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Guitar Hero: World Tour - Band Bundle (Wii) | 
| From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: £149.99
Buy New: £146.79
You Save: £3.20 (2%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 48
Format: Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Video Game
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 24.3
Dimensions (in): 28.7 x 16.7 x 13.4
EAN: 5030917061745
ASIN: B001EO702C
Release Date: November 14, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
Innovative Music Studio - Compose, record, edit and release your own music.Battle of the Bands Mode - Rock out in solo career mode or battle against other four person bands online.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 Become a Rock God in the safety of your own home!! November 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Where to start??
Guitar Hero 3 Legends of Rock, was a great game - a really great game! So for Neversoft the game was on to create a sequel that would do justice to the series - and boy have they delivered! With over 80 songs, from all genres (country - metal!) there is something for everyone. Its really easy to pick up and play, especially with the new beginner stage!
Alongside the songs on the disc it is possible to create your own, or download more from GHtunes. You can also purchase more songs using wii points from the online store. As others have said, you do need wii remotes for all of the instruments, which is a pain, but it doesn't really take anything from the game itself.
Aside from the age old Rock Band Vs Guitar Hero debate, which is better, who was first and the rest......who cares! Personally, I went for Guitar Hero World Tour as I loved GH3, and the controller for that would be compatible with this game and I prefer the drums - its more realistic with the raised cymbals, you really do feel like a drummer. Furthermore GHWT has downloadable songs, where as rock band doesn't. Each game will have its fans, and thats good, as competition will hopefully push the companies to produce even better games and features in the future!
Overall, this game is so much fun - it really is!! You can play as a band, or each instrument individually. Difficulty can be changed half way through a song and you can even create your own wee rocker to look just like you!
I expect hospitals should be on call this christmas to aid my fellow rockers with their potential injuries! I have already poked myself in the eye with the drums sticks, banged my knee off a table doing a crazy guitar solo and my vocal chords are shredded - but I dont care, I am a rockstar! Seriously, this game is fun, for all ages!
Amazing amount of fun to be had!! November 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not very musically inclined, and haven't played any of the GH series or rock band before, so I was very apprehensive about paying so much money for the band kit. But on a recommendation I took the plunge to try it out (and the fact we chipped in together to buy it!)
Rest assured its absolutely fabulous!!
You have to use your wireless wii remotes though on each instrument, which meant I had to go out and buy another wii remote if you want to play multi player, but then there are so many other good multi player games out there that the small cost would soon be recouped with hours of fun. On the plus side this does effectively make the drums and guitars wireless.
I found the drums easiest to play, but my red drum isn't as sensitive as it should be - although there appears to be a fix for this on the GH website. I thought I wouldn't use it in single player mode, but I've recently started using the guitar and finding it very addictive - I'm not very good at the moment and after a good jamming session find my fingers start to ache - wish the game gave you more of break between songs when your doing a gig on solo mode!
Obviously this kit does take up a lot of room, although on the plus side the drums to detach and break down to take a smaller space and the neck of the guitar also detaches.
Overall a great game, plus you can use the guitar in other GH3 titles, as well as the mic for other mic games.
rock out! November 21, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Mine arrived promptly, thanks Amazon!
The drums: feel great, easily adjustable in height, although the kick peddle takes some getting used to. The wii remote slots in the top, and the whole kit runs off it, there is no separate power source, so make sure your stocked up on AA battery's for your wii remotes. The drumsticks are wooden, and the build quality of all is excellent.
The guitar: heavier than the les Paul controller and slightly larger in size so wont fit in my guitar controller carry bag : -(. Build quality feels better than the les Paul controller though. Guitar runs off wii remote like drums and previous guitars. The whammy bar is much better, there's a star power button that you can much more easily hit with your palm while strumming, and the new touch sensitive strip allows some insane note combo's to be hit, as well as the tap function for strumming which I never use.
You can use the les Paul guitar controller to play the game just as well as with the new guitar.
You need a wii remote for each instrument.
There are 80 odd songs to play, none of which contain explicit lyrics.
There are not very many songs for download online, although the new James bond one is on there (jack white and Alicia keys)
For GH gods: the hammer-on window is not like GH3, its small, requires accuracy.
all instruments are really responsive except the mic which has a little bit of sound lag, not major,
this game plays best on tube teles where there is no lag, although lag can be adjusted in game for all tv's.
I preference the guitar hero games, and would recommend them over any other games in the genre.
Lastly Amazon's price is about as good as it gets, doubt you'll find it cheaper elsewhere, not with great delivery anyway.
all the best
 New hero in town November 18, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Got the game the day it came out and have had much fun with it since. I live with 2 other guys so obviously it's great for a bit of multiplayer gaming.
I have had some problems though. My guitar was randomly playing notes. On investigation i realised it was the new touch sensitive bar. As i wasn't using it I decided to tackle the problem. (Warning, this will most probably invalidate the warranty on the guitar) Firstly, i took the neck off the body and unscrewed the back cover of the neck. Took out the circuitry and unsoldered the wires connected to touchpad. Put it all back together and now it's working fine (although i am unable to use the touchpad obviously). Besides this fault the guitar feels great and i personally find the new star power button very useful.
I've also had a problem with the drums. The red pad is not as responsive as the rest and to get it to register (without feeling like you're hitting it so hard you're going to snap a drumstick) a hit you have to hit it dead centre. Not the easiest thing when you're rocking through a bit of fleetwood mac! Red Octane (the makers of the peripherals) have released a fix for this. On their website you can get a free USB to midi cable (with your drum serial code). This enables you to hook the drums to your PC where you can download a program which will allow you to adjust the sensitivity of your drums. I haven't received this yet but all reports suggest that this fixes the problem.
These two issues are in my opinion major problems and are the reason that i have only given this game 3 stars. However, if you are prepared to deal with this there is a great game waiting for you. The song list in my opinion is much better than GH3. And the songs are all in gigs now. No going back to the menu to select a song, you just play the whole gig. Also, the songs are all unlocked through gigs instead of having to buy loads as bonus songs as in GH3. Free play is also better than GH3 because you can create a gig of 6 songs so you can select any 6 songs you have unlocked and play them back to back (instead of just 1 song then going back to the menu).
All in all this game is extremely fun!!!! It is just let down by poor peripherals which is unnacceptable for the cost of the game.
 Disappointing...I'm afraid... November 17, 2008
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
well the reviews are good here, but i was very disappointed......i have guitar hero 3 and love it and was looking forwared to this with the drums and a "free" bass guitar!
well the guitar is a White Les Paul that i got with GH3 which you can use as a bass, there is NO dedicated bass for the wii i could suffer that, but i set up the drums and the yellow symbol didn't work at all and even if it did i found the drum sound in the game rubbish it was too low and yes i did turn all the volumes in game up. (wii music drums are far better sounding)
to me the drums would be an expensive 5 minute wonder, i have read a lot of threads on the forums and there are many problems but some people will be happy.
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