GC 2008: Miis go on Wii's Guitar Hero World Tour

by Justin McElroy { Aug 20th 2008 at 9:00AM }

We've just heard from our man at the Leipzig Games Convention Jem Alexander, and he's got some exciting news for fans of pint-sized rocking: Miis will be used in Guitar Hero World Tour's Wii version of the game. He didn't say how, so we're hoping that they'll play Oompa-Loompa-like minature roadies who rush onto stage and fix broken strings for the full size rockers. But we doubt it.

Oh, Jem also passed along that all versions of the game would include exclusive European tracks, which is secret code for "you'll have to buy them later through DLC."

Tags: activision, guitar-hero-world-tour, leipzig-08, miis, nintendo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

kip @ Aug 20th 2008 9:12AM

I'm pretty sure most commenters will disagree with me, but I think this is a really good move.

ice~ @ Aug 20th 2008 9:17AM

I'm gonna have to agree with you although I hate miis, this was a good decision bc it makes the game seem more accessible to casual gamers....

shadowchaoscontrol @ Aug 20th 2008 9:17AM

i actually think this is good for the casuals, but i hope that the real character creator is still in the wii version

il_duce620 @ Aug 20th 2008 9:58AM

It's an excellent move, if only so I can play my guitar while having Obama and Jesus as my roadies!

Dale @ Aug 20th 2008 11:14AM

When Guitar Hero needs help being casual friendly, something is very wrong.

Haggard @ Aug 20th 2008 9:15AM

I didn't know there were exclusive european tracks.

ice~ @ Aug 20th 2008 9:19AM

lol @shadow: we commented at exactly the same time and we said basically the exact same thing :P

shadowchaoscontrol @ Aug 20th 2008 9:20AM

ya, the moment i pressed the button, 2 more comments were up

Kizzle @ Aug 20th 2008 9:30AM

I don't think it's an amazing bonus, but I guess it can't hurt. GH's characters look like ass anyway, may as well throw Miis in there.

Jonah Falcon @ Aug 20th 2008 9:35AM

Please, God... no Avatars in GH: World Tour.

Blazur @ Aug 20th 2008 9:39AM

Whatever.

SKI @ Aug 20th 2008 9:46AM

This proves that GH:WT > RB2 on the Wii.

VaultICEE @ Aug 20th 2008 5:52PM

They haven't announced what's going to be on the Wii version of Rock Band 2 yet.

But I admit, if I only had a Wii, and I couldn't get Rock Band 2 DLC, I would buy Guitar Hero.

But luckily I have Rock Band and an Xbox =D

Kyattsuai @ Aug 20th 2008 9:53AM

Odd move by Nintendo, you'd think they wouldn't license out Miis to a music game while they have their own game that involves Miis playing music coming soon. It surely invites the comparison, even if they don't mean it.

Roto13 @ Aug 21st 2008 12:10PM

Well, they were already pretty clear that they're not competing with games like Guitar Hero with Wii Music. This is a pretty good move, I think. If two versions of a game are coming out and they're going to be exactly the same except one version had a little bit more and is a bit cheaper, it makes sense to buy that one, right?

Moptimus Slime @ Aug 20th 2008 10:16AM

This will probably be the nail in the coffin for Rock Band wii. Casuals will not know the difference (*SPOILERS* there aren't any), they already have their GHIII guitar, so unless Harmonix can work with Vicarious to make the controllers work both ways, Rock Band just won't sell like the first one (sadly) did. If I didn't have a ginormous backlog of games (and if it didn't come out around Christmas), I'd preorder GH:WT right now

mr mobius @ Aug 20th 2008 12:03PM

Rock Band has sold horribly in the UK on Wii because it's not even out yet!

Monkeys Suck @ Aug 20th 2008 10:40AM

Dude, now Hitler can rock out too!!!

TheOverlord#2 (is playing MM1 and Okami) @ Aug 20th 2008 4:01PM

Hitler on Bass
Chuck Norris on Guitar
Mario on Drums
and George W. Bush on the Mic

Nikonov @ Aug 20th 2008 10:44AM

This might be pretty neat if the Miis will finally get clothes.

The Artist formally known as Jesus @ Aug 20th 2008 10:45AM

Wonderful news for my Clive Winston Mii

Moptimus Slime @ Aug 20th 2008 12:37PM

screen capture for future reference?

Ocho @ Aug 20th 2008 11:36AM

Truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.

CyberKnight @ Aug 20th 2008 11:38AM

Yeah, but will the 360 version support Avatars? %)

ScottG13 @ Aug 20th 2008 11:48AM

Nintendo bungled the Mii popularity on an unimaginable scale. This is small move in a different direction.

Jakka - Banned again!!1 @ Aug 20th 2008 11:55AM

I'm not sure if this is a good idea...

pokerguy94 @ Aug 20th 2008 4:56PM

Yay! Now my Hitler, Jesus, George Bush, and Vader can rock out to Crazy Train!

Roto13 @ Aug 20th 2008 10:42PM

It's good to see the commenters here are less retarded than the ones on that certain other news site where the see Miis playing instruments and scream "WII MUSIC! BAD! BAAAAAAD!!!" and start making weird moaning noises.

Sidepocket @ Aug 20th 2008 10:56PM

So you are telling me that the Wii version of Gutar Hero World Tour has everything the 360 version has, except with decent graphics (don't care because that is like judging graphics for Tetris), all the modes including make your own song, DLC and online...and it is going to be cheeper with an extra mode?

Hmmm...

I wonder which version I will be buying?