Activision enigmatic on Nintendo offerings News
DS Wii News by Robert Purchese
Activision has remained coy and enigmatic after a recent conference call pointed toward the possibility of Guitar Hero appearing on Wii, with a spokesperson telling Eurogamer this morning that not all is as it seems.
"From my specific knowledge, and I'm not talking about Guitar Hero here, there are some surprises hidden within that phrase and things that people will probably interpret incorrectly," the publisher told us.
It refers to recent comments made in a Q3 2007 preliminary financial results meeting for Activision, in which CEO Mike Griffiths outlined the publisher's strong support of the Nintendo platforms.
"In fiscal 2008, we will double our offerings on the DS and the Wii," he said confidently. "Including Spider-Man, Shrek, Transformers, and Guitar Hero."
This led to many speculating that Guitar Hero would appear on Wii, as the DS seemed to be a much less likely target to port the well known PS2 game to.
However, the recent comment from Activision leaves us a little puzzled. We certainly would be surprised to see a DS version of the music-mashing masterpiece, but what sort of peripheral would a handheld warrant? A hamster-sized guitar? A harmonica?
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Der_tolle_Emil
09/02/07 @ 11:43
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Well I have already seen a screenshot for Guitar Hero for the DS but it could be fake.
Guitar Hero for the Wii would be great. If the guitar hat a slot for the wiimote it could be wireless and use the motion sensing for a lot of great things to affect the played notes. |
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groovychainsaw
09/02/07 @ 11:54
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you could use the stylus on the DS to actually pluck the guitar strigns (bit tricky maybe...?)
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Uh, well, there is already a 'Guitar Training' of sorts for the DS in Japan. You use the touch-screen to strum the strings and select cords with the D-pad.
An evolved and improved, more game like version of that could work I guess. (But something tells me I'd rather play Ouendan/Elite Beat Agents...) |
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Pac-man ate my wife
09/02/07 @ 13:14
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ManicMinerUK wrote: Don't really see how the wiimote would add anything to the GH franchise to be honest... What would it do?
I read a suggestion that you plug the wiimote into the guitar controller and then you can pull super-dooper rock star guitar poses. That'd RAWK! |
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Der_tolle_Emil
09/02/07 @ 13:17
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Even if it doesn't do anything gameplaywise. A slot for the remote would free them of implementing their own wireless hardware and the guitar could work without any batteries of its own.
Edit: Any possibly the remote could play fret sounds with its speaker?
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SeesThroughAll
09/02/07 @ 13:18
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Guitar Hero DS:
Will probably play a lot like Gitaroo Man, but using the stylus. Sounds promising, especially if it allows multiplayer with many players. |
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ProtoformX
10/02/07 @ 08:21
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I don't have a lot of confidence in a Wii version of Guitar Hero. One of the key reasons why the PS2 version is so much fun is because of the controller. Just playing it with a Wii remote would take a lot of that fun away, unless a guitar-style accessory for the remote were made.
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peak_performance
10/02/07 @ 11:19
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And why wouldn't a guitar accessory be made for it? That would just be stupid.
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