<![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> oh, please tell me that the Marketing group at Rockband made this as a joke. TMI!

southpaw661

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @xbulletholes: Me too.

Machzy

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> LOVE IT

stromasdragon

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> How do you hold that thing!? Most likely the songs will be ones that already have been used in previous versions.

mexfreak86

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> WHAT?

I CAN'T PIRATE THIS!

Ryumeka

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Purple Dave:
Arkanoid DS is worth importing.

Evil Jim

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Looks Uncomfortable, But hell its guitar hero So I will get It!

Soyerz

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I do think that it is at least original as far as the design goes. Glad to see more DS games taking the book approach though!

Soroks

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> This will make me sexier.

ABigSmall

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Geez, now I'm actually tempted to buy this, not to ever actually play, but just to reward someone for coming up with the first DS Game Pak (in the US at least) since the Rumble Pak came out with Metroid Prime Pinball.

@jay427:
Indeed, and Nerf Armor is right out as well.


Purple Dave

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @code.monkey: You gotta be like me and be able to use either for anything! Cept writing that is.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> So stupid... 4 buttons? Where's the challenge?

cwith

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> If that guitar peripheral had some kind of internal flash memory to store possible downloadable content through the DS, that would be incredibly hot. Of course, that would just make it TOO much of a good idea.

djkibblesnbits

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Wow... I actually... Kinda want it. Interesting. Cool!

2NinjasTapedTogether

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Looks a little gimmicky too me. Hand cramp x1 million.

googleguru

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> ... Ill have to see how they expect you to hold the thing. It looks incredibly uncomfortable...

Psychtaygar

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> LMAO No one will be pirating this game.

krunkjuice

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Not sure about the four buttons, or the strumming using (I'm assuming) the Stylus. But conceptually, I'm really impressed.

peAr nectAr

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Surlaw-the-Mai: Seeing it's from IGN, I'd imagine it is. The April magazines are already out....

Optimistic Prime

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> This is going to be a bitch like Jam Sessions was to me. What I mean by that is that I am a naturally left-handed person who just happened to have been taught to right with my right hand and who has absolutely know idea how to write with my left. So it feels more natural to me to hold the stylus in my right hand since it is pretty much a pencil, but it also feels more natural to me to strum with my left hand. I'll definitely play left handed, but it will feel really strange at first.

LunyBen

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @nypad5: yeah but in the console version most of the three button guitar solos were like Green, Blue, Orange over and over again. This just makes it simple.

Crash McCloud

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Heartless1: You think you feel jipped? I came up with Relativity and Conservation of Energy at the age of seven, but oh no, Big Al already came along and took that credit. Screw you Einstein, you and your hair.

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> whats next DDR on computer arrow keys!?....oh wait....

frederic249

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> They would SERIOUSLY be better with just making a mini guitar and charging more. This looks SO uncomfortable.

kPod

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> SON OF A BITCH! This just confirms it for me, activision steals ideas from me while I sleep!

..Although admittedly I imagined he buttons on the PSP, but still too similar! I should keep better track of my ideas >_<

I NEED MONEY! LOL

Heartless1

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> i prefer my farting drum machine on taiko no tatsujin ,but this sounds funny yeah.

SaintEmpire

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I can just feel my poor ds hinge crack expanding already. :(

teraphony

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> This is the most stupid and the most awesome thing I've ever seen.

uranutan

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I am not sitting next to that guy on the train.

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Well, I thought it was cool...until I heard about the Touch Screen Strumming, which I think is...stupid or something. Because eventually when you "rock on" with your DS the Touch Screen will mess up and then you won't be playing GHDS anymore.

Well but if it isn't a flop, I'm probably gonna buy it though. : D

Tzibo

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> how would you hold it to see both screens well?

relax_guy

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Looks good, i don't really foresee the cramping thing to be an issue...

Darthvinder

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Where the fuck's AIR GUITAR HERO?

Screw GH: On Tour... I WANT AIR GUITAR HERO.

It was due out this month.

Indy_aka_Rex

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Possible broadcast News opening lines...

If you didn't already look like a complete moron on the Street of NY....

GH3 DS been banned in NYC due to several related car accidents.
(gamers to busy jamming on the keys and not looking before they cross the street)

You get the idea...

dadeisvenm

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> This defeats the whole purpose of Guitar Hero and should not exist.

furiousmilton

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Lame. Haven't played on medium for a year or so now.

pirate_panda

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> That way you can look even more like an idiot playing the DS in public. Great...

Ulquiorra Schiffer

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> If you try Through the Fire Through the Flames on that thing, your hand is going to fall off.

KM91

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> there are a few things about this that troubles me:
1. how am I going to hold it? it doesnt feel right either way
2. so this fits only NDSL but not NDS? it doesnt look like it sticks out long enough for NDS GBA cartridge. I doubt they would release two versions, maybe an adapter?
3. 4 buttons, that sucks. I was expecting a handle that totally sticks out on the left, maybe with a soft cable, while my right hand can touch the screen.

how about a PSP version?

htd

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Looks cool. Although I would much rather get GHIII for the Wii.

Aethyr

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Don't see what was wrong with the Jam Sessions method tbh, this just looks painful for the sake of it.

superbabyproject

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Crash McCloud:
even tho they use only 4 buttons, take a look at ONE solo in GH3, only uses 3 buttons and is impossible to hit them cause they fly at you so fast. I bet they have something up their sleeves.

nypad5

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Look at the trailer if you're wondering how this would work. It actually looks perfectly comfortable. Really, just pick up a calculator and try reach up to the buttons from underneath. Its a lot more natural than it looks.

That said, the trailer makes the players look completely stupid while playing it for entirely different reasons. The beauty of guitar hero is the way it replicates the mechanics of playing a guitar. This, I don't know what this is but it loses that illusion. I don't see what's supposed to be fun about this. The pick stylus is neat, but the whole physical gameplay looks far too awkward.

BStu

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Also, this is going to be atleast $50, possibly even $60. This is Activision. They want $70 for a hunk of plastic that wraps around a Wii Remote.

Mit

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @dead_red_eyes: I dig, I just don't like how they dug.

sanyo

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> While I am intrigued by the whole idea, Activision really wants to get as much as they can out of this series, releasing it on every possible platform, including the DS.

@xbulletholes: High quality versions of the songs will undoubtedly be included. If you don't want them to sound like crap coming out of the DS's speakers, you can get full quality from the DS's audio-output for headphones or speakers.

Mit

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I'm guessing it'll use 3-string-chords to make-up for the missing 5th button... maybe.

sandwiches

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> ...but I play Expert :(

excaleranth

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> You have to admit, it's a handy way to avoid piracy, as well -- you've gotta have the device to play the game properly.

deejsylvis

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Guitar Hero for the WIN!!!! Holy crap I am sold, that just looks amazing I can't wait to give that a try. But now the question remains how much of my money do they want!?

Deltakiral

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I do wonder if they are just going to ignore those of us who are phatties.

@kyosuke9999:
Chicago, New York, and San Francisco are the exceptions rather than the rule. Public transportation represents less than 5% of commuting nationwide.


kingofallcosmos

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> They should have made it so the GBA port snapped into a full guitar, like the Wiimote on the Wii version of GH.

... and then made the DS the screen project the display ...

... with laser beams ...

... onto the moon.

That's the only setup I'd play. This configuration, by comparison, looks like complete shit.

jfmzoo

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Don't forget that there will also be a sound chord involved somewhere.

4Degrees

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Modus_Operandi: I don't think the general gamer thinks about chances of getting laid when deciding which titles to purchase and not to purchase. And by being on a gaming blog, you obviously must not be too concerned about how cool you are either.

Lemming To The Sea

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @DeLoRtEd1: I'm not particularly against piracy, but you could at least buy a game every once and a while.

uranutan

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I can't imagine any position where this setup would be conformatble to hold for more than a song or two.

Either you have to angle your neck to look at the screen or hold your hands in an odd position to keep you neck straight, but then you end up with a weird position for your picking wrist.

Edidid

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Looks more like accordion hero to me.

kcorbo

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Very cool. It should be interesting to play it and see how comfortable it is.

GamerBunny

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Demonbird: Oh I don't doubt southpaws are gonna get left in the dust... again. First scissors, then wire-bound notebooks, and now this!

relin

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Seems very uncomfortable to me. I just wonder if there will be anoption to reverse the screens to accomodate both left and right handers

Sparx

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> This actually looks pretty cool. I'm not a DS gamer, but it sure beats them just throwing a crappy game on DS without any hardware support. I give Rock Band 2 months until they try the same thing.

PownerOfNewbs

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> you should go to the IGN website, they got a video up.

looks quite cool, sure you'll look stupid if you did this outside, but generally been seen playing a DS outside is stupid anyway, so i don't think it'll make much difference.

Also think it'll be no problems for lefties, just have to turn the DS the other way.

Bad thing is that all the button colours will be upside down, minor problem.

One good thing, the headphone plug will be facing down so you can hook it up without the lead messing with your button bashing.

als ogood idea for the thing, cos it means you can't really pirate the game, can you?
:/

Onizuka-GTO

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Sasuntsi|Davit:
The ability to strum it and the screen placement wasn't the issue.

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> i hope you can use this with your wii!!!

Think of the possibilities! :D

Onizuka-GTO

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I would be embarrassed to play that outside...

GiantEnemyCrab

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> DS peripherals - the one downfall of NDS Flash carts :(

DeLoRtEd1

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Crosswayboy: Soooo cheesy. And the part where you have to blow away the flames to keep playing = not cool. I think the battle mode was the lamest addition to the GH franchise and it should be left for the dogs.

hrunting

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Why isn't it called Guitar Hero: Pocket Amp?

Sir_Crocidile

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I hate Guitar Hero.

scrappy

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> heheheheeheheheh

this looks so fucking crazy that it might just be awesome.

Dauragon C. Mikado

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @kingofallcosmos: Have you been to chicago lately? Everyone I know takes the train to and from work.

kyosuke9999

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Its only 4 buttons because you only have 4 fingers. because the DS is attached to your hand, you couldn't move your hand up and down to reach a 5th.
I worry about how well the strumming will work, especially if its v fast.

CitStream

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Yeah, I still don't see how this works as a guitar either. You're strumming near your fret hand? I could see maybe Harmonica Hero. This is the add-on for Guitar Hero: Bob Dylan. Which now as I'm typing this... I would totally buy the hell out of.

rvcontre

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Holy Carpel Tunnel, Batman. At least we finally have something more physically uncomfortable than the control scheme for Metroid Prime: Hunters.

TomSkylark

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> *Looks at pics*
*Checks date ...twice, just to be sure*
*Laughs ass off*



GoldenGotGame

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> YAY! Now you can get carpal tunnel syndrome from playing Guitar Hero on your DS!

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> It kind of looks like to me that it will only work with the DS Lite. Why no love for those of us with the fugly old gray ones? Last time I checked it's about 50/50 split for those with a DS Lite and those with an old DS. It might be more for the DS Lite now, but there's still a lot of people out there with the gray one.

BluFire

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> There's a strap attached to the device so there's no problem with not being able to hold it properly.

And for anyone who complains about it not being suitable for lefties, you have some serious spacial awarness issues (considering you are a gamer) when you don't realise that flipping the DS upside down flips the screens around as well:
Righty mode:
Normal Screen (View) : Touch Screen (Strum with right hand)
Lefty Mode:
Touch Screen (Strum with left hand) : Normal Screen (View)





Sasuntsi|Davit

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Any idea if this will work with the the first DS?

Pangaru

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Mokona: The DS is targeted mostly to non-hardcore gamers, in gh most people can only play well at medium, thats maybe the reason to only use 4 buttons...

TOCATL

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> wow, can't wait to hear the fantastic quality of all twenty of those compressed music files.

xbulletholes

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @FelicioLostHorizonPT: Did you really laugh out loud or are you lying to everyone? I don't like liars. Especially ones who lie about laughing out loud.

Robotube

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> That thing looks cool, once again " DS > PSP " , now we only need a little will and "rock band" is possible on the ds...

TOCATL

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I'll give it a try, but I can't imagine being able to play it much longer then 5 mins at a time.

Kenofthedead

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> 4 buttons = fail

Mokona

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> As a longtime portable user (Game & Watch, countless crappy Tiger portables, Game Boy, GBA, PSP, DS, etc.) I can say that a significant number of people use portables in private. Buses and commuter trains are essentially non-existent in the US because they are extremely impractical in all but the most tightly packed cities, so portables are going to frequently be used at home, in the car, at the hotel, etc. There are a lot of DS games that you cannot use in public because they require the microphone, which is annoying, but if you want to play a DS game in public, you have several non-microphone choices.

@cybereality:
In the clip they are using the handstrap.


kingofallcosmos

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I love Guitar Hero/Rock Band as much as the next guy, but this just looks dumb.

GameJerk

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @code.monkey: Sorry man :(...

TOCATL

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> It looks super lame. The Guitar Hero idea just doesn't work well without a guitar peripheral.

Xax

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> it looks like an accordion lol!

FelicioLostHorizonPT

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Good idea but it will suck. Guitar Hero just should not exist on the DS. Activision is running that series into the ground.

Phazonmasher

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @cybereality: Well, you'd just grip your thumb on the "top" of the DS, or rather, the edge with the DS game slot on it.

Grue

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Hooray, another DS game that uses the functionality to make you look like an idiot, preventing you from playing in public - which defeats the purpose of it being on a portable device.

multimoog

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @cybereality: Just like with Brain Age, you put your thumb vertical along the spine of the hinge. It's better than you'd think.

TalKeaton

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Demonbird: I'm left-handed... and concerned :(

code.monkey

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I get how you're supposed to wrap your arm around, but where the hell does your thumb go!?!? You need the thumb to grip *something* else the ds will just fall out your hand. It just doesn't make sense.

cybereality

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @code.monkey:
Just a point, I'm not left handed just concerned, but you rased a new issue, jesus the touch screens. I know my friend obliterated his with EBA...

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @mind in rewind: watch the video through the link. you basically hold the unit sideways. looks interesting. i probably won't have much use for this, but since my lil sis' b-day is coming up, this'll be the perfect gift!

kw4k

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> looks cool, but I hate Guitar Hero lol.
Rock band DS! go!

logicaldefense

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> now you can look ridicules wherever you go!

Adam Barenblat

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Do Want...I think it looks like fun

Seiven

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Demonbird: My guess is that you can hold the DS 'upside down' to simulate a left flip. The only problem is that you'll probably have to cock your left hand in a weird position to stum without obscuring your view of the notes.

While I think the overall concept is really innovative, I don't think it'll hold up in use, especially for lefties. Also, it looks like a few hours of playing it will absolutely destroy your touch screen.

code.monkey

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> anyone who bad mouthed the wii wheel and then praises this no longer deserves the right to speak.

Phantazmo

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Weak sauce.

kyosuke9999

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Sick!

Jac21

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Good thing the inevitable DS version 3 won't likely be released for a good while, because the only way to slim it down now is to remove the GBA slot, thus removing the ability to play this game. Unless of course they make an external GBA slot-device the hooks up via Mini-USB. Hmmm...

(Mini-USB could make the DS an unstoppable killing/gaming machine! Hook it up to a printer and it could literally print money!)

Grue

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I looks really awesome

chacho

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> So to see the screen while playing, you are going to have to hold the DS like you are reading a book resting in your wrist, with your playing fingers on the outside edge of the book. Then you are going to strumming right in front of your playing hand? It just doesn't make any sense ergonomically.

suburbancowboy

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Bad ass! Seeing as how my gaming life is slowly getting pulled into almost exclusively handheld use, this is splendid.

Robotube

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> How the hell do you hold it? I seriously can't figure it out.

FP mind in rewind

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Chanaluss:
It looks like it can't =/

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I can't fathom how to hold that without hurting myself. If I could switch it around, maybe... Ah well.

Maldron

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> WTF?! This is like sooo awesome it's bad!

Angryrider

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Isnt the appeal of guitar hero supposed to be that while you're at the party full of douchebags your hours of practice to look good at prentending to play guitar will have finally paid off because you can now use your skills to impress skanky girls?

Although the picking does look nice as I've always thought the guitar controller should have a picking mechanism pretty much exactly like they've made instead of the stuff up and down of the switch.

ctuck

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @ArgentAngel: I don't think the DS's touchscreen is multitouch, so you'd really have to dumb down the drums.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> More than twenty songs?
Not a very long game
only time will tell.

Dorphat the Insomniac

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> to the speaker questions, head phones. please dont tell me you let your portables on full blast while your on a train/bus? thats just not nice ='(

pandafresh

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @John-irl: That's a disappointment. I can still do it anyway!

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Chanaluss:

Oh damn, that's a good point. I wonder if this will work with the DS Phat?

dead_red_eyes

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Yeah. I'm okay with Rock Band for now. OOH!

Note: Rock Band for the DS. Good idea or best idea?

ArgentAngel

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Who strums a guitar sideways?

requiem

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Hahahahahahahahahah.

It really does look like a poor April Fools joke.

Fraeon

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> One of the main attractions of Guitar Hero is that you feel like you're playing a guitar. The DS format reduces GH to a rhythm game with a tie-in. It'll sell well, but it waters down the whole rocking experience. Makes me a little sad for the franchise.

A DS karaoke game would be a better fit, donchathink?

boopadoo

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> As someone who's been playing GH games since the first (and on expert), this looks like a lot of fun

Struct09

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> i really hope my DS Phat can use it =x

Chanaluss

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Looks Tedious.

Megan Fox Iz Hot! ^-^ - ph15h

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Erwin: Looking at the vid, the mic seems to be used to "blow out" your guitar when its on fire...

John-irl

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @sanyo:

The DS is a very casual portable gaming machine, and I think that they made Guitar Hero DS to fit that. You dig?

dead_red_eyes

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Really, Guitar Hero is the perfect game for a portable. You can play a song, save and quit. BUT, and this is huge, I do not see people playing that in public. If you are my age and playing that you might as well have a slap band on and be wearing those roller-shoe things.

MJDeviant

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Crosswayboy:

Holy shit. That is seriously cheesy. They should be ashamed of themselves.

dead_red_eyes

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Couldn't they have gotten that fifth button in? I fear that this will be too easy. Then again, the hand cramps are sure to double the challenge instantly.

Taco Bell™

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Looks really cool to me. The picture instantly reminded me of this great toy of days gone by:

[www.dustygizmos.com]

MCWHAMMER

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Wow, that's actually really clever. I was wondering how they'd pull it off.

Spiffyness

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> you better be able to activiate star power some other way than vocally. On a plane? a bus? in a public venue? Not gonna fly, sorry. Why even bother with a vocal function on this game? What were they thinking?

Smidget

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Setzer IIDX: I don't know about you, but I look pretty cool playing GH. With my thousand yard stare and slacked jaw, coupled with the beautiful, almost rhythmic clicks of my strum bar the ladies know where to go when they want some action from an Expert player. This game will only expand the exposure the world gets of my flying fingers on the fretwork. What else could they want?

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @ErskinPig: Oh I dontmind people knowing Im a nerd but I didnt realize this meant I had to make a public spectacle of myself. This is a portable device. Am I really supposed to "jam" to Enter Sandman on the train? Does anyone remember those "Hit sticks"? The drum sticks that came attache dto a tiny speaker you clipped on your belt. Youd hit the air and its make a noise. Ok. Thats cooler than this thing.

Modus_Operandi

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @scotty: As did I.

The lack of the orange button disappoints me. Unless they somehow ramp up the difficulty for the hard/expert players I doubt I'll get it. Although I probably won't get it anyway, since it'll most likely be $40 and incredibly uncomfortable.

sanyo

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> This looks like a joke.

nobodysleeps

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Sinnbox:
Maybe it isn't worth 50$ to me for inferior sound and cramped controls?

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Gadgetron: but these kids seem to be enjoying it [www.videogameszone.de]

Gadgetron

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> It actually looks pretty uncomfortable.

njhardcoreguy

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Wicked?
Did you spend any time in Massachusetts?

mangajunky

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> "COME'N ON YeeeeeeaaaaaHAH!" Will be the cry I use to activate Star Power...on my train ride to work.

SpookyTanooki

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> that seriously looks like a bitch to control.

Gadgetron

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I see alot of unintentinally simulated masterbating motions while someone uses this. I also see alot of intentionally simulated masterbating motions while someone is using this.

Modus_Operandi

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> How do you hold it, strum, push down on the "frets" and see the screen all at the same time? I just can't see this thing working in such a small space.

ADAM

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Demonbird: how is $50 bad for a DS game that comes with it's ow cotroller? I paid $40 for FFXII for DS, it's only $10 more for the super gay looking addon...

This just looks bad though, I can't imagin how bad this will play.

Sinnbox

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Does look cool, but I can also see it being a pain in the ass to play. I keep trying to picture how I'd handle that thing and can't think of a single comfortable way!

bangbangblah

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Will this be an issue for left handed people?

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Modus_Operandi: The only thing more pathetic than a nerd is a nerd that's ashamed of being a nerd.

Believe me, there is NOTHING remotely cool about playing guitar hero, on a Fisher Price plastic toy or otherwise. Just embrace the fact that you'll look like a tit.

ErskinPig

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Sweet jesus. My carpal tunnel is going to come back with a vengeance.

Destrado

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Oh no... that looks so clunky, and only 4 buttons! I may grab it if it features all new songs though.

But it looks like there is better "guitar" playing in Pinky Street: Kira Kira Music Hour for DS, and faaar better rhythm gaming in DJ Max Portable 1 and 2 for PSP...

BTW, after Pinky Street, nothing digs a groove in your screen/protector faster than strumming one spot a zillion times, so stock up on scratch covers!

fuchikoma

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Check out the ultra-cheesy trailer: [videogames.yahoo.com]

Crosswayboy

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I still can't figure out how you're supposed to strum. Yes they put in a pic-like stylus which, I guess, means that you strum the bottom screen with it, but that doesn't seem accurate at all and sounds uncomfortable as hell. Not to mention how are you supposed to use the wammy?

Nonetheless, I'll probably end up buying this. Le sigh...

NeoAkira

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Daaaaaaamn.

Bernard McGraw

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Now that looks cool, but not surprised. The DS is a superbly designed piece of kit.

ErskinPig

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @MasonL87:
Judging from the way it appears to fit flush to the case of the Lite there it does look to be only lite compatible. Shorter gba slot strikes again.

Also, if this is like 50$ or something stupid like that then no dice.

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> talk about hand cramp

bigsamboni

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> tell me this is a early April fools joke...

Surlaw-the-Mai

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Ok this looks cool but now you have to imagine yourself playing this thing. Playing Guitar Hero with a mini plastic banjo makes you look like an asshat as is, but its acceptable. This thing scientifically increases your asshatness by a whopping 230%. If you want to EVER get laid do not let any human see you using this. My suggestion is you use the included stylus to gouge out their eyes and swear them to secrecy.
Oh and screaming to activate Star power? You must accept the fact that people may slap you complusively if you do this anywhere near them.


Modus_Operandi

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> How are they gonna fit songs on a tiny DS cart?

Sinnbox

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> i never would have thought of this. innovative design. i'm worried about the sound quality though.. motley crue or motorhead coming through those tiny speakers?

in what social situation would it be best to play this game?

geekgrrl

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @Queasy: As opposed to looking super cool while playing the real thing.

=D

Setzer IIDX

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Guitar hero will be way too easy now.

Crash McCloud

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> @jay427: Exactly what I thought, and if they make it only compatible with the DS Lite I'm gonna be really pissed off.

MasonL87

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> If this works and works well I will pick this up. I'm not big on Guitar Hero but this is just interesting as hell.

Demonbird

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> That better come with a tube of Ben-Gay for those hand cramps. >_<

Zaxxon Q Blaque

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> The Guitar Hero DS commercial that is embedded in the link makes it look like you'll look like a retard playing this game.

Queasy

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> If this works, I might consider buying a DS in the future, the design looks well thought out. But I'm also a little sceptical about the hand cramp part but I guess it's part of what GH stands for. :)

bOOmStiCK83

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> That shape looks like the DS Phat people won't be able to play it...

jay427

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Thats going to kill your wrists

SPni

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Meh...

sergotron

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I just sent this in like, 5 seconds ago :\

Heh, anyways, The peripheral really made me smile, since it looks like something I would never come up with.... If it's not too expensive for a DS game, I'll buy it

scotty

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> looks like "Hand Killing Hero: On Tour (of breaking your goddamn hands)" really. Also whats with that "On Tour" font, makes me think 1990s and Nerf toys.

pandafresh

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> "IGN reports that the microphone will also be used, probably to activate Star Power mode with a Jack Black-esque rock scream."
Now you're just asking me to play it outside.

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> 4 buttons... hey, this is made for my Medium skilz.

WordMan

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Or would that be:

wrist cramp x 10000000

dead_red_eyes

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> looks really annoying to use :(
But awesome idea!! :D

Fluffy22

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> Still no chance of completing through the fires and flames though :( this is awesome though!

excel_excel

]]> <![CDATA[Wicked DS Guitar Hero Controller Unveiled]]> I can already picture it ...

hand cramp x 10000000

But it does look cool tho.

dead_red_eyes

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