Rock Band

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Harmonix Music, the designers behind Guitar Hero I and II are moving the tradition of the garage band to the comfort of your own couch with Rock Band. Step up to the mic, lay down a beat on the drums, play a tasty bass riff, or just jam out on guitar! Rock Band has over sixty songs in its catalogue, and endless multiplayer fun! It's the ideal party game for the aspiring rock star to enjoy.

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Rock Band - Wii

Pros Cons
Addictive gameplay Repetitive gameplay
Innovative concepts Not enough content
Awesome audio  
Pretty good for a knockoff

My views: Rock Band [Wii]
Rock Band was huge on the Xbox 360 and PS3 and it's late released Wii counterpart is somewhat degraded by stripped features like online play and create-a-rocker, though gameplay is exactly the same, watered-down graphics aside.
GUITAR
A complete and total knockoff from Guitar Hero. A lot of reviews will kindly say it's "similar" to GH but can you say EXACTLY THE SAME!? Same old green-red-yellow-blue-orange layout with moving fretboard notes. Star power's been replaced by overdrive in Rock Band (activted the same way (rotating the guitar)), and GH's star notes are "special phrases" in RB. wow.
DRUMS
The drums are a lot of fun and the only original layout in the game. Hit 4 pads and stomp the kicker to play. The notes come the same way guitar notes do except in red-yellow-blue-green format, which can get a tad confusing for old GH players. You stomp the kicker when a large orange line crosses the note area to hit the bass (pronounced BASE) drum. Overdrive is activated when you hit the green note at the end of a free stretch.
VOCALS
The format used is extremely similar to the SINGSTAR games where lyrics match up to simplified notes. Overdrive is activated by singing while the strange orange pattern flows over the reticule.
BASS GUITAR
Same as regular guitar except that the keys are much lower on the fretboard and the part is different.
CONCLUSION
Despite the obvious rips from GH, Rock Band is pretty fun, ever more so with friends, though the absence of online content is a shame.

Rock Band - Wii

Pros Cons
Addictive gameplay Ugly visuals
Tight controls  
Innovative concepts  
Fantastic multiplayer  
Just plain fun  
Awesome audio  
Sweeta

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Rock Band - Wii

Pros Cons
Fantastic multiplayer  
Addictive gameplay  
Just plain fun  
Innovative concepts  
Amazing visuals  
Awesome audio  
Unbelievable

Ok so I went to Best Buy with some friends cause they wanted to buy games. They offered me but i didn't except seeing that i am very humble with what i own which is ok with me. So they show me ROCK BAND and seeing that i've heard so much about it I said hey i'll give it a shot. When i played it I immediately fell in love. Not to mention that I was using a wii. I think it's awesome I love it and now i'm trying to get a wii so i can get ROCK BAND!!!!!!!!! I know alot will agree with me!!!! ^_^

Rock Band - Wii

Pros Cons
Amazing visuals  
Awesome audio  
Tight controls  
Innovative concepts  
Fantastic multiplayer  
Just plain fun  
Intense action  
Loads of content  
Addictive gameplay  
An ode that really isnt one to rockband

O rock band, parties you have made better, friends you have made at the arcades, songs you have played, recongintion for the genre created, and skills you have unlocked in people. If a game were any better than rockband i`d smash my atari with a 20 pound weight. BUY IT no matter what you do the experinces created by this game are that of total sweetness. As a game of music i reconmend this to any folk with a basement tv.

Rock Band - Wii

It's Possible

I know; it doesn't exist. But it could be possible that Rock Band could come to the Wii. Come on, Harmonix, make one for us Wii-owners.

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