We were tooling around on the Virtual Console this evening while not really paying attention, and in the midst of the multitasking, the realization hit that everyone in the room was really into the Wii Shop channel music. We're talking bobbing heads, humming softly, the works. It's really catchy for something so unendingly cheerful, but maybe we just hear it a lot around here. It's grown on us. But it inspired us to ask how you felt about the various random tunes that pour out of your Wii. Do you hate the menu music, or do you secretly rock out to it (in a gentle, cheery fashion, of course)?Wii Warm Up: Wii menu music
We were tooling around on the Virtual Console this evening while not really paying attention, and in the midst of the multitasking, the realization hit that everyone in the room was really into the Wii Shop channel music. We're talking bobbing heads, humming softly, the works. It's really catchy for something so unendingly cheerful, but maybe we just hear it a lot around here. It's grown on us. But it inspired us to ask how you felt about the various random tunes that pour out of your Wii. Do you hate the menu music, or do you secretly rock out to it (in a gentle, cheery fashion, of course)?
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1-23-2008 @ 9:26AM
Mr Khan said...
The Shop Channel music always gets stuck in my head, but the other GUI music is boring, to say the least
Now Radiant Dawn, there's a game with some stirring music
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1-23-2008 @ 9:46AM
Kevin said...
When we opened up our Wii box, got it all setup and checked out the Wii shop channel, my 2 year old son immediately started dancing to the music. Now when we head to that channel and he is on the other side of the room, once he hears the music he comes running over to dance.
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1-31-2008 @ 11:34AM
rob piggott said...
http://rapidshare.com/files/88091702/Wii_Mii_Channel.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/88090396/Wii_Shopping_Music.mp3
go fill ya boots and add to your cell phone..great little tunes that i cant ge tout of my head
Rob
1-23-2008 @ 9:48AM
Neal Eaton said...
I love the quirky, funky elevator music on all of the channels.
I found a site a few months back that had all of the channels musical scores available, and I have them here on my iBook so I can get my cheeriness up when 'The Man' gets me down. The Mii channel's music does the trick most of the time...but The Shop's music is by far the catchiest.
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1-23-2008 @ 9:56AM
Co said...
Is it just me or does ithe music sound like its straight from Mario Paint?
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1-23-2008 @ 10:02AM
Hame said...
Yeah the Wii Shop Channel music is awesome. They should play this music in all shops from now on.
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1-23-2008 @ 10:06AM
vidGuy said...
I enjoy the quirky scores; I too have them in mp3 form on my computer.
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1-23-2008 @ 5:04PM
djbuhhda said...
that is so awsome. where can i get them i needs them nows.
1-23-2008 @ 10:07AM
jan_halmes said...
Everything about the Wii operating system is brilliant. It's so friging charming.
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1-23-2008 @ 10:18AM
Baconbitz said...
I love all the Wii music but, I wish I had all of it. I have a lot of music from Wii sports but, none from the Wii shop channel. My Mom thinks its just bland elevator music but, sometimes I will bring up a channel just to listen to the music.
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1-23-2008 @ 10:19AM
Croove55 said...
Anyone on here who has fruity loops? Hypothetical mission for anyone who does: remix the wii shop music.
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1-23-2008 @ 10:35AM
dubdub said...
I really like 'Photo Channel - Slideshow (Scenic)'. I admit to sometimes starting the photochannel just to listen to that track.
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1-23-2008 @ 10:44AM
meist3r said...
Big-N did a great job on most of the tunes to make them easy on the ears even after you've heard them hundreds of times. And yes the Wii Shop music is elevator music ... but it really grooves.
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1-23-2008 @ 10:53AM
JaffaBoy said...
I love doing the "cheesy embarassing dad dancing" when this plays... drives the kids nuts!!! :-)
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1-23-2008 @ 11:05AM
Serious Kano said...
My father hates the Wii Menu music because it annoys him. He always makes me turn the sound off when he's in the same room.
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1-23-2008 @ 11:13AM
betsy said...
I adore the weather music. I put it on whenever I take a nap.
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1-23-2008 @ 11:16AM
Genome4824 said...
That's one of my favorite Nintendo songs of all time.
Sometimes... when I can't sleep I put the channel start page on and just listen to the song with my surround sound on... and I go out like a light.
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1-23-2008 @ 12:51PM
Gonzo said...
Sorry but no, I'm not too into muzak.
I'm more of a Tom Waits fan so if I'm hearing non offensive background music, I prefer something with a little more bass. Or any bass for that matter.
The wii music sounds like it was composed by a blind over exhausted/crashing raver with a broken vibraphone and a poor memory.
No wonder popular music keeps getting worse, it's just reflecting people's tastes and lack thereof .
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1-23-2008 @ 1:56PM
heyzeus said...
To be honest, i don't think its fair to suggest that the menu screen music is in anyway realted to falling standards in commercial pop music.
Anything lyrical or too contemporary would grate the skin off your ears within a week! I like what they've done with it, the nerdy muzak is in fitting with the nintendo image anyway i think, goofy and endearing.
I particuarly like the weather channel at night time, i also snooze to that. A guilty pleasure - I'm glad im not the only one. Has anyone else noticed that it can be relaxing just using the left and right buttons to flick through the news stories/ weather reports? Each direction is accompanied by a suitable tone, tuned to the music. Sometimes its the smaller details that make a difference to how you appreciate something.
Anyway wii muzak fanboydom aside, I have noticed is that my quite a lot louder than anything else plugged into my telly. I have to have the volume on pretty low or it blasts out!
1-23-2008 @ 2:06PM
AshStampede said...
the intro to the shop channel is my message tone on my mobile. you know the quick sucession of "dants"
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1-23-2008 @ 2:24PM
Rainer said...
The Wii shop channel might be my least favorite music.
My ABSOLUTE favorite would be the background noise when a system update is downloading.
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1-23-2008 @ 6:40PM
Chris said...
I am nuts about the opening sound to the News Channel. Sometimes I just open it over and over again to hear it.
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1-23-2008 @ 6:51PM
ProudWiiOwner said...
wow...that annoys the hullaota everyone in my family.
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1-23-2008 @ 8:08PM
Baconbitz said...
Can anyone link me to any of this music?
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1-23-2008 @ 8:29PM
vibemaster said...
i can't believe i'm the first to mention the check mii out channel's music. it's just so catchy.
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1-23-2008 @ 10:01PM
vidGuy said...
Search helps. Unfortunately, the site I found back then has been taken down. I would Google it as I'm sure the MP3s are still out there, but of course anything with the words "Wii" and "music" returns sites about "Wii Music" and "MP3" returns "Metroid Prime 3". Good luck.
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/02/09/wii-warm-up-how-bout-them-tunes/
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1-24-2008 @ 12:30AM
tiamat1990 said...
I really don't know why everyone loves it. I find it VERY irritating. Bloody elevator music...
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1-25-2008 @ 7:33AM
mr.blonde said...
Wii Sports, Training section. Rave music in there
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2-01-2008 @ 2:05PM
lovelain said...
i love all the music. the shop channel music sounds VERY reminiscent of sims music to me (like some of the old stuff on buy mode) and i'm a huge sims fan so i tend to like it.
the news channel intro (like when you just click on the channel) is kinda funny...sounds like nintendo's version of a "FOX NEWS ALERT!" or something.
weather channel music is nice and peaceful....although i'm rarely on that channel since the weather doesn't seem to be very accurate.
i also love all the check mii out music (and the graphics, very pretty stuff).
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