10 Video Games That Sold MILLIONS (Despite Being Terrible)

10. Wii Music

The mid-to-late noughties was a golden period for rhythm games. The likes of Guitar Hero and Rock Band saw gamers across the world strutting their stuff and living out their rock star fantasies in the comfort of their living rooms.

Naturally, Nintendo wanted to get in on the action in their own idiosyncratic way. Unfortunately, this particular brand of idiosyncratic genius was less The Beatles and more John & Yoko.

Wii Music suffered from two problems. One was its inescapable air of cheapness, from the lo-tech graphics to the public domain songs that made up the majority of its tracklist. The other was a total lack of immersion.

Guitar Hero and its ilk succeeded because playing on their peripherals created a genuine sense of engagement with the music. Wii Music, on the other hand, simply asked players to half-heartedly swing the Wii controller about in a vague approximation of whichever instrument you were tasked with playing.

This had all the immersion of waving a baguette at home and pretending you were conducting the London Symphony Orchaestra, with the downside that you couldn't eat the Wiimote afterwards.