I mainly bought Ultimate Band because of the price and because there was nothing extra needed to play the game. As much as I'm intrigued by all the Guitar Hero/Rock Band games, I've never really desired them because of the space the peripherals take up plus the extra cost, so when I saw Ultimate Band and read a little more about it, I thought it was worth a shot. Turns out I was right.
I beat the game on Easy in a couple of hours, but doing so on Normal and Hard is taking a bit longer because I'm a bit of a perfectionist and the controls can be a little finicky, especially when having to tilt the nunchuck just so to catch the right note. Also, the repetition can be a bit on the mundane side now and then, especially when a song is not to your tastes. But that aside, the game is realistic enough and certainly family friendly.
As for gameplay, I do miss having a bass drum pedal and find my foot going with the bass beat for the drums out of instinct (as I have played drums for the last 10 years of my life). However, the guitar strumming can be both fun and tiring, especially when really getting into a song. The harder the difficulty, the more of a challenge with the lead guitar in particular and the bass control of tilting the nunchuk is a bit annoying when you're trying to do a flourish and it reads the movement wrong. The tutorials only seem to go so far and the quickest way to learn is to just practice or jump in and play the songs.
The cut scenes are pretty short and super kid friendly, which basically describes the game, but in terms of family fun, you can't go wrong. Younger kids will still get a challenge on some of the songs on easy and older ones (including adults) will find plenty to do with the harder difficulties. And the song list is pretty fun and well rounded too spanning some classic rock entries to current pop faves. I give a four out of five because of the simplicity/repetition of the game.
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