it goes straight from 7 to 9?

That's an 8. My scanner just sucks.

Curse you Joystiq!!

this is so awesome!
i cant wait for guitar hero 2 on 360!!
and it was a very odd coicidence that my favorite guitar, the x-plorer, was used as the standard controller for the 360 version.

An expansion port for headset? Possible update to allow online battles in the future?

Wait... This is in stock at Walmart? And they are SELLING it?

Dammit!

Rocky

they said they was working on it but all 360 controlers must have a guide button and a mic expansion port.

you can be voice chatting or sending voice messages while playing. so it needs a mic port.

shoot even the ddr pad has a mic port though its hard to use it lol.

Just so everyone knows, Circuit City has broken the street date and it looks to be nation wide. I just got mine by paying for it on their site and doing store pickup.

I learned about it here -
http://forums.xbox.com/11329871/ShowPost.aspx

Hay guys. Though the kids didn't activate their comments, we already got a few crazy posts about how this is a joke and that we're trying to trick everyone. I went ahead and took some shots of the stuff and updated the entry.

Everyone hates April Fools and we're not doing a joke. Whenever you get the game, you'll see exactly what we've shown in the post.

People really thought something this boring (sorry) would be an april fools? hahaha

so i herd u liek mudkips

I'm Digging this just because of the random Mudkip.

If you have the 360 racing wheel then you have the effects pedals, I've been saying this very thing for months on the IGN forums.

Joystiq is protecting me from myself...Thank you Joystiq =).

@11:

Lol u heard rite!

mudkip lieks u 2


... I got nothin'. Maybe once I get a 360, I'll buy GHII again for it, unless the Guitar Hero for Wii turns out to be as awesome, if not more awesome.

WTF? A 4chan meme? On my Joystiq?

At a certain point dont you just have to break down and buy a REAL GUITAR? Nothing against Guitar Hero, but the more it expands the more it is like the playskool version of the real thing. Are the effects pedals going to be all cute and 3/4 size like the knockoff 360 Gibson Xplorer?

I bet that those gamers who rock at guitar hero could bust out some actual Drop-D metal on a real guitar by now!

In b4 kill yourself, pooper, ect.

"it goes straight from 7 to 9?"

I think the real question is, does it go to 11?

"Just so everyone knows, Circuit City has broken the street date and it looks to be nation wide. I just got mine by paying for it on their site and doing store pickup."

and they will likely be punished for it in someway. It really pisses me off when companies do this. I mean, the fucking packaging that the games come in say in GIANT letters, DO NOT SELL BEFORE 4/3/2007. I mean, I understand that they are just trying to make money, but other smaller businesses (and bigger ones like gamestop) that try to be honest and hold onto this stuff get crapped on by the likes of Wal-Mart, Target, Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. because they just ignore street dates. They do it with all the big releases. Maddens, Halos, Resident Evil, Pokemon, etc.

Needless to say, I called Activision today and reported my local Target, Wal-Mart, and Circuit City for already selling the game. I know it sounds like a shitty thing to do, but so is selling the game before it fucking comes out just because you either have lazy employees or want to get a jump on the sales. As someone who has just started their own small games store, I had 5 copies of GH2 for 360 that came in the other day. I'm holding onto them until 4/3, but when I have people that come into my store and say something like "I would have bought the game here but Wal-Mart is already selling it" it really pisses me off. Activision even labeled the packaging information with a number to call if you witness the street date being broken...so I called them. Hate me if you want, but it's shit like this that is killing the small businesses in America.

If Wal-Mart breaks a street date and they are fined, they could care less, it's chump change. If I break a street date and get fined, I could lose my business. It's bullshit.

I was unable to get it at Circuit City, I all but asked the guy (who was looking for a regular game box when I asked him to help) to look in the back. All Wal-Marts broke it? I'm gonna go peak down the street.

Yup, Circuit City started selling the game today. I took some unboxing pics here:

http://www.maosaywhat.com/

who cares if they broke the street date? what does it matter? it's not like the stores that are holding their copies until the actual release date aren't going to sell now. it's good for the alert consumer, and for those that have to wait, they have to wait. i tried to get one at my Circuit City, but they weren't selling them, so i don't know. i think some people got lucky. good for them. i'm jealous. but i'm not about to go bitching to Activision that someone is selling their game FOUR days ahead of schedule. like Activision really cares man. c'mon... if anything, it's going to up demand and give some extra time for word-of-mouth to do its thing. i doubt you will see any fines. this has nothing to do with killing the small business in America. the small business is dying because they can't offer the same amount of products and a competitive price level, but i won't get into economics on Joystiq, there are dumber things to argue about.

this game has more then enough weight to sell-out everywhere, so don't worry about it.

"13. If you have the 360 racing wheel then you have the effects pedals, I've been saying this very thing for months on the IGN forums.

Posted at 6:01PM on Mar 31st 2007 by WasherDryerCombo"

Yeah because car pedals function just like guitar pedals. Ever wonder why you're ignored over at IGN too?

You know what's funny?

I went to a Gamestop the other day, and the manager (who's pretty cool) showed me their GH2 stock, and told me about the port, speculating as to what it could be for. I said, "I'm sure it's for an effects pedal. A friend of mine has an electric guitar and that's all he uses."

I can't believe I was right.

I put a pre-order at gamestop, but wal-mart also broke the street date to? My Circuit City didn't have it, sadly. But, I am OBBSESSED with this game. NEED IT! NEED IT! NEED IT!

MUDKIPS?! HEEEHEHAHAHAHEEHA

what I thought was funny about the effects pedal port is that it is an RJ-11 hook up (the same thing you would plug a phone line into). Weird

has anyone tried using the racing wheel pedals with the guitar yet?
what about using it with usb on the computer.

I just tried with the pedals, no noticeable effect!

I work for the electronics department in a Wal-Mart and the manager at our store is very strict on street date issue. Also the home Office will put Point of Sale lockouts on new release titles like this so that they can not be sold until the street date.