E3 08: Miyamoto tells us why we don't need Rock Band or Guitar Hero

So I'm still confused. And I'm not being funny here, I'm really asking: What do you actually do?

mmmh, playing that I'm playing a game?, no thanks, I like to play games

Is this man becoming the George Lucas of the gaming world?

The flaw in Miyamoto's statement is that a lot of people don't 'get into a really good rhythm'; they just think they do and so they really need a game that's isn't going to tell them otherwise.

In practice I think it'll be like a jukebox you have to crank to keep the music playing. You don't have to be exceptionally rhythmic, you just have to keep cranking at a reasonable pace.

It sounds like they're just going to make the margin of error so big that it goes from 'are you doing the right things at the right times' to 'are you doing things'

The guitar hero corollary would be a controller where the entire neck was just one button and you only had to strum on 45% of the notes.

Wii Music looks interesting, but I think it's obvious to just about everyone that it SOUNDS like crap.

It's just a shitty music game for entitled casuals

I've just realized Destructoid is made up of bitter assholes.
It's good to learn something new every day though I guess

"how do you do that in a way where people don’t have to worry about hitting the wrong note or making a mistake?"

Is Miyamoto saying that basically he wants to make games that have no challenge at all? Most of the fun of Guitar Hero and Rock Band is that you improve your game. You get better at it, and there's a level of satisfaction in completing the game. Basically what Miyamoto wants is for you to have something to do with your hands while music is playing in the background.

whee.

I fell asleep during his sax solo. Zzz.

@Leathersoup:

100% agreement. Might as well just buy a song and lip sync to it. That's about the same difficulty level as this crap will provide.

After how I struggled like crazy just to get past the Easy level on GH3, I love that I can now play songs on Expert mode. There's a great sense of satisfaction in seeing yourself become better. Probably the greatest satisfaction was finally being able to use that damned fifth button.

Wii Music looks like it will totally suck balls. I will definitely be adding Rock Band 2 and GH:WT to my Wii collection. I promise that Wii Music will never enter my house.

What's the difference between this and me jamming on my tennis racket to my ipod? Better music selection on the ipod?

*sells wii*

Hopefully Wii Music has all sorts of classic Nintendo songs in it. Plus put in all the K.K. songs from Animal Crossing, too!

Wait, when did Miyamoto say Guitar Hero and RockBand is obsolete to Wii Music? That seems so forced to me.

But yeah, like Wii Fit, Speak, and the rest, I'm not too interested.

I can definitely see how this would be fun to play around with. I like to jam with real instruments with my friends, though.

I can see people wanting a more Guitar Hero-like way to play with it. Have some song play, hit the notes at the right time ... A freeform challenge -- "I am going to learn to play Bouree" -- is just as fun for me, though.