If you were afraid thatWii Musicwas at risk of being interesting, then fear not, because good ol’ Shigeru Miyamoto is here toset things right. The impish game creator has confirmed that MotionPlus will not be supported byWii Musicfor the sake of accessibility.
The Nintendo workhorse did, however, suggest that if MotionPlus became a popular fixture, an updatedWii Musicmight be released to take advantage:
“But I would think, going forward, once we have an installed base for Wii MotionPlus that’s large enough, then we would look at potentially doing a version ofWii Musicthat includes other instruments where, if you do have one or maybe two Wii MotionPlus devices, then you would have much greater ability to… It would be an instrument that would take great advantage of what Wii MotionPlus could do to allow you to perform music.”
Miyamoto also stated that MotionPlus would be a good way to present a new level of challenge to players afterWii Musichad been on the shelves for a while:
“In an instance like that then we might, perhaps, be looking at what we can do with Wii MotionPlus to create those instruments that are a lot more difficult and challenging to play, but give the player perhaps greater satisfaction because they have more direct control of the sounds they are creating. We could even perhaps start experimenting with that relatively soon.”
Personally, I’m not up for holding a white stick to my mouth while someone tells me it’s a trumpet, but MotionPlus would have added to the experience. I have no doubt in my mind that, should the extra waggle doingle take off, we’ll be seeing a newWii Musicthat supports it sooner rather than later.
