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First Rock Band Wii shots arrive, fail to cheer us up

Posted Apr 15th 2008 9:00PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: Screens

Rock Band's taken its fair share of flak recently -- some would say it's been perfectly justifed -- but perhaps these first screens of the Wii version in action will help slow the barrage of complaints about the game.

To the surprise of nobody, they're pretty much identical to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Harmonix's multi-instrumental extravaganza (minus the super-sharp HD look, obviously), and, y'know, that means it's quite a pretty game, at least. Convinced, yet? No? You're still dwelling on that missing DLC and online play, aren't you? Can't blame you. So are we. Sigh.

Gallery: Rock Band

NMS08: Joystiq hands-on with the future of Wii

Posted Apr 15th 2008 1:30PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

Big-brother blog Joystiq's own Zack Stern got a little face time with some of the biggest games of your fanboy future at last week's Nintendo Media Summit, and mostly, the verdict is good, even in some surprising places. We've linked all of the hands-on impressions below, but will offer a quick recap here:

Rock Band for Wii is not quite a complete travesty; improvements made to the original Rock Bands are present here, and apparently, there is at least discussion of how to handle the online play/DLC problem, but whether or not that will be managed as a later add-on or reserved for a sequel was not said. But it's not all sunshine and rainbows ....
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is the opposite of Rock Band, however, in that it sounds even better than we expected. Zack spent some time in the Wii-specific multiplayer duel mode, and it sounds as though the level of depth (and sheer fun!) to be found there will make Wii owners and Star Wars fans very happy. We're looking forward to it!
BOOM BLOX may seem like a simple game, but while we're on the subject of depth, this is another title with a lot to explore and discover, and we know a lot of you are excited about it -- so much so that you'll challenge the bloggers to steel cage matches and all. It's cool. We like to know you care.
Samba de Amigo both is and ain't the original. It looks and feels like the Dreamcast game, but Wii remotes just aren't maracas. We did get our wish, though you can use two Wiimotes instead of a Wiimote and a nunchuk if you want, to get your samba on.
Wii Fit is fun, with a lot of enjoyable mini-games, but Zack felt they might get repetitive after a while. Then again, what exercise routine doesn't? That's why they call it a routine, amirite?

Read: Joystiq hands-on with BOOM BLOX
Read: Joystiq hands-on with Rock Band Wii
Read: Joystiq hands-on with Samba de Amigo
Read: Joystiq hands-on with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Read: Joystiq hands-on with Wii Fit

NMS08: Rock Band 'bonus' simply PS3/360 dregs

Posted Apr 15th 2008 6:30AM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: News

The mystery of our Rock Band's "bonus" tracks has been solved -- and the songs are nothing you haven't seen before, especially if you've been following the available DLC for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the title. Here's your extra content, Wii owners. Merry freakin' Christmas.

"Dirty Little Secret" - The All American Rejects
"Roam" - The B-52's
"Don't Look Back in Anger" - Oasis
"Roxanne" - The Police
"Rockaway Beach" - The Ramones

Gallery: Rock Band

Name	Date
SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1	July 15
Strong Bad's Game for Attractive People	July TBA
Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1	July 15
We Love Golf	July 15
Wii Fanboy goes to E3	July 15-17
Order Up!	July 22
LEGO Batman	Sept. TBA
Star Wars: Force Unleashed	Sept. 16
Game Reviews (WiiWare and Retail)

Name

Date

SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1

July 15

Strong Bad's Game for Attractive People

July TBA

Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1

July 15

We Love Golf

July 15

Wii Fanboy goes to E3

July 15-17

Order Up!

July 22

LEGO Batman

Sept. TBA

Star Wars: Force Unleashed

Sept. 16

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