you'd think they could have FAR more songs in the set, whether they're old classics or new ones.In most other games like Guitar Hero you are trying to match the notes. The song has ABBB, you have to try to play ABBB in the right rhythm. Here, it's a free for all. You hammer the notes as much or as little as you want, and they play "in key". This makes it amazingly fun for kids - but more frustrating for musicians. You can't add your own take. All you can do is play or not play a note. Maybe you can play it louder or sof.

My daughter loves the game. I hooked the system up in my SUV and she played it for most of the 4 hour trip we went on.

Haven't had much chamce to play the game. So far there is a lot of prep time to learn how to have "Fun" with the game. It seems that you need to put time in to unlock more of the game. I think there is potential based on previews I just haven't gotten there yet.