Guitar Hero 2.

SilverwardSilverward
edited November 2006 in Games
It came out today, and I'm in love. If anyone plays, what was the first song you failed? Mine was Freya on Expert. I actually had to stop playing because my wrist started getting all tingly, I think I might be getting carpal tunnel.
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  • mariomario
    edited November 2006
    I haven't played it, but I'm willing to bet it's no PaRappa The Rapper.
  • brucebruce
    edited November 2006
    It does seem like fun, since in DDR or such you had to to focus on the direction pads, and this is like using a proper guitar. Just remember the position of the fret buttons, and strum your way to glory.

    Hopefully nintendo or someone else makes a Wiimote enclosure shaped like a guitar and makes a guitar hero-esq game :)
  • godgod
    edited November 2006
    It's supposed to be released on all major consoles, so that might include the Wii.
  • deku12345deku12345
    edited November 2006
    Yes, Guitar Hero will eventually be on the Wii. Though not for awhile most likely.

    I love the first Guitar Hero. But as I do not own a ps2, only get to play it at my friend's houses. As soon as it comes out for the Wii, I shall be sure to grab it.
  • General SaltGeneral Salt
    edited November 2006
    I ONCE PLAYED GH AT MY FRIENDS, BUT HE DID NOT HAD THE GUITAR. :(

    ALSO, TROGDOR IS ON GH2:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pqEN8zylM
  • jcjc
    edited November 2006
    I still have a lot of songs to get through in GH1 before buying the new one. I want to get another bundle and try to get Mary to play, but I don't know if she'll go for it.

    Mario: nothing else is Parappa the Rapper. GH is a totally different genre anyway, but nothing (except for Um Jammer Lammy, and... okay, maybe Gitaroo Man) can touch Parappa.
  • mariomario
    edited November 2006
    DESPITE ITS OUTWARD APPEARANCE, GUITAR HERO IS NOT A GUITAR-PLAYING GAME. SINCE YOU'RE ONLY PUTTING FINGERS ON FRETS IN TIME TO THE ON-SCREEN INDICATORS, IT'S A RHYTHM-BASED GAME, JUST LIKE DDR, AND JUST LIKE PARAPPA THE RAPPER. SO IT'S PERFECTLY FAIR TO COMPARE THEM, AND GUITAR HERO AIN'T NO PARAPPA THE RAPPER.

    CHECK! AND TURN! THE SIGNAL TO THE RIGHT!
    NOW TURN TO THE RIGHT!
  • brucebruce
    edited November 2006
    It doesn't hold a candle to Samba de amigo, of which the controllers worked very similarly to the wiimote, using a sensor bar.
  • jcjc
    edited November 2006
    Sorry to arouse your caps. I distinguish between instrument-playing arcade-style Bemani games (which GH totally is!) and story-based less-concrete rhythm games! I was going to say something about "music games" vs. "rhythm games" but I got confused and don't want to press it.

    Anyway, I don't know why you got so upset. I was agreeing with you that GH was not as good as Parappa.

    It's weird to say that in the GH thread, though. Really, if we can only talk about games that are as good as Parappa, then this is the "UmJammer Lammy Discussion Board."

    Which would be fine.

    edit: If someone would like to sell me some Samba maracas, that would be great. I didn't have $80 when they came out. I guess I don't now either.
  • mjc0961mjc0961
    edited November 2006
    !!!!!!!!! wrote: »
    Sorry to arouse your caps. ... Anyway, I don't know why you got so upset.

    Actually, it was still ALL-CAPS DAY in his time zone when mario posted.
  • SilverwardSilverward
    edited November 2006
    If anyone got the impression that I don't like PaRappa or Lammy by making a thread about Guitar Hero, just throw that right out. I own (and love) Um-Jammer Lammy, but Guitar Hero 2 was a bit more timely.

    Anyway, Hangar 18 is killing my fingers and because of that, I haven't been able to play Free Bird yet. Trogdor is awesome though.
  • jcjc
    edited November 2006
    I thought ALL-CAPS DAY was in October. I totally missed it.
  • mariomario
    edited November 2006
    Sorry about the misunderstanding. ALL-CAPS DAY is the second Wednesday of November, and I was just commenting in the spirit of the day. I did enjoy the short playtime I got with Guitar Hero in some Fry's Electronics one day.
  • AgentcelAgentcel
    edited November 2006
    General Salt wrote: »
    I ONCE PLAYED GH AT MY FRIENDS, BUT HE DID NOT HAD THE GUITAR. :(

    ALSO, TROGDOR IS ON GH2:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pqEN8zylM

    Kind of like when I was screwed out of my Hey You, Pikachu
    game when I lost the N64 mike. But I just found it today! I wish to jam on a guitar on the Wii.
  • jcjc
    edited November 2006
    Do you not have a PS2?
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited November 2006
    Is it possible I'm not the only person who does not have a PS2?
  • BehemothBehemoth
    edited November 2006
    I have a SNES and an N64 and a DS now
  • deku12345deku12345
    edited November 2006
    I don't have a PS2 either! I had to borrow my friends so I could play KH.
  • Drooling IguanaDrooling Iguana
    edited November 2006
    I don't have a PS2 either, but I'm thinking of getting one soon. Not sure if I should wait a few weeks to see if the prices for used ones go down when the PS3 is released, though.
  • jcjc
    edited November 2006
    ...Huh. Okay, well, all you guys should go get PS2's now. They're a lot cheaper than Wiis, easier to find, and you'll have more fun playing all the cheap games you've missed out on.
  • BehemothBehemoth
    edited November 2006
    I might buy one when I'm back in Japan. Otherwise I'll have to stock up on games before I leave, too. I love the non-regional-specific DS. I can buy games anywhere and they'll all work.
  • jcjc
    edited November 2006
    Yep. Handheld systems are great like that.

    Back to Gyakuten Saiban 2!
  • AgentcelAgentcel
    edited November 2006
    I don't own a PS2. I'm a Nintendo fanboy, so I'm too busy collecting old Nintendo systems. I have the NES, N64, Gamecube, Donkey Kong Jr. Game n Watch, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy Advance SP, Gameboy Mirco, and a Nintendo DS.

    I think if I get a SNES and an origional gameboy, and a DS lite, I'd have every system.
  • Professor MacJakeProfessor MacJake
    edited November 2006
    You'd also need a Virtual Boy! And several bottles of eyedrops
  • jcjc
    edited November 2006
    And a couple of Pikachu handhelds. And a Game Boy Pocket. And a Japanese Game Boy Light.
  • mjc0961mjc0961
    edited November 2006
    Don't forget to get both models of the SP: one with the old backlight, and one with the new, brighter backlight.
  • jcjc
    edited November 2006
    Right! Don't forget both models of the NES either! Or the Gamecube revision with different AV outs!

    Oh, and you gotta get a Panasonic Q!
  • brucebruce
    edited November 2006
    Or the Color TV Game, the other 58 Game and Watches, The IQ Player, The N64DD

    That's all I can think of now....

    EDIT: Oh, the Satellaview too

    DOUBLE EDIT: Oh, and if you want ALL the nintendo stuff, you got alot of work ahead of you, since they've existed since 1899, and have been making toys and such since about the 60s.
  • AgentcelAgentcel
    edited November 2006
    Hm...maybe this is a journey I should leave for my adult self. To the Temple of Time!
  • jcjc
    edited November 2006
    Well, yeah, Night Lord, I wouldn't be so cruel as to include non-videogame stuff (like 100 years' worth of hanafuda cards), but in addition to all the multigame videogame systems (let's not forget the Famicom Disk System! Agentcel, you should get a Sharp Twin Famicom to play FDS games-- a friend of mine had one, and it's sweeet) there are plenty of Pong clones and a nice number of arcade games too! Agentcel, if you get a Radar Scope machine, call me. I'll bring soda.

    I'd like some of Nintendo's crazy electronic toys like the Ele-Conga.

    edit: man, this thread is going to make me go broke on eBay. I'm already itching to order a Twin Famicom of my own.

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