Wii Rock Band out now
By Shaun Hatton - June 22nd, 2008
All right, Wii owners! The time you’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Wii Rock Band is in stores today, so if you’ve been waiting patiently (or not so patiently), you can finally have it.
An interesting thing to note about the Wii version of the game is that due to the system’s lack on internal storage, downloadable content will be non-existent. Instead, Wii Rock Band owners will be able to purchase song expansion discs from stores. While this does seem like a pain in the ass if you want to play a few songs from the game, then an expansion set song, the possibilities of the stand-alone expansion has me intrigued.
The fact that discs will be issued separately makes me hopeful that we’ll be seeing albums issued in a similar way, possibly with the original record’s artwork and liner notes. Wouldn’t that be cool? Wouldn’t it also be cool if the disc can be played in regular DVD players as the album proper?
Perhaps I’m getting too ahead of myself here, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t be possible to have this be a reality.
I was really stoked about this until I found out they were cutting features. Guitar Hero: World Tour looks more promising: A more realistic drum kit that folds up for storage, and SD-enabled content. Looks like you may even be able to download to SD as well.
A better way to play in my opinion…
Wii Rock Band: Like Rock Band’s little brother.