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Wow. That's actually pretty good. You can even get the free super saver shipping. If they weren't totally screwing over Wii owners, I might even consider getting it. They announced that Rock Band 2 on the Wii isn't even going to have a lot of online stuff, which is a total slap in the face.

So, as long as they're treating Wii owners like inferior casual gamers who certainly wouldn't care about online functionality, especially DLC, then I give them the bird, and I'll encourage everyone I know to wait for GH4. Screw you EA (except Boom Blox rocks).

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While it's not as good a deal as Amazon due to sales tax and shipping, TRU also has RB Wii for this price this week, on-line and off.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3103008

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I still wouldn't buy it at this price. I can buy the PS2 version ($99) and get a PS2 at a pawn shop ($25-$30) for cheaper than this. Honestly, since they crippled RB for the Wii, it's pretty much the PS2 version on a different console.

Unless they reduce the price to the PS2 price, for this crippled version, I wouldn't buy it. I'm still waiting for GH:WT, that way my living room isn't swarmed with fake instruments.

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They can drop the price to ten dollars for all I care. I'll be getting GH all day. Harmonix can take their gimped product and shove it up their corns.

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Might as well wait for it to drop further since no one is buying it anyway.

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i wonder how many units it has sold so far...

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i wonder how many units it has sold so far... the track isnt even as good though, IMO.

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If RB2 for the Wii wasn't going to be gimped you would think that they would quickly announce that since it would significantly drive RB1 sales. I would consider buying RB1 to have it now if I knew RB2 was going to use the same instruments and have the features I want.

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I'm afraid that RB2 will suffer a similar gimped fate...too many clues are present:

1. The PS2 and Wii versions will be released around the same time, separate from the PS3/360 releases. It'd be so easy for them to give us another PS2 port.
2. They're releasing a Wii track pack--why bother if RB2 will have access to the DLC?
3. Harmonix has a smaller development team than Neversoft/Vicarious Visions, and they're releasing the game on four platforms by the end of the year. It's a frantic release schedule for them, and something's going to be rushed in the process.

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For anyone who has multiple systems and wants the real Rock Band, it appears Amazon also has the 360 version for $150, which is a slight discount on the price as well.

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You couldn't PAY ME enough to want to play this gimped POS version of the game.

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My friend got this game for the Wii. The guitar and drums were broken out of the box.

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I actually managed to pick this up at Target over the weekend for $106.24. They had the PS2 version on sale, ran out, and marked the Wii version as an "instant substitute" or some such thing.

Either way, I got Rock Band Wii for a little over $115 after all of the applicable government money-swiping.

Boulevard Mall Target Store in Amherst, NY if anyone is interested. Had one copy on shelf this morning.

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