Nintendo Wii Fanboy

Just depends on the game. If it's a game that has the same repetative music over and over, then I'll listen to my own music. If the games got its own music that changes throughout the game, then I'll listen to the games music.

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Yes, all the time. Mostly on Mario Kart. There's only so much up-tempo music one can take. It's really grating after ten minutes, or so. I know I'm not alone with this thought.

I play mostly Wu-Tang, Cody Chestnutt, or whatever CD teens hand to me when I get off the bus/underground.

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I listen to my own music while on Garry's Mod and Team Fortress 2. And I really wish I could put my own music, from an SD card like in Excite Truck, on a few other games on the Wii. Mainly, Wii Sports, Brawl, and maybe even Pokémon Battle Revolution. And I hope I can do that in Animal Crossing Wii.

On the other hand, I would never put my own music over the stuff in Super Mario Galaxy or Metroid Prime 3. Those are too good to not be heard.

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Normally only while playing computer games; I do that more often than Wii gaming, actually.

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elvis FTW

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When I play racing games on the 360 or when I'm online so I don't have to listen to people talking.

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I have a great Endless Ocean playlist in my iTunes (Brian Eno, Oophoi, Harold Budd, etc.) that I prefer listening to over the game's music.

When doing wii fit jogging I prefer listening to my own music. I mean, I don't think there's even any game music for jogging, is there? Just the sound effects. (Someday I'd like to time certain music spots with the cliff jump.)

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The music in a games is as much a part of the experiences as the character design.

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Some games just have terrible music. I'd never do that to a Zelda game, or Mario, or any thing that has proven itself. I loved Tales of Symphonia for my GCN, but I loved the music considerably less.

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Only with sports or racing games (like Madden, Mario Strikers Charged, and ExciteTruck). They generally don't have exceptional music of their own, so I think its ok.


However, I would never dream of listening to my own music for games like Super Mario Galaxy, The Legend of Zelda, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, etc. - games that really put a lot of effort into their music.

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Minigames, fighting games, racing games, skateboarding games, online competitive gaming, basically anything that isn't plot heavy, anything in which the music isn't an integral part of the story or experience, are all required to have my own personal music. Epic action/adventure games are the only ones where I consistantly don't use my own music. Why more games don't utilize the sd slot on the Wii is both a mystery and a tragedy. A perfect example? Excite Truck. I would have never been able to get an "S" rating on every track in every mode without playing my own music. I was so sick of the in-game garbage music within the first hour of play that I was ready to pierce my own eardrums. If you have no personal taste in music, then you probably don't care. If you do actually give a damn about what music you listen to, then this is an absolute must for arcade style and multiplayer games. I've been doing this since the days of NES, and it has always hugely increased my enjoyment of many great games. If it ain't plot heavy, then give me some sd love, damnit! At the very least, give me the option to turn down the music volume and turn up the SFX and I'll run my own music. There have been times where I flat out couldn't even bring myself to play an otherwise good or even great game simply because it lacked the option to adjust only the music volume and the in game music was either horrible or just not my cup of tea. It should always be an option to use the SD slot in games where the music isn't an integral part of the story. That way the end user can have the freedom to chose which they prefer, and freedom of choice is always a good thing.

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