Everyone else? Not so much.
You see, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was not intended for rhythm game fans. Maybe not even music fans. It was made for die-hard Aerosmith fans.
From the article entitled Top 10 New Games at E3:
For us, Ultimate Band was a best-in-show among the E3’s Rock Band wannabes. That’s a backhanded compliment, but for its intended 8 to 12 demographic, this game is brilliant. It scales up smoothly from simple to complex gameplay and faithfully captures the spirit of a rock performance. It’s also a much cheaper alternative to buying a slew of new instruments, or watching in horror as your existing peripherals are gradually torn apart by tiny hands.
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Rhythm Tengoku Heaven is a simple and infectious rhythm game that anyone can play. If you can tap your finger in time to music, you’ll get the hang of Rhythm Heaven in no time! Players hold their Nintendo DS system sideways like a book and tap their stylus on the touch screen to the rhythm of the music. Players tap, slide or flick the stylus to hit the right beat. Rhythm Heaven features catchy tunes, charming characters and a wide variety of rhythm games. Well-known Japanese music producer TSUNKU♂ helped direct Rhythm Heaven and composed the music for it. Be sure to hit the jump for screens and a quick teaser video.
SEGA announced today via an E3 press release that Samba de Amigo “will be one of the first titles to offer exclusive downloadable Wii content.”
Songs will be released in packs of three on a regular basis. The first pack will be available at the game’s launch and will include “I Want Candy” by Bow Wow Wow, “Are You Going To Be My Girl?” by Jet and “Mambo Mambo” by Lou Bega.
SEGA has yet to reveal a pricing structure. Samba de Amigo is scheduled to release exclusively for Wii Sept. 23.
After more than half a year since its launch on Xbox 360, PS3, and PS2, Rock Band arrives on Wii this Sunday and carries an MSRP of $169 with drums, mic, and a single guitar. Is anyone in the room planning to buy? Or will you wait for Guitar Hero World Tour this October?
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With exception to the “frontman” controls, this game looks pretty fun. I’m suppose to preview it in Salt Lake sometime soon, so I’ll let you know when I do.
Rhythm-based video games have garnered themselves an impressive cultural buzz, a fact perhaps most clearly illustrated on Wii.
Activision, for example, has had remarkable success on Nintendo’s system with its popular Guitar Hero series. Since its Oct. 2007 release, Guitar Hero III has sold 2 million copies on Wii in North America. And surprisingly, the Wii version has also become Activision’s top-selling Guitar Hero III SKU; IGN reported last Thursday 152,000 more copies were sold in North America last month.
With EA’s behemoth Rock Band franchise coming to Wii in June, it seems safe to predict millions more will be virtually rocking on Wii, gimped ports and all. Given the success with the genre on Wii, and the inevitability of blockbusters to come, the newly released Battle of the Bands represents a smart business move for publisher THQ.
Unfortunately, despite some unique ideas and genuinely enjoyable moments, Battle of the Bands doesn’t fully deliver on its interesting premise and never quite reaches the outstanding level of its powerhouse rhythmic counterparts on Wii.
This was a bit of a surprise to everyone today. Konami has revealed their version of a peripheral driven music rhythm game set to launch this fall for all major game platforms. Rock Revolution will support lead, and bass guitars, but the overall gameplay revolves around Konami’s new custom drum peripheral. The 6 padded Drum set is said to deliver an “…experience unlike any other.”
What makes this rhythm game unique when compared to Rock Band, or Guitar Hero? Two things: Wii remotes + Air drumming. Read on to check out the full press release, and trailer.
PRESS RELEASE — Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of MTV Networks, which is a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced plans to release the award-winning music video game Rock Band on the Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo in the U.S. and Canada on June 22, 2008 for the suggested retail price of $169.99.
Rock Band for Wii will be released as a Special Edition bundle including the software, drums, microphone and a wireless guitar. Stand alone instruments will also be available on June 22nd for people who want to build their band one instrument at a time or want to play the drum versus drum game mode. The game will feature 63 songs including five bonus songs for Wii gamers to enjoy.
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