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  • Gaming Gone Wild: Grace Kim

    Gamers beware, there be bodacious nubile flesh behind this banner!

  • VIDEO: Darth Vader in Rock Band?!

    Every so often, gamers show incredible ingenuity with the games they play. This week, one awesome rocker takes the Rock Band wardrobe to an epic scale of AWESOME.

  • Shake,Rattle and Roll with the new Rock Band 2!

    As if the mere thought of another Rock Band so soon wasn't shock enough for you. How about the ability to have all the DLC added to your game as well as music from the original disc. This will push the set list for the game to an all time high, especially since Rock Band 2 will already have over 100 songs from an Unrivaled Blend of Classic, Developing and New Artists. This is big news for Harmonix and will definitely keep people happy since a lot of content was put on DLC for the first game. Also DLC will keep on flowing onto the market since they will be ported over to the next installment anyway, so don't expect them to slow down for one second on the albums and packs released on a weekly basis.

  • Note To My Parents of The Week #5

    Heeeey, heeeey I'm gunna be a RockStarrrrr...

  • Rock Band Wii Gets DLC on Disc

    The Wii version of Rock Band is set to eventually get the same tracks that 360 and PS3 owners got as DLC... as part of an expansion pack disc.

  • Rock Band on Wii: EA Says No, Harmonix Says Yes

    Speaking to GamePro, EA CEO Bruce Baer says that a Wii version of Rock Band has not been announced. Also speaking to GamePro, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos says it is "absolutely" possible.

  • 11 songs we'd never sing if it weren't for Rock Band

    Rock Band is loaded with great songs, but these 11 are sure to make you blush with embarrassment.

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Rock Band - Wii

Pros Cons
Awesome audio Not enough content
Addictive gameplay Repetitive gameplay
Innovative concepts  
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 Star power's been replaced by overdrive in Rock Band (activted the same way (rotating the guitar)), and GH's star notes are "special phrases" in RB.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
Awesome audio Ugly visuals
Addictive gameplay  
Tight controls  
Innovative concepts  
Fantastic multiplayer  
Just plain fun  
Sweeta

Disa gama ownz well yes it wasa fantastico Buta ita should uv had onlinea anda downloadable contenta Nica heh me llamo es Brian

Rock Band - Wii

Pros Cons
Amazing visuals  
Awesome audio  
Addictive gameplay  
Innovative concepts  
Fantastic multiplayer  
Just plain fun  
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  
Loads of content  
Intense action  
Addictive gameplay  
Tight controls  
Innovative concepts  
Fantastic multiplayer  
Just plain fun  
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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