Rumor: Guitar issues with Xbox 360 Guitar Hero II

by Alexander Sliwinski on Apr 3rd 2007 10:55PM

Today we received two separate tips from readers telling us that Target stores wouldn't sell them Guitar Hero II on the Xbox 360 because there was a "recall." We couldn't get in touch with Target corporate, but numerous local Target stores we contacted said they hadn't received anything from corporate about a recall. However, they did say that it may take a day and to check back tomorrow. Best Buy and Gamestop also have nothing in their system about a recall. Red Octane wouldn't return our phone call and an Xbox spokesperson at Edelman says they don't "directly handle third-party relationships" for Microsoft.

Based on a Gamespot message board GameStooge is reporting that the guitar is having issues with an unresponsive whammy bar. Apparently there were two different guitars manufactured (pictured above) for the game and the problems allegedly exist in the guitar with the pedal jack next to the power cord.

We're awaiting word from Red Octane on whether or not there is an issue with their Xbox 360 guitar controller and we'll follow up with Target tomorrow to see if the "recall" is official.

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Tags: guitar hero II, GuitarHeroIi, recall, target, xbox 360, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (103)

I have the guitar on the bottom and I picked my guitar up to play today and all of the sudden my fret buttons won't work, anyone know about this?

I have had some problems now having the controllers for just over a month now. This just started about 3 days ago. When the whammy bar is used oven on long holds or even some short holds it double hits the notes which ofcourse is done by hitting the strum bar on accident when using the Whammy. I have to admit that I am an addict on this game and I do not accidently hit the strum bar as I Whammy (so to speak) :) So I just emailed Red Octane today ( redoctane.com ) for supports to see what can be done about this. I will keep you posted.

I purchased Guitar Hero II for the 360 the first day it was out. So far so good. No problems with it. I play it almost everyday and everything including whammy bar and star power work just fine. Remember something, When a game like this hits the market, and has a different controller for it, the manufacturers slap these things together as fast as they can to keep up with demands. And still they cant keep up. But the problem is just like anything, its all about quantity not quality. Good luck too all of ya. Have fun with this one, its gonna be a classic.

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