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Major Minor's Majestic March 
Developer(s) NanaOn-Sha Publisher(s) Designer(s) Masaya Matsuura Artist(s) Rodney Greenblat Platform(s) Wii Release date(s) Genre(s) Music Mode(s) Single-player Rating(s) ESRB: E Media/distribution Wii Optical Disc Major Minor's Majestic March (メジャマジ・マーチ Mejamaji Māchi) is a music video game for the Wii. It was created by Parappa the Rapper designer Masaya Matsuura and famous artist Rodney Greenblat.[3]
Major Minor’s Majestic March uses the Wii Remote as a mace (a form of baton used exclusively by drum majors) that the drum major, Major Minor, uses to keep tempo, recruit new band members and pick up valuable items. While marching through eight whimsical locations that contain various hair-raising events, Major Minor strives to create the most impressive parade ever. Players can add up to 15 different instruments to their dynamic procession—including brass, woodwinds, and percussion—to alter its composition and resulting performance. Players are then scored on how well their band maintains its rhythm and manages obstacles that could otherwise throw the procession into disarray. The band keeps tempo to more than 25 popular marching band songs from around the world, composed into original medleys for each stage.
John Merchant, marketing manager of Majesco Europe has been quoted saying about this game, “There’s something magical about marching bands that truly captures the imagination. The concept of leading a virtual band that’s reliant on your musicianship is a perfect fit for the interactive capabilities of Wii. The combined musical and artistic superiority of Matsuura and Greenblat make them a natural choice to deliver this innovative title exclusively to the Wii audience.”[4]
Reception
Major Minor's Majestic March sold poorly in Japan at only 600 copies in its first two days, failing to enter the Media Create top fifty for its week of release.[5] The game received a "B" from tech-gaming.com[6]. Issue number 202 of Edge Magazine scored the game 3 out of 10. Reviews on the Run gave the game 0.0 from Jose "Fubar" Sanchez, and 0.5 from Victor Lucas, two of the lowest scores possible, with the main complaints from both being that "The damn controls don't work!" Nintendo Power gave it a 6.0. According to GameInformer's Matt Helgeson, who gave the game a 3.0 out of a possible 10, "If I'm going to spend a long period of time with my hand wrapped around an oblong object, moving my arm rapidly up and down, it sure won't be with this game."[7]
The game is Masaya Matsuura's return to US and European markets since his last home console release, PaRappa the Rapper 2.
References
- ^ "Meja-Maji March (Major Minor's Majestic March)". The-MagicBox.com. January 17, 2009. http://www.the-magicbox.com/0901/game090117c.shtml. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
- ^ "Major Minor's Majestic March - Nintendo - Games". http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/games/wii/major_minors_majestic_march_12310.html. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ^ "Guitar Hero: Metallica, Gardening Mama, and Major Minor". Kidzworld. http://www.kidzworld.com/article/16811-guitar-hero-metallica-gardening-mama-and-major-minor. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ "Major Minor's Majestic March Press Release". http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-31-2008/0004746887&EDATE=.
- ^ Ashcraft, Brian (April 30, 2009). "Major Minor's Majestic March Sold 600 Copies In First Two Days". Kotaku.com. http://kotaku.com/5234987/major-minors-majestic-march-sold-600-copies-in-first-two-days. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
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- ^ Game Informer
External links
Categories:- 2009 video games
- Majesco Entertainment games
- Music video games
- Wii-only games
- Wii games
- Marching bands
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