Wii Music

Wii Music is the first music game. Rock Band and Guitar Hero? Those are song games. Those are games made by music aficionados who like songs. Specifically, rock songs. Wii Music was made by composers - Nintendo's men of music gathered together and put in charge. And so they made a game about what they know: how music works.

Wii Music is an arrangement sim. It is not an instrument simulator. Yes, flicking the remote to play the different guitars imitates strumming, but only a lunatic would equate presses of 1 and 2 with the contortion required to fart a song from the bagpipes. This isn't a bad thing, it just means anyone can do it. Which means Wii Music can get on with the business at hand: being an arrangement sim.