World Tour will also feature so-called "new state of the art wireless instruments" (as sorta seen yesterday), meaning mom won't trip over the coil of wires when she walks in front of the TV and totally destroys the rock mojo; and the still curious, but ambitious sounding promise to add "significantly more localized downloadable music than ever before on all of the next-generation consoles." Yep, that includes the Wii version (developed by Vicarious Visions). Activision confirms that World Tour will be the "first game ever in the Guitar Hero franchise to allow in-game downloadable content on Wii" -- just make sure your SD card is inserted.
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That just made this somewhat relevant again.
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Both aren't solely composed of the normal ska-fare upstroke patterns, and both also contain guitar solos.
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Now, Neversoft has been given a new mission. Do a knockoff of Rock Band, and add a couple of bells and whistles. It seems that some fans with short-term memory are getting excited about this.
I'm guessing that we see a lot of these bands (Sublime, Dream Theater, Eagles) pop up on Rock Band DLC long before GH:World Tour gets released.
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And everybody knows that music industry managers aren't exactly the sharpest tools in the shed and signed contracts that said "Guitar Hero = money" forgetting that "more platforms = MORE money".
I fully expect Harmonix to release patches to enable much of the online features that have been hinted at for GHWT as well.
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and that might friends is the nail in the coffin for Mr. gimped rock band on wii sales............
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Chances are, if you buy RB on a sub-par platform (Wii, PS2) DLC is not going to be a deal-breaker for you.
The average Wii owner isn't whom you describe, but rather the same people that by every Nintendo system a.k.a. die hard Nintendo fanatics.
I love how still today, in May of 2008, there's this small portion of 360/PS3 snub nosers that are in denial over the Wii. It's a "sub par" system some say. It's not a true next gen system others say.
What it really is doing is shitting on your console of choice's sales numbers, and will continue to do so.
...not that there's anything wrong with that.
PS. Remember, I am a Wii owner as well as a 360/PS3 owner. Granted, the Wii does some things well (I LOOOOVE me some Boom Blox,) but RB/GH ain't one of them.
Hmm, sounds like we'll be hearing from Nintendo soon on the storage solution that is the SD Card slot. Hopefully they'll open it up even more and allow USB flash drive support as well.
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That's the most convenient solution I could think of that would solve Nintendo's piracy paranoia and the memory expansion issue
I know Activision is out to make money but they have to consider that one of their install bases is people who already have a room full of instruments.
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That just made me cry....tears of happiness..
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Those songs are 20-35 MB each, add that to any VC games you have and your game saves and it adds up pretty quick. You want to keep swapping out SD cards with every song?
Now I don't have to whine that "Oh noes, I can't have 2 plastic drumsets in my house!"
Personally, I have two 5-piece real drumsets (google it if you've never heard of one) in my house, one in my room, and one in the living room, so this mini little drumset that actually looks like a cheap electronic set is pretty sweet.
And the DLC on wii+recording your own songs=me purchasing this mothafuckin game.
They just better have some god damn longer Maiden songs. I'm sick of them only doing singles, I want something like Hallowed Be Thy Name or Powerslave.
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I'd say paschendale is an almost definite no. For some reason, nobody ever gives any respect or attention to Maiden's latest 3 albums, even though they're possibly their best work. My guess for the next most likely song is 2 Minutes to Midnight, or maybe if we're lucky, Hallowed Be Thy Name or Fear of the Dark. As for Dream Theater, it's just dumb that neither game has had a DT song yet, but probably the most we could ever expect is Pull Me Under.
Now I don't have to whine that "Oh noes, I can't have 2 plastic drumsets in my house!"
Yeah, except have you PLAYED GH3? it's a steaming pile of shit.
And the people crying about having 2 plastic drumsets really have to admit the cool train left the station while they were buying the first one, so they might as well go all in if they still want GH.
That just sold it for me. If they pull that off I will forgive the botched GH3 on the Wii(mono sound thing). looks like I'll be in the market for a new SD card in the fall.
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I'm not deciding anything until I read multiple first hand impressions of this.
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Every game rips off another. It's nothing to be shamed at, it help move the industry along.
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It's the fine line between "ripping off" and "taking what's been (quietly) done before and making it better."
Which was about every music game ever made?
All I want to be able to do is buy GH4 and a drum kit...THAT'S IT!
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The create a guitar mode should be fun too.
Not seeing how the create a song will work too well...
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If the drums are compatible with RB, then I will likely sell my RB gear and buy the full bundle.
I will not have two drum kits however. Not now. Not ever. No matter how much they tempt me.
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Ever? This is the second one that will be on it. I wouldn't really say ever.
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I seem to recall them swearing up and down that they were looking into DLC for Guitar Hero 3. I'll believe it when I see it.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/08/wii-guitar-hero-iii-getting-dlc-and-replacement-discs/
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It'll probably be one of their most popular ones (read: Date Rape, What I Got, Santeria), even though I hated What I Got.
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