PaRappa creators' Wii game unveiled

Major Minor's Majestic March set to parade onto store shelves for Nintendo's system by year's end.

The Def Jam series lets gamers step into the shoes of Method Man. Guitar Hero asks players to rock like Hendrix. And by year's end, those looking to channel their inner John Philip Sousa will finally get the chance to do so on the Nintendo Wii.

More alliteration than one screenshot can contain!

Majesco Entertainment today took the wraps off its mystery project from the creators of PaRappa the Rapper, and it is Major Minor's Majestic March. The game is the brainchild of designer Masaya Matsuura and artist Rodney Alan Greenblat, and is being developed by Matsuura's NanaOn-Sha studio.

Taking on the role of Major Minor, gamers will become a virtual bandleader, using the Wii Remote as a baton to keep tempo with more than 25 remixed international marching band songs. On their quests to conduct the perfect parade, players will pack the procession with up to 15 different instruments. It might not be an easy task, as gamers will also have to negotiate an array of events that threaten to unravel the meticulously metered march.

Major Minor's Majestic March is expected to launch during the 2008 holiday season.

71 Comments

  • Bart247

    Posted Mar 30, 2008 11:25 am PT

    It's not a stupid idea, RogueRazgriz1. You don't use an instrument in this game. What you are doing is using the Wii Remote as a bandleader's baton to guide animals with musical instruments into different formations. It's different than Guitar Hero, if that's what you are talking about, even if it's in the same genre. But in this game, strategy is involved.

  • RogueRazgriz1

    Posted Mar 15, 2008 1:43 pm PT

    its funny... a rhythm game with guitars is automatically cool but one mention of a band or a wind instrument and its automatically stupid; why? i am looking forward this game because its subject matter is rarely touched on

    btw: it takes as much, if not more, skill to play AND master a wind instrument or a mace than a guitar

  • callumohare

    Posted Feb 2, 2008 6:03 pm PT

    could be alright... i do love my rhythm games. Nothing'll ever beat amplitude though...

  • drogaz

    Posted Feb 2, 2008 2:39 pm PT

    Sounds pretty interesting, glad that third party Wii developers are finally picking up the slack. Hope to hear more about this soon.

  • oli54321

    Posted Feb 2, 2008 6:18 am PT

    This looks crap

  • GKBeetle

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 7:45 am PT

    Wow, I hate the name, but definetly want to check this out when its released.

  • KingSigy

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 6:44 am PT

    I like the name, but can it hold anything to PaRappa (not that the sequel did)

  • EvilResident

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 5:50 am PT

    "i really hope it works out, this is the kind of stuff that the Wii can offer that nobody else on the market will even attempt"

    There's a reason why no one else will attempt it.

  • rety5

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 5:08 am PT

    Interesting.... Get it to create levels out of your own songs, ala Vib Ribbon, and I am sold!

  • ebonyflame

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 2:46 am PT

    Will not matter how good the game really is, once you start announcing 'developed by the same creators that gave you PaRappa the Rapper, you have instant credibility. Will sell like hotcakes.

  • Sykosis86

    Posted Feb 1, 2008 1:09 am PT

    Could be fun. We'll see how it plays.

  • Wonkyman

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 10:20 pm PT

    Kejigoto-

    The return of Parappa would be cool. But what I'd really like to see is the return of UmJammer Lammy. Imagine them making it compatible with the GH peripheral. Holy cow.

  • teknicz

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 9:39 pm PT

    haha surprisingly, this sounds like a great idea

    i really hope it works out, this is the kind of stuff that the Wii can offer that nobody else on the market will even attempt

  • -Ronin-_basic

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 7:27 pm PT

    power-baron

    @violet_yoshi

    Metroid Prime 3 - Sequel of a sequel
    Super Mario Galaxy - Sequel of a sequel
    Super Paper Mario - Sequel of a sequel
    Nights 2(can't recall the sub title)- A sequel
    Zelda: twilight princess - not so much a sequel/prequel but nothing new either way.

    ----------------------

    As opposed to:

    Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Another game in the Ratchet and Clank series.

    Metal Gear Solid 4 - sequel

    Unreal Tournament 3 - An updated remake of Unreal.

    Call of Duty 4 - Another military shooter

    Devil May Cry 4 - .............

    See? I can pick and choose only a few games, disregard their quality, and ignore the rest of the system's library too.

  • rockstar_88

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 6:43 pm PT

    Mad Maestro was a terrible game though, so hopefully this game can do baton swinging justice.

  • Apocolypse_Cow

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 5:55 pm PT

    "Taking on the role of Major Minor, gamers will become a virtual bandleader, using the Wii Remote as a baton to keep tempo with more than 25 remixed international marching band songs."

    Does anyone even _remember_ Mad Maestro? That's all this will be, only with a Wiimote. (Not that that's necessarily a bad thing)

  • Itsthetruth

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 5:45 pm PT

    Not my kind of game as many who commented before... but considering the sucsess of cooking mama (also from Majesco if i'm not wrong) i won't even try to predict the sales of this such game.

  • Alex_THVK

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 5:24 pm PT

    I'll pass.

  • kejigoto

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 5:15 pm PT

    @ power-baron

    Interesting concept except you focus on a few games instead of all the games as a whole. Take a good look at the Wii's true library and you'll find a fair amount of great games all over the place, most titles which are doing better than any game to come to the PS3 thus far too I might add. You named off 5 games, one of which wasn't done by Nintendo, how about taking a look at those titles not done by Nintendo that are great games? Let's also take a look at how nearly 13,000 people who frequent this site think Sony isn't close to being out of the woods yet and how close to another 9,000 think they still can do it but have alot of ground to cover while merely 6,000 people think they are good to go as is.

    Numbers speak volumes about a console and looking at the numbers from the first year alone of the Wii and PS3, and well clearly the PS3 couldn't hold a candle to the "Gamecube with a new controller". However I am sure that one day when Bluray has finally taken over the market as the next mainstream source for DVDs alot of people will get a PS3 and it'll make a great DVD player for lots and lots of people while the true gaming is left to Nintendo and Microsoft. When Sony can do more than gloat over mediocre numbers during a holiday season where the previous generation console outsold their latest console let me know, until then PS3 is just a second rate console that delays major titles and gets other major titles late.

    Don't hate on Nintendo for doing what Sony wishes it could do, and don't bother slinging the crap around about how Sony is nothing but pure gamers. I'm sure if someone ran the numbers about how many people actually play their PS3 and how many just got one for a cheap Bluray player, my guess is at least one quarter of those who own a PS3 won't ever pick up a game. Sony lost against the DS with the PSP, and it'll lose against the Wii with the PS3, and what makes this worse for Sony is that Nintendo is crushing with a console/handheld that isn't nearly as powerful as what Sony has, and Nintendo makes it look easy. Enjoy your fanboy hate, others (myself included) will be enjoying great titles and hours upon hours of fun with our Xbox 360's, Wii's, and DS's for a long time to come. I'm sure Sony's 10 year game plan for the PS3 will all pan out in like 20 years. Until then long live the PS2, its more of a worthy contender for the Wii anyways, at least that one has some great games and is still actually selling.... well at least more than the PS3.

    Back on track though this seems like it could lead itself into some interesting gameplay and maybe even lead to the rebirth of PaRappa on the Wii? If NiGHTS can make a come back on the Wii PaRappa can too, though I'm just glad to see more third party companies getting involved with the Wii and working on building games around the Wii instead of just porting them over.

  • link631

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 5:07 pm PT

    ?

  • icarus212001

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 4:57 pm PT

    Kick punch, its all in the mind!

  • SHACKR

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 4:41 pm PT

    @-jumpman- and power-baron

    lol, a Sony fanboy with a Nintendo avatar

  • -jumpman-

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 4:18 pm PT

    @power-baron

    your icon is from a game on a Nintendo console btw

  • JTFAN123

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 3:42 pm PT

    Yeah whatever. Just bring on Parappa 3 already!

  • Dr_Corndog

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 3:09 pm PT

    Sounds like it could be really cool for rhythm fans.

  • Impulse_Drive

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 3:08 pm PT

    who is John Philip Sousa?

  • tatetim

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 3:06 pm PT

    All I gotta say is that the original PaRappa game better be an unlockable. An interesting concept, but I'm afraid it will have only a niche following. Nintendo needs to come up with some better games because my Wii is turning into nothing more than a Virtual Console machine. I don't consider myself as much a gamer anymore as I was 5 or 10 years ago, but I beat Super Mario Galaxy so fast that I was left disappointed. A great game, but only having to collect HALF the stars to win is a bit much.

    We put so much emphasis on making games look pretty that we forget that most gamers shell out $50 because they want a game to last more than a couple days before beating it.

    Sorry for the random rant, now we return you to "When Fanboys Attack!" on FOX!

  • donathos

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 3:04 pm PT

    To be honest, I'm not a big fan of marching band music; this doesn't sound like a game I'd really be interested in playing.

    But I think that there probably are fans of marching band music, and I'm glad that they're going to get this game. Not everyone out there is going to like Brawl, but of course I already have that pre-ordered.

    One of the nice things about the Wii is how it seems to have different things for different tastes.

  • BasementGamer

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 3:00 pm PT

    @power-baron:

    I don't think violet_yoshi was referring to any of those games you mentioned.

    On a side note, the Wii, PS3 and 360 all cash in on major sequels. What makes your system so different? Nothing. Quit preaching YOUR system of choice (the PS3) as the best system available because right now it has the least games available out of any of the three and is last in sales.

  • allmybase

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:56 pm PT

    Because nobody else has said it, I just have one thing I want to declare with regards to the game's title: Alliteration for the win.

  • R-Force

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:55 pm PT

    I know I going to want to play this at some point... sigh... I'm going to have to find a Wii at some point. Might not be too credible in some circles, but the insanity value is awesome!

  • marbigmarbig

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:48 pm PT

    Whoa, that is just hilarious, not to mention kind of dumb.
    I'm so getting it.

  • power-baron posted Jan 31, 2008 2:42 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    power-baron

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:42 pm PT (hide)

    @violet_yoshi

    Metroid Prime 3 - Sequel of a sequel
    Super Mario Galaxy - Sequel of a sequel
    Super Paper Mario - Sequel of a sequel
    Nights 2(can't recall the sub title)- A sequel
    Zelda: twilight princess - not so much a sequel/prequel but nothing new either way.

    Now shut up and go back to your so called new concept and idea machine which falls flat on it's face and the PS3 especially blows it out of the water. Thank goodness people are starting to get their heads out of the Nintendo BS cloud and see the light. PS3 for the win

  • DFTricks

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:38 pm PT

    Wow it seem like i am gonna have to buy a new game for my sister -_-'

  • CLeRKSfan4life

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:22 pm PT

    Hmmm

  • Shtinky

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:15 pm PT

    thish ish neato! guysh! Shnerr nerrrr! Glavens!

  • violet_yoshi

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:15 pm PT

    Clearly the Wii is for people open-minded enough to embrace new concepts and ideas. The rest of you whiners, can go back to your PS3s an Xbox 360's now, and shut up.

  • Timbydude

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:15 pm PT

    This will either be really good or really crappy.

  • Chief_Kuuni

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:13 pm PT

    could be peach's could be corn, who knows, thats the beauty of it

  • HALCONAZUL

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:08 pm PT

    i prefer some landmaster game

  • LINKloco

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 2:00 pm PT

    rofl

  • nmhwii9791

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 1:48 pm PT

    speaking on behalf of any kids who have ever even slightly enjoyed marching band: this is a cool idea.

    anyone knocking it obviously was never in band in high school, and couldn't be made to understand. this game is a neat and inventive idea, whether or not it will pan out is another story.

  • k_mich05

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 1:43 pm PT

    Cool. I'm lookin forward to this

  • diablobasher

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 1:38 pm PT

    Garbage? Ok. So if you like guitar and rock, then guitar hero is awesome, but for a few people who like band routines, this is garbage? double standards much?

  • volcomstoner180

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 1:35 pm PT

    its for people in the south who love band routines...just watch every single football game halftime shows....suprisingly there are people out there that will buy this
    garbage
    new parappa would have been a way better idea

  • dimsey

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 1:29 pm PT

    Jesus tapdancing Christ on a pogo stick, some of you are being overly judgemental over the damned thing before we even know all that much about it. How about waiting for at least a little more info on the thing before BAAAWWWIING about how it sucks and the wii sucks and how apparently Smash Bros is the only game making the Wii worth having, when in reality theres plenty out there for it thats as decent as anything on any other console - which is true - I own a 360 and while I do tend to play that more it has nothing to do with the Wii's games, which are perfectly fine - or lack of them for that matter.

    Again, wait a bit before whining.

    Though I will agree with those saying a new PaRappa would've been sweet.

  • VirtualTofu

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 1:29 pm PT

    No.......Just........No.......

  • Rect_Pola

    Posted Jan 31, 2008 1:27 pm PT

    Uhhhh... Okay?

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