GameDaily interviews Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos on Rock Band's and Guitar Hero's notecharts:
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"The guiding philosophy for us when authoring patterns is staying true to the music. What we found was if material in Rock Band was actually easier compared to Guitar Hero, it's because the actual guitar parts are easier, whereas the design mandate for GH seems to be more focused on a gamer mentality in ratcheting up the difficulty. What you see are these note charts that are very disconnected from what's actually happening in the real guitar parts in the music; they might be more crazy from a gameplay point of view, but they're also more disconnected from the music. So for us, that departs from our core design mandate," he said.
And he also teases:
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Rigopulos continued, perhaps whetting the appetites of guitar fiends everywhere, "That said, we are bringing some music to the platform, which we're not ready to talk about yet, that the nature of the music itself is so insane, it will be the most challenging material imaginable to play in the Rock Band universe."
In the back and forth feature battle between Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band 2, Activision and Neversoft are today announcing their newest exclusive feature - the likeness of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix as a playable character.
Few will argue Hendrix's influence on music and riding into Guitar Hero: World Tour comes with the announcements of the master tracks "Purple Haze (Live)" (recorded in 1969 at the San Diego Sports Arena) and "The Wind Cries Mary" being available in the game. Additionally, Hendrix's music will jump aboard the DLC train, with yet to be named tracks from the artist to be made available in future downloadable content.
UnknownGamer, a resident of San Diego, has come back bringing some news about the demo build of Hottest Party 2 that was present at the con this year!
Licenses/Covers Prince RoyalBlack or White Young MC Bust A Move [Includes Original Music Video] Jenn CunetaCome Rain Come Shine JusticeD.A.N.C.E. Sunshine SupermanMakes Me Wonder FRAZNite Runner Basement JaxxRed Alert [Includes Original Music Video] System 7Scramble LCD SoundsystemTribulations Haley HuntUmbrella Pop n' FreshWe Got The Beat
Konami Originals U.T.D. & FriendsLesson by DJ MC DDRLesson2 by DJ NM feat. Heather ElmerCloser to my Heart (jun remix) dj TAKADesert Journey U1 & Krystal Bescape NAOKI feat. YASMINEINTO YOUR HEART (Ruffage remix) TËЯRA feat. 宇宙戦隊 NOIZ (UCHUUSENTAI NOIZ)鏡花水月楼 (KYOKA-SUIGETSU-ROW) (DDR EDITION) [Transplant from GuitarFreaks/DrumMania V5] Lea Drop feat. Marissa ShipJUST BELIEVE jun feat. Heather Twede (gedis)Racing with Time (NAOKI'S 999 remix) DANNY DSTAY (Joey Riot remix)
Hopefully more information in regards to DDR Universe 3 and DDR X will show up from UG in the coming days! (piepiepie75 mentions that UG said that Uni3 and DDRX were not at the Konami booth today)
Seeing as it's already around July 24 @ around 10:45am at the time of this posting, Konami's newest addition to the BEMANI franchise known as jubeat, pronounced "you-beat," is official off the ground and playable in Japanese arcade centers.
AAA - BLOOD on FIRE 鈴木亜美 joins *田ヤスタカ - FREE FREE Mi - Good bye little girl Chris Brown featuring T-Pain - Kiss Kiss 川嶋あい - My love *ードオブメジャー - PLAY THE GAME ANNA inspi' NANA(BLACK STONES) - rose Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) VILLAGE PEOPLE - Y.M.C.A. THE BOOM - 風になりたい mihimaru GT - 気分上々↑↑ RIKI - *！ミッドナイト MINMI - シャナナ☆ FUNKY MONKEY BABYS - ちっぽけな勇気 Do As Infinity - 冒険者たち
COVER
BONNIE PINK - A Perfect Sky Ai + BAND - BELIEVE IN LOVE 浜崎あゆみ - BLUE BIRD UVERworld - endscape POLYSICS - I My Me Mine Nolans - I'M IN THE MOOD FOR DANCING 嵐 - love so sweet 大塚愛 - PEACH 平井* - POP STAR 絢香 - Real voice Rip Slyme - SPEED KING コブク* - YELL ～エール～ THE BLUE HEARTS - *スしてほしい 倖田來未 - *ューティーハニー レミオ*メン - 粉雪 Crystal Kay - こんなに近くで... ス*マスイッチ - 全力少年 山下智久 - 抱いてセニョリータ MISIA - 太陽の地図 BUMP OF CHICKEN - 天体観測 サンボマスター - 光の*ック NANA starring MIKA NAKASHIMA - 一色 YUKI - ふがいないや ZARD - *けないで
HIDDEN
Kozo Nakamura - Jumping Boogie kors k - Special One Jimmy Weckl - Icicles
Also, Konami has opened the Official "Special Site" for jubeat here, where it gives a mostly indepth walkthrough on how the game operates and includes a flash demo of how to press the panels at the right time.
The game allows for both local one player mode, or an online battle play (e-Amuse service and pass required) in which you can wait for up to three other players and go head to head in a panel tapping frenzy. While you're concentrated on the 4x4 multi display buttons, the smaller upper display shows you how your opponents are playing as well as your progress through the song.
The game appears to rank your touches with PERFECT, いい感じ (GOOD), 早い(EARLY)／遅い (LATE), similar to how it works in DDR Mario Mix. The three difficulties you can play are BASIC, ADVANCED, and EXTREME, ala GuitarFreaks/DrumMania and are ranked on a scale of 1-10. At the end of your round you are ranked on a scale of E to SS (as with GF/DM) and are given a bonus depending on how well you play.
Also, if you are in Online Mode and happen to fail a song, yet there are other people still playing and passing the song, you can be SAVED and allowed to continue on to the next round.
Returning back to talks of the e-Amusement service, not only can you participate in Online Play, but you're also able to do the "standard" perks that come with e-Amuse, like tracking scores, online ranking, etc. You're also able to "CLASS UP" in which you participate in certain goals/trials and raise your jubeat ranking. This is just like the "MY GROOVE GUAGE" feature of DDR SuperNOVA 2, in which when you "CLASS UP" you unlock new songs, as well as new "markers" and other little customizations to tweak your jubeat experience.
Keep your eyes peeled for more information regarding song lists and any secrets that are held within the cubed game in the days and weeks to come!
Also keep in mind for all those who happen to be in Japan, the First Touch Campaign started today as of 10:30a Japan Daylight Time. :)
Score data has started. Sheesh that was awfully fast...
Anyways as usual all the new stuff from AC is there. So far the revival list is:
spiral galaxy
1st Samurai
Debtty Daddy
Innocent Walls
SNOW (expected due to the new another chart)
WAR GAME
Bad Routine
Spica
Colors
G2
Radical Faith
gentle stress
satellite020712 (also expected due to new another chart)
I wonder if we can expect a CS release by January :).
Get your games of Gold CS in, this won't be too far off.
I am not kidding you. Nintendo newsblog Cubed3 had recently interviewed Taiko producer Ken Nakadate and, well, read this excerpt:
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AR: Rhythm games have been extremely popular in the West, including the Bandai Namco-developed Donkey Kong series, as well as the extremely Japanese-themed Elite Beat Agents. Given this fact, will either DS Taiko no Tatsujin or the forthcoming Wii game be considered for a US or European release?
KN: We want the customers in Europe and US to enjoy the Japanese Taiko drum. The schedule for US or European releases is undecided but we would release them if we receive a lot of requests from US and European customers!
Cubed3 is hosting a poll and it looks like the Taiko devs are watching. You have four options:
-Bring Taiko with the Japanese songlist intact.
-Bring Taiko with some region-specific songs in there.
-Not interested.
-Enough rhythm games already!
The source link is your lead to vote in the poll but you need to register an account with Cubed3 (I have one and it's just like any ol' message board account).
Three different artists will debut in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock thanks to the Guitar Virtuoso Track Pack to be made available on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on July 24.
The pack will contain the songs "Surfing with the Alien" by Joe Satriani, "For the Love of God" by Steve Vai and "Soothsayer" by Buckethead. All three songs are billed the press release as influential and master guitarists, so expect some challenging levels from the pack.
If you recall, Buckethead was responsible for the unlockable song Jordan in Guitar Hero II. While the other two artists are new to Guitar Hero, they are certainly accomplished. Steve Vai has performed for Halo 2 and Video Games Live along with a number of movies such as Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and has won a few Grammy Awards along with countless other recognitions. Steve Vai was actually a student of guitar instructor Joe Satriani, who gained much popularity with his Surfing with the Alien album in 1987 and went on to provide guitar duties for albums from Alice Cooper, Spinal Tap, Blue Oyster Cult and more. Santriani has been nominated for several Grammies, but unfortunately has never won, making him the artsit with the most nominations without winning.
Every song in the track pack will feature master tracks.
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