I have to admit, I thought Wii Music looked like stupid fun with friends when it was shown off at E3, but I realize now I have sold the latest "Wii" project way short. I should have known better than to doubt given the people involved, but what I didn't realize until I had the game in my hands was just how much control the player actually has over the music. This distinction pushes Wii Music far away from the illusions of grandeur provided by a game like Guitar Hero and makes it one of the freshest and most forward-thinking experiences I've had this year. That mention of GH will be the only one in this article because it and Wii Music have no more in common than Call of Duty and Company of Heroes do, despite both being about the same general subject.
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Alright, around here we're not only about breaking down and working through our experiences in gaming, we can run the gamut here, and tonight we're going to go off the board. I'm a big music guy period, so it's only natural that I've got a proclivity for great achievements in game music. Today we're going to check in with a fresh YouTube artist named Hyadain who brings his own electronic touch and crazy Japanese lyrics to anything he wants to touch. The guy is one of the better examples of the upside to YouTube in that it allows people like him with something to offer to wail from the rooftops no matter how niche. So, hit the jump and on the other side, I've got a few choice songs queued up and ready to go.
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