In addition to celebrating their first year in South Africa, Core Gaming recently held the launch of Wii Music in Johannesburg. Wii Music will be landing on South African shelves before Christmas so make sure you don’t miss out on Nintendo’s latest musical innovation because it’s sure to fill many stockings this festive season.

It felt like something of a covert operation, the two Wii Music discs having been flown in especially for the launch that morning and returning back to Europe the very next day. We were given the chance to try our hand (and ears) at the game so make sure you read our preview to find out more about what makes it tick.

Everyone was eager to jump into the two Wii Music stations which had been set up on HD TV’s in the room. As usual there was plenty to keep you occupied, when you weren’t waving your baton around you could see how your fitness has faired since your last Wii Fit experience, if you dared, or participate in the Brain Age challenge. The Brain Age Challenge saw us filing towards the locker-room area and pitted us against one another with the winner boasting the lowest Brain Age walking away with a shiny new DS and a copy of Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training.

The real stars of the show were Mario and Luigi, who ambled in soon after the event began and stole most of the ladies’ attention for the time their schedule allowed them to spend with us lowly gamers.

Wii Music will be available across South Africa on the 20th of November for R549.