Their other Wii peripheral is something that fills a very important need in the Wii accessory lineup: a standalone Guitar Hero III controller. The Nyko Frontman Wireless Guitar is a wireless (obviously) controller styled after the Fender Telecaster. This guitar should be out in March or April -- a few months and fifty dollars are the only things between you and rocking out with a second player. Unless Activision beats them to the punch with their own standalone guitars, in which case some other amounts of time and money will be required.
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1-08-2008 @ 11:03AM
MBJ said...
Toys R Us lists an Activision produced standalone guitar for $59.99 on 1/28: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2792427
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1-08-2008 @ 11:03AM
danny. said...
That looks a lot like my semi hollow tele... the wiimote in place of the f-hole. Just needs a pearl pick guard.
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1-08-2008 @ 11:15AM
Ian said...
You CAN rock out with two people now in Guitar Hero, the Wii controller alone works with the game.. it just looks funny..
But there's no strumming involved, so once you memorize the bottons, you could actually be faster on it than the guitar controller.
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1-08-2008 @ 12:17PM
Kerio said...
"$30 price point"
"fifty dollars"
indecision?
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1-08-2008 @ 6:46PM
David Hinkle said...
The $30 refers to the wireless nunchuk, not the guitar.
1-08-2008 @ 12:56PM
Don Day said...
Kerio = epic reading comprehension fail
Ha ha. You can't read.
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1-08-2008 @ 12:57PM
Jumbo said...
guitar is 50.
nunchuck is 30.
also...
wtf are these guitars so expensive?
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1-08-2008 @ 4:26PM
WiiFTW said...
In case you haven't figured out so far...Accesories/Cables are FREE MONEY for companies, even more so than shitty (EA) games.
Microsoft: little to no profit (loss?) on the console
Wii/360/PS3 Controllers: about $50-$60 (free money)
Component/HDMI Cables: potentially upwards of $50 (Best Buy/Brick-and-Mortar stores especially)
Custom colored Wii stand: >$20 (for a piece of plastic)
Need I list all the pointless yet expensive iPod accessories? That's why these guitars are expensive. There's not really much good third-party stuff as far as controllers (take a look at 3rd party N64 controllers on eBay). If anything, one third-party might get it right, but there's not really enough competition to drive the price down.
1-08-2008 @ 4:26PM
Ghen said...
Because they can.
Most people don't realize that the wiimote itself is the expensive part and wiring a plastic controller with buttons might cost $15 at most. ($3 for the wiring, $12 for the plastic)
They will basically try to make Wii guitars as much money as the all inclusive Xbox or Playstation ones because people in general are dumb. (not readers here, but the majority of GH3 owners).
1-08-2008 @ 6:42PM
raptorspike said...
Well, maybe we'll get lucky and get an announcement of Rock Band for the Wii. I'd much rather have a Strat to complement my Les Paul (like my sunburst Epi LP and Black squier strat)
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1-08-2008 @ 9:04PM
RIch said...
If they did bring Rock Band to the Wii, I hope they improve the strum bar. The soft push doesn't feel right.
Using the Wiimote as a second guitar is awkward, but playable. I have to hold it up horizontally. It feels more like Flute Hero.
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1-13-2008 @ 11:32AM
Arc|Angel said...
Hmmm flute hero.. good idea.. get some paint in the colour of the buttons and call the wife :)
1-09-2008 @ 5:17AM
Nii said...
I REALLY hope they bring Rock Band for the Wii! That would be so awesome!
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1-15-2008 @ 9:15AM
mak said...
scacf
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1-28-2008 @ 9:10PM
rocky said...
are you kiddin
of all the crappy guitars they could reproduce
they went with the tele
and that is fuckin awesome
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1-29-2008 @ 12:52AM
shibshabby said...
The Activision guitar listed on the Toys R Us site has been pushed back yet again. Originally it was slated for November, then pushed to today (1/28), and now I see it's set for 2/26. If Nyko can get this out around the same time, I'll probably go with this anyway just because I'm sick of waiting for the actual guitar. How hard is it to pull the game CD out of the box and ship a standalone guitar that you've already created? Someone isn't thinking this through, and they already missed the Holiday shopping season because of it. Morons...
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