A-Rod, Birdman, Michael Phelps, and Kobe plug Guitar Hero: World Tour
- October 27, 2008 00:00 AM PST
New commercial featuring four celebrity athletes hopes to keep Guitar Hero in the rhythm game driver seat.
The ad began airing last week and parodies Tom Cruise as seen in 1983's Risky Business. Yankee third baseman A-Rod can be seen playing base; Tony Hawk mans the toy drums (on a skateboard even); Olympic record-holder Michael Phelps plays guitar; and Laker shooting guard Kobe Bryant rocks the vocals.
Guitar Hero: World Tour launched for Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, and PS2 Sunday, a month after Rock Band 2 launched on Xbox 360. GamePro's full review is expected as soon as our previews editor Travis Moses puts down the sticks in favor of a pen (read: later today).
Although Rock Band launched as the first four-person multiplayer rhythm game in 2007, the Guitar Hero franchise has so far enjoyed better sales, largely due to its more household name.
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- Oct 27 2008 at 08:32:17:AM PST
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It's official, I lost all respect for Guitar hero because Crying Bryant and Gay Rod are in it ( I have nothing againts Tony Hawk and Michael Phelps btw) and I'm never playing it again. Call me a whiner but I don't give a flying f***. Same thing happened with the OCC show after they build that piece of s*** Yankee bike (with my most hated player promoting the bike out of all people, ugh), so I stopped watching it ever since. Count Guitar Hero on that list.
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It's official, I lost all respect for Guitar hero because Crying Bryant and Gay Rod are in it ( I have nothing againts Tony Hawk and Michael Phelps btw) and I'm never playing it again. Call me a whiner but I don't give a flying f***. Same thing happened with the OCC show after they build that piece of s*** Yankee bike (with my most hated player promoting the bike out of all people, ugh), so I stopped watching it ever since. Count Guitar Hero on that list.
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GhWT is trying to be rock band but didn't take the best parts of rock. It been nice to import songs from GH II and III even if we had to pay 5 bucks. Livin on a Prayer being the first career song was disapointing since we've already played it in rock band. the new guitar is nice but the new bar is not really needed.
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You can't say you're not going like the game just because of the people they used in the commercial (which I liked btw). I'm gonna get it eventually. The track lists are about equal comparing the two games.
YANKS RULE!!
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spidysonjrs wrote:
You can't say you're not going like the game just because of the people they used in the commercial (which I liked btw). I'm gonna get it eventually. The track lists are about equal comparing the two games.
YANKS RULE!!
Yanks who? Oh you mean the team out of the world series lol. Phillies all the way we're gonna win it all today.
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EvoG35VIII wrote:
It's official, I lost all respect for Guitar hero because Crying Bryant and Gay Rod are in it ( I have nothing againts Tony Hawk and Michael Phelps btw) and I'm never playing it again. Call me a whiner but I don't give a flying f***. Same thing happened with the OCC show after they build that piece of s*** Yankee bike (with my most hated player promoting the bike out of all people, ugh), so I stopped watching it ever since. Count Guitar Hero on that list.
shut up
you reek of envy. it's clear to see
typical hater
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It's official, I've lost all respect for EvoG35VIII for making a stupid whiny comment like that!
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