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Wii, DS to Rock With Guitar Hero

Posted by Zonk on from the plumbers-make-excellent-superstars dept.

Gamespot has the word that, in a conference call on Activision's plans for the coming fiscal year, they announced Guitar Hero games for the DS and Wii. The titles could be coming any time between April of this year and March of next, and there are almost no details to relate otherwise. Presumably, Guitar Hero's new development home of NeverSoft will be handling the creation process. How do you think they'll incorporate the motion-sensing properties of the Wiimote into the axe? Any Nintendo classic songs you'd love to see included on the Wii version?

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  1. Stream of thought by computertheque · · Score: 3, Funny

    The guitar should house the wiimote, retaining the motion controls so pelvic thrusts register correctly. But seriously, the motion controls should be used for showmanship. "Hold guitar as if playing with teeth" and it would work. Just fanciful thinking.

    I have not played this game yet, so I am not aware of the exact control scheme, but I assume one that is not drastically different from Guitar Freaks.

    1. Re:Stream of thought by LordKronos · · Score: 4, Funny

      Awesome. I've been wanting to play Guitar Hero on my Wii ever since I saw Prince's Superbowl Half Time Show.

  2. Re:Will require a controller? by HockeyPuck · · Score: 4, Funny

    The version for the DS will include a Ukulele.

  3. Re:Wii Continues To Be A Third Party Disaster by HappySqurriel · · Score: 1, Funny

    Anonymous Coward Sony Fanboy Troll,

    You seem to have a lot more anger in the tone of your postings lately then you used to ...

    I used to read your overly optimistic posts about how the Wii only apealed to "Slashdot nerds" and how the PS3 was going to "Dominate" ... Now you seem to spend all your time senselessly bashing the Wii.

    Anyways, back to the topic at hand ...

    It doesn't really matter that games (like guitar hero) have appeared on other platforms, what matters is third parties are all starting to look at the Wii as a viable platform and are bringing their games to it; unlike other systems I could name, developers see that they can have a good ROI off of producing/porting a game for the Wii.

  4. Re:I for one rock out to our Guitar Heros! by Desult · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any chance of them getting some female artists for this one? What are you trying to say here? GH2 had female artists... It seems like you're slighting Chrissy Hynde, Ann and Nancy Wilson, and Axl Rose! I won't stand for it!
    --
    -Greg
  5. Obligitory by optkk · · Score: 5, Funny

    For those of you about to rock, Wii salute you!