Guitar Hero World Tour to be Fully Compatible with Rock Band's Xbox 360 Instruments
The announcement came during the Activision press conference, where Guitar Hero World Tour was demonstrated live. There is no news on whether the PS3, PS2 or Wii Rock Band instruments will function.
When asked about the issue earlier today, Rock Band developer Harmonix was unaware of the news and could offer no further details.
For more on the game, check out our further coverage of the event.
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RikiTiki2
replywhat about Rock Band 2 instruments?
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no details yet, but more than likely. they can also do an update post-release if need be.
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Five pads, but I'm thinking that there are only four distinct functions (in addition to the bass pedal function).
That is, the 2nd cymbal pad actually repeats one of the other pads functionally.
It's the same sort of thing that's being done with the Ion controller for Rock Band - note the color bands on the cymbals. They are simply redundant pad locations. -
um, well, there's that super fancy rock band 2 deluxe drum set with cymbals, and you can buy optional symbols for the stock rock band 2 drum kit.
based on what i've been hearing, i'd just expect the game to drop a note from the chart, like pyide suggested.-
Ya, must be the dropped note, since the addon cymbals actually mimic the existing pads. Watched too much RB2 coverage to remember the source for that tidbit. It showed the three jacks in the back of the kit and they were color coded to existing pad colors.
The ION kit is the same. If you look close at the pics you see there are multiple pads of the same color.-
the added cymbals mimic the existing pads, but they're recognized as different inputs. hitting a green-colored cymbal in rock band 2 will make a cymbal noise whereas hitting a regular green pad will make the regular ...pad noise.
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