SD card to the storage rescue in Guitar Hero: World Tour

Bob - 56k

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Vicarious Visions, the developer behind the Guitar Hero games on Nintendo platforms, has spoken to GameDaily about solving the Wii storage issue with Guitar Hero: World Tour, allowing the game to feature downloadable songs through an in-game music store.

The company's CEO, Karthik Bala, said, "That's right! Guitar Hero World Tour will be the first Wii game to offer downloadable songs through an in-game music store. Players can preview, purchase and download songs using Wii Points and we'll have new songs available on a regular basis.

"Players can either download songs to the Wii System Memory or store songs on a SD Card, called the "Rock Archive". When you want to play songs from the Rock Archive, players can create a custom set list, and then choose a venue and play!"

The music will be stored in a compact, custom Wii format, Bala added, and in the future, the company might be interested in releasing exclusive Wii-only tracks to complement the multi-platform downloadables and the 85 master-recordings which will feature on the disc from day one. "That's a lot of music," said Bala.

The amount of people who played GHIII online on Wii was surprising according to Bala, and he added, "This year, we've really expanded the multiplayer options to eight players, either head to head (e.g. 2 vs. 2, 3 vs. 3 or Band vs. Band), cooperative or online career modes."

Nintendo has an interest in seeing the Guitar Hero games succeed on its platforms and has been working closely with Vicarious Visions. "Nintendo is a great partner to work with," said Bala. "Guitar Hero World Tour is requiring a lot of work on both the hardware and software side, so Nintendo's been working closely with both RedOctane and Vicarious Visions to make it a great title for the Wii platform."

Nintendo's recommended approach of employing a wired USB microphone in World Tour has been adopted, but the guitar and drum periperhals are completely wireless thanks to the use of the Wii Remote.

"The Wii is definitely a platform that appeals to a wide variety of people," said Bala. "A big part of Guitar Hero's success has come from its accessibility and broad appeal. In a way, it inherently overlaps with the Wii audience and their interests.

"Having said that, we are working on some Wii specific features that I can't quite talk about just yet."

Source: http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10686

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Sage J. Fox

So, Dal can stop complaining about online content?

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Bob - 56k

Exactly

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Dal

Well, Sage, I was complaining about Rockband Wii, not Guitar Hero World Tour.

And yes, this will be cool.

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Neir

ok then i want this game

zapasant93

its really too bad the wii has to rely on a silly little card to keep storage, the dawn of the hard drive is uppon us, they need to get with the times

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Yoshi-o

I own this game and it isn't so fun after you beat the levels you are able to play on.

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Charged` the level 67 Electivire!

zapasant93

Silver The Hedgehog wrote:

I own this game and it isn't so fun after you beat the levels you are able to play on.

riiiiiiiiiiiiiight, considering the fact that this game isnt even out yet, way to make possibly the worst lie ive ever heard

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Dal

zapasant93 wrote:

Silver The Hedgehog wrote:

I own this game and it isn't so fun after you beat the levels you are able to play on.

riiiiiiiiiiiiiight, considering the fact that this game isnt even out yet, way to make possibly the worst lie ive ever heard

Methinks he's talking about the crappy Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS.

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zapasant93

haha, that just proves he just posed here to get his post count up, he obiously didnt read the article because it says "wii" and because the title says "sd" since when can ds support sd? since when does ds have dlc? read the thread before you post "silver the hedgehog"

Oh, be nice.

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Yoshi-o

I don't have an sd card. That's to bad. But this game, i've heard, is a copy off of Rock Band

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Charged` the level 67 Electivire!

Dal

Guitar Hero came before Rock Band. O,e They're just gonna act like a real band this time.

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zapasant93

it a really messed up ordeal

in the beggining, these dudes made guitar hero, and guitar hero 2, than a bigger company bought the guitar hero license from them, than rock band came from the makers of the first 2 guitar heros than came guitar hero 3.

so in a sence, rockband is the TRUE guitar hero 3

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