Wii Sports, with its simple, but fun (and in the case of bowling, surprisingly deep) control mechanics, has proven a runaway sensation for Nintendo. I still pick up the compilation now and again, ...

October 21, 2008 While music based rhythm games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band let players let out their inner Rock God, Nintendo, like they have done for the majority of their Wii titles, have ...

When the NPD Group released its October sales figures yesterday, one title was noticeably absent from the top 10--Wii Music. For weeks, cash-flush Nintendo has been heavily hyping the title, the last ...

Nintendo is teaming with The National Association for Music Education to get the Wii and Wii Music into schools, the two announced today. The collaboration will have music teachers in 51 cities using ...

Drum roll, please! Nintendo has debuted Wii Music, a new game for its popular Wii gaming console that lets players mimic the motions of more than 60 real-life instruments using the motion-sensitive ...

Creator of games like <i>Super Mario Bros.</i> and <i>Donkey Kong</i> sits down to talk about his latest title--one Nintendo hopes will be a holiday hit. Daniel Terdiman is a senior writer at CNET ...

Nintendo's new Wii Music game is spreading from the family room to the classroom, thanks to newly formed collaborations with select schools and educators. To help inspire students and promote an ...

You might play games with your kids at home. But would you send your kids to school to play video games? Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

The defining quality of the most successful games for the Wii has been broad accessibility -- anybody can start playing and have fun, regardless of their skill level. "Wii Music" is the first mass ...

Wii Music arrives with high hopes attached - and the stamp of Shigeru Miyamoto, resident development genius at Nintendo and all-round legend. But for the first time, Miyamoto-san has crafted an ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Maybe it's the part-time musician in us, but something about the Wii Music demo at this year's Nintendo E3 press conference rubbed us the wrong way.

One reason music games are so big is that they're fun to watch: the blaring chart tune, the hypnotic pulses of the display, the posturing antics of your friends. The fact that they make a good ...