Guitar Hero 3 for the Wii
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Besides the NPD information comes this little tidbit: Just short of the top 10 best-sellers for the month was Guitar Hero III for Wii (#11), which managed to tack on another 500,000-plus in sales, putting Activision's Wii music entry well beyond the million-seller point.
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"It doesn't have anything to do with the system's waggle controller and how that interfaces with the custom guitar. No, the suit is about the game's Dolby Pro Logic II support, or lack thereof."
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There's really not a whole lot to "get" about Guitar Hero, but whatever there is, you absolutely have to get it right. If the song selection stinks, or if the note layouts are boring or don't make musical sense, or if the strum/fret timing is off...then the whole game suffers for it. These are the three critical components, and Neversoft absolutely nailed them.
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It trumps its predecessors, thanks to an impressive soundtrack and most importantly, a kick ass wireless guitar. Activision and RO revealed the game's axe, an impressive Les Paul, to journalists in San Francisco, and we fell in love with it...
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"There will, in fact, be Online gameplay for the Wii when Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock launches in late October," said RedOctane's Jordan Dodge. "However, there will not be Downloadable content available on the Wii at launch. That, we are still working with Nintendo on."
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Activision has just sent word about first details of the next Guitar Hero game heading to Wii, PS3, PS2 and Xbox 360, each version of the game will feature a unique Gibson controller and it will be wireless. The game will also feature an entire new play list featuring songs from Kiss, Tenacious D and more. The game will also have online multiplayer modes for all versions.
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According to this article, audio output from the Wii version has been proven to be in Mono, despite the game being advertised as capable of Dolby Pro Logic II output. In an official statement, Activision has claimed that they are already working on the issue.
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Yahtzee puts in plain speak during the latest Zero Punctuation review that Guitar Hero III is when the Guitar Hero series stopped being fun.
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"While owners of Guitar Hero III on other formats are blissfully enjoying their new downloadable content, Wii owners have not. They've been left out! Hopefully not for much longer, though, as Red Octane have told Nintencast that they're hoping to have some DLC ready to go sometime early next year."
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