Nintendo Technologies currently are the market leaders in video gaming consoles. Today, the Wii game supporters are spread all over the globe. Over 20 million satisfied customers are what the company can lay claim to. The Shop 5 video game rental library in Melbourne runs the largest ever block of games that contain the Wii games. The latest addition to the gaming fraternity is the contribution of Wii Music by Nintendo.

Wii Music is a musical video game where the user can play all kinds of musical instruments, virtually. It is a free gaming module where the player makes the use of Wii components such as the Wii remote, Wii balance board-for drum set only and nunchuk. This game is a part of the newly added section of Touch generation and Wii series games.

In this game, both the motion technique and button press are utilized in playing instruments. The players were to only act as if he were playing an instrument. The remote and nunchuk recognize the action and act accordingly to play the music.

There are various types of musical instruments that can be played from the Wii Music. This includes violin, guitar, drum set, saxophone, mouth organ, harmonica, piano etc. The list is ongoing. The gaming console is also able to produce sounds imitating the voices of cats and dogs. The interface allows the users to play traditional Japanese sounds such as those of Kung Fu and characteristic singer voices such as doo-wop vocals. For the wood wind instrument, the player has to move the Wii remote console up and down to change the blowing speed. Similarly, in guitar playing, the player can hold the C button to play chord strings and not only the single notes.

There are many types of modes associated with the players’ efficiency of playing. He can opt for the quick jam mode for where a background song plays along with the player performing in the front. The improvisation mode expects the users to play the Wii Music without the external aid of background music. The custom jam console allows a group of six people to participate at once. Four of them can play the instruments while two can take the computer controls in their hands. The game has a unique feature of allowing the sounds to be overdubbed. The player can record different voices over the same piece of music by playing them again and again. In this way the same player can take the benefit of playing for the entire band. The sounds can be saved, deleted and edited many number of times.