REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo’s new Wii Musicâ„¢ 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 active appreciation for music, Nintendo is working with teachers to incorporate Wiiâ„¢ consoles and Wii Music software into their lesson plans to offer teachers a unique tool for creativity and improvisation.

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There’s a five-pager up over at Edge today with Shigeru Miyamoto that makes for a good Friday morning read.

In it, the father of Nintendo talks Wii Music, and the trials and tribulations that have come so far with that evergreen title.

There’s also the brief aside to online play that every Nintendo exec seemingly makes today, in addition to some insight about what Miyamoto has in store for us next now that his initial Wii “to do” list is complete (Wii Music was the last box to check).

Okay, so maybe we don’t talk about turkeys or the country of Turkey this week, but Kyle, Will, and I do discuss Play It On Wii, whether or not Super Mario Bros 3 is better than Super Mario World, the Balance Board is back, and the Wii Music Contest winner announced!

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Sales projections for Nintendo’s winter “smash hit” title Wii Music, fell short of intended data expected to be as great as Wii Fit’s first month (650,000+). October yielded a meager 60,000 copies in the United States since Wii Music’s launch. Nintendo vice president of marketing, Cammie Dunaway expressed the company’s reaction to the incoming numbers…
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Tune in to this week’s broadcast of Infendo Radio number 125 to find out how you can win a copy of Wii Music!