Rock Band- No DLC/Online/Character Creation/GHIII Guitar Compatiblility

We found out earlier that RB wouldnt have DLC or online
But even more bad news has been revealed.
Some of you may already know this, but i didnt see a thread where it was posted so here it is

- Bonus songs will be announced at a later date
- no character creation
- no Mii support
- no support for GHIII guitar
- Instruments don't need to be connected to Wwiimotes
- ship with USB hub
- DPL II, 480p

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/24/rock-band-wii-drum-kit-pictured-nagging-questions-answered/

Rock Band Wii..........fail

The sad thing is this is the only way i can play RB.. I have a PS2 but.. I'll choose the Wii version over the PS2 version.IcE-Fu-

Same with me. I dont have a Xbox or PS3 so im stuck with PS2/Wii
Although the 5 bonus songs seem like the only difference so far

how is that the actual drum kit they just took the normal rock band drums and inverted the colors and wrote joystiq at the bottom-SiiLeNCE-

That is the Wii Drumset.
If you look at the bigger picture on the site you can clearly see the analog and Wii buttons in the middle

Big deal. I wasn't going to buy Rock Band anyway. Why would you expect the GH guitar to work with it? Aren't the two games made by different companies?

Big deal. I wasn't going to buy Rock Band anyway. Why would you expect the GH guitar to work with it? Aren't the two games made by different companies?

aransom

well... gh guitars work for rock band on the 360, so why couldnt they do it for the wii???

if all these issues such as no dlc and no gh guitar support and no character customization are dealt with i dont think i'll be buyin this. o well there are better ways to sped two huundred dollars

Does you think that when they release rock band 2 on wii that they will actually make it good???andrewham7

Depends, if nintendo comes out witha hard drive for Wii by then, or anything to fix this problem, then sure i dont see why there couldnt be DLC. And as for making it actually good....who knows, if developers start taking the Wii seriously then yes. But they need to stop treating it like a last gen system

Big deal. I wasn't going to buy Rock Band anyway. Why would you expect the GH guitar to work with it? Aren't the two games made by different companies?

aransom

Because rock band for the 360/ps3 is compatible with GH guitars. Also the fact that the guitar that rock band comes with is complete garbage.

Big deal. I wasn't going to buy Rock Band anyway. Why would you expect the GH guitar to work with it? Aren't the two games made by different companies?

aransom

Because rock band for the 360/ps3 is compatible with GH guitars. Also the fact that the guitar that rock band comes with is complete garbage.

i emailed harmonix about this and they said

Hey Rocker,

Thanks for writing in with your feedback regarding the recently announced release of Rock Band for the Wii. Design for Rock Band did indeed need to be scaled down in order to accommodate various hardware considerations. During development with Pi we had to make choices to ensure the best game possible for the Wii, and we chose to prioritize core game play rather than focus on some of the more secondary features such as the character creator and online play.

To give you a bit of an idea as to how complex the Rock Band animation systems run on the Xbox360 and PS3 versions of the game are, the videos that run need to reflect up to four active band members that are optimized for the worst-case in game scenario (which, in case you are curious, is Run to the Hills, 4-player, expert). This includes makeup, clothes, guitars, tattoos, various sizes, colors, unique attitude animations and all of the assorted effects.

Some animations and directed cuts are hand-cued, and others are run through a quasi-randomized system. Needless to say, this takes a tremendous amount of processing power. Tweaking and honing our code and graphics engine took place throughout the entire project, literally until the very end.

The decision to cut a lot of the hard work our artists and coders put into the game never comes easily, but we have to be realistic when approaching the game on other platforms. Bringing the full band experience to the Wii was our primary focus, and I think Pi has done an amazing job delivering on that. Once you get a chance to play Rock Band on the Wii I think you'll have a blast!

I hope that addresses your concerns regarding Rock Band on the Wii. Rock on!

-Aaron

Aaron Trites

Community Development

Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.

RockBand.com

Wow, I thought when I was gonna buy this "Oh, ill just buy the standalone game and play it with my GH3 guitar, the buy the drums." You lost a sale.movin_target

Exactly what I was thinking. But, since they won't attach wii remotes, we can't do that. Sorry Harmonix, I'm not gonna be spending $200 on this game.

We found out earlier that RB wouldnt have DLC or online
But even more bad news has been revealed.
Some of you may already know this, but i didnt see a thread where it was posted so here it is

- Bonus songs will be announced at a later date
- no character creation
- no Mii support
- no support for GHIII guitar
- Instruments don't need to be connected to Wwiimotes
- ship with USB hub
- DPL II, 480p

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/24/rock-band-wii-drum-kit-pictured-nagging-questions-answered/

Rock Band Wii..........fail

gojays

Harmonix, you fail.

I was pretty excited for Rock Band for Wii (my first and only console)

I will not buy it.

[QUOTE="gojays"]

We found out earlier that RB wouldnt have DLC or online
But even more bad news has been revealed.
Some of you may already know this, but i didnt see a thread where it was posted so here it is

- Bonus songs will be announced at a later date
- no character creation
- no Mii support
- no support for GHIII guitar
- Instruments don't need to be connected to Wwiimotes
- ship with USB hub
- DPL II, 480p

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/24/rock-band-wii-drum-kit-pictured-nagging-questions-answered/

Rock Band Wii..........fail

nintendoboy16

I was expecting a good game. PS2 port= Fail.

ooh! well, sux for no good stuff i still plan on buying it though XD

BUT i got a question, well i was browsing the pics when the box of the game (the whole kit) said special edition...

tht means that itll be different? please tell me =( what will it have that the standard version wont

I was expecting a good game. PS2 port= Fail.

toadster101

It dousent matter if its online. good game dousent need onlinejackslayer12

It dousent matter if its online. good game dousent need onlinejackslayer12

The problem is that they are cutting down so many small great details in the game that add up in the end and negativley effect the game. Not being compatible with a Wii GH controller was the last straw. I'm def. not buying this game.

This was such a bad idea. I'd much rather them not release the game at all.

We found out earlier that RB wouldnt have DLC or online
But even more bad news has been revealed.
Some of you may already know this, but i didnt see a thread where it was posted so here it is

- Bonus songs will be announced at a later date
- no character creation
- no Mii support
- no support for GHIII guitar
- Instruments don't need to be connected to Wwiimotes
- ship with USB hub
- DPL II, 480p

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/24/rock-band-wii-drum-kit-pictured-nagging-questions-answered/

Rock Band Wii..........fail

gojays

All this, a cheap PS2 port, no online, and you're STILL expected to pay $170 for this thing! This is epic fail

[QUOTE="andrewham7"]Does you think that when they release rock band 2 on wii that they will actually make it good???gojays

Depends, if nintendo comes out witha hard drive for Wii by then, or anything to fix this problem, then sure i dont see why there couldnt be DLC. And as for making it actually good....who knows, if developers start taking the Wii seriously then yes. But they need to stop treating it like a last gen system

They could put dlc songs through WiiWare. The songs only take up about 25 mb and would most likely be even smaller for the Wii.

The problem is that they are cutting down so many small great details in the game that add up in the end and negativley effect the game. Not being compatible with a Wii GH controller was the last straw. I'm def. not buying this game.

This was such a bad idea. I'd much rather them not release the game at all.

Lyphe2k

Totally agree with you.

[QUOTE="jackslayer12"]It dousent matter if its online. good game dousent need onlinebededog

Online isn't important... DLC is...

Harmonix really screwed this one up.

Rock Band for the WII had me all excited, but when I found out about no character creation or DLC, I was shot down from that excitement.

I have to wait until I get my 360 now, which wont be anytime soon.

For now I'm stuck with the crappy PS2 version.

Why can't they just release the DLC over the WII ware coming out during spring?

[QUOTE="aransom"]

Big deal. I wasn't going to buy Rock Band anyway. Why would you expect the GH guitar to work with it? Aren't the two games made by different companies?

andrewham7

well... gh guitars work for rock band on the 360, so why couldnt they do it for the wii???

if all these issues such as no dlc and no gh guitar support and no character customization are dealt with i dont think i'll be buyin this. o well there are better ways to sped two huundred dollars

When you find the answer to that question, PM me. Why the 360 version has GH guitar compatibility but the PS3 and Wii versions don't is beyond me.

ooh! well, sux for no good stuff i still plan on buying it though XD

BUT i got a question, well i was browsing the pics when the box of the game (the whole kit) said special edition...

tht means that itll be different? please tell me =( what will it have that the standard version wont

Bliind-Guardian

I think what they mean by "special" is retarted. Like how they call retarted people "Special."

Guitar Hero IV > Rock Band

'Nuff said.