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Band Hero Song Import to Guitar Hero 5 Wii – First Photos

Band Hero song importing into Guitar Hero 5 for Nintendo Wii owners finally is available, and 5Frets.com has the first photos once again.

(This article is about exporting Band Hero into Guitar Hero 5.  If instead, you want to import GH5 into Band Hero, check out Guitar Hero 5 Song Import to Band Hero: 69 Exportable Tracks for $6.)

Delayed 24 hours later than promised by company press releases, the song pack became available in the Guitar Hero 5 Wii Music Store's "Special Offers" section slightly after 11:00 PM CST Friday night, November 6th 2009.  For Europe Wii rockers, Band Hero import won't appear in the Music Store until November 13th 2009.

61 out of the 65 Band Hero songs are available for export.  (See link for the song list and the 4 songs that didn't export.)

Xbox 360 song importing has been available since Thursday as promised, while PS3 owners will be last to get it; official Guitar Hero / Neversoft statement claims PS3 Band Hero imports (USA) will be available on 11/12/09.

The 61 song download package will take 13433 Blocks of your SD card storage, as you can see in the above photo of my 8GB SD Card loaded into Guitar Hero 5 Wii.

You'll need about 1.7GB free space on your SD Card if you want to store all 61 songs.

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  1. Neoxon
    November 7th, 2009 at 9:32 PM
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    Looks like I'll need to go SDHC card shopping. Since I'm getting the code soon, I could use the extra space, concidering I'm importing GHSH & GHWT soon.

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  2. Neoxon
    November 15th, 2009 at 8:41 PM
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    Just imported BH, it was actually a challenge (for singing, need to try the Guitar) when I first played ABC. Can't wait to play the rest of what I downloaded.

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  3. Game!Ov3r
    November 17th, 2009 at 11:01 AM
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    I have only downloaded about 75% of the songs from GH5.  For some reason the music store was really slow and some songs took as long as almost 10 minutes to download compared to the short download time for importing band hero to GH5.

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  4. November 22nd, 2009 at 5:38 PM
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    So if I download this, I have to have the Band Hero disc as well or is it basically buying the band hero game?

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  5. James
    November 24th, 2009 at 4:45 PM
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    The only way you can download this, is if you already own Band Hero. Basically it allows you to import almost all of the song from that disc into GH5 so you don't have to disc swap to play the songs, and have a larger collection of tracks to build play lists off of/partymode.

    I find that having the larger playlist is much more fun during Guitar Hero night than switching discs all the time.

    Question: I imported Smash Hits / WT into GH5, and can't seem to get get song previews like I would by highlighting a song in GH5 or DLC. Is anyone else seeing this behavior and if that is the case, will there be no song preview for these tracks as well?

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    • November 24th, 2009 at 5:40 PM
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      Rob, James is right.  You need to own a Band Hero owners manual as the unique code on the back is how you unlock the disc import option.

      James: unfortunately song previews do not work with DLC stored on SD card.

      If you have any free space on your Wii System Memory (not very likely), you can copy them there and the previews will work.  I can only guess this was a speed issue, perhaps they thought the menu would respond too slowly if it had to read every SD song when you scroll.

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  6. James
    November 25th, 2009 at 2:26 PM
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    Crap, that kinda sucks. Wish they could update the game to include previews off the SD card, you figure if they can stream the song off the SD card, that they should be able to figure out the preview thing. I just picked up a 16gb SDHC card from Newegg for 38 bucks, and plan on scooping up Band Hero just to import the songs into GH5. I want a large song catalog!

    I wonder if there will be some sort of aftermarket for selling a "used" copy of Band Hero (Wii) with no import code? Is it legal to resell the disc and keep the last page of the manual for yourself for import purposes? I assume as long as the buyer understands he/she wont be able to use the import code everything is kosher, yeah? Or should I have not said that?

    =)

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    • crazycatlady
      January 10th, 2010 at 8:32 PM
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      Are you able to use a 16GB SD card in the Wii? When I read the manual, it said you could only use a 2GB max. This would be great news to me!!!

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  7. Neoxon
    November 28th, 2009 at 9:03 AM
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    James :Crap, that kinda sucks. Wish they could update the game to include previews off the SD card, you figure if they can stream the song off the SD card, that they should be able to figure out the preview thing. I just picked up a 16gb SDHC card from Newegg for 38 bucks, and plan on scooping up Band Hero just to import the songs into GH5. I want a large song catalog!
    I wonder if there will be some sort of aftermarket for selling a "used" copy of Band Hero (Wii) with no import code? Is it legal to resell the disc and keep the last page of the manual for yourself for import purposes? I assume as long as the buyer understands he/she wont be able to use the import code everything is kosher, yeah? Or should I have not said that?
    =)
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    I kept my GHWT manual when I replaced my Band Kit (now have 2 GHWT manuals, free for anyone who needs it). Maybe just use it now & give them the manual, that would be a faster solution.

    Rob :So if I download this, I have to have the Band Hero disc as well or is it basically buying the band hero game?
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    No, this is downloading the songs into GH5, it's not buying the game (since it doesn't give you its new features & characters). As for the import, all you need is the BH Manual (included in BH). You can buy the actual game or obtain a manual from Blockbuster, your choice.

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  8. Carl
    November 29th, 2009 at 5:23 AM

    Hi Everyone,
    I'm totally new to this guitar hero land but heres my question for you. This christmas I intend to buy my kids (oldest14) Wii Band Hero with the drums n guitar. This is purely down to the song lists. My question is this.

    Can I import GH5 songs to the Wii Band Hero and possibly other songs from other GH's
    The reason for wanting band hero is from reviews it seems more suited to the younger kids. Its just me (dad) that wants to add a few (real older rock tracks to play along with)

    Also can someone explain these codes and how the upgrade is actually done. Me was thinking I'll go to blockbuster and stick in a rental disc of GH3, Aerosmith or GH5 and copy the songs to the Wii's SD card but I think I have this all wrong.

    Help greatly awaited

    Carl
    UK

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  9. Saulovsky
    November 30th, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    HI Carl! ypu ccan import songs to the band hero from the gh5,qhwt and maybe the smash hits(not sure), for the upsgrade youneed a wi-fi connection and open the music store in-gamefrom there youll see something like special offers (its like that on my gh5)an from there download 2 updates and import songs from the other games,when you select one game youll be asked for the 20 digit password from that games' instruction booklet and about 500 wiipoints, once youe input it youll be able to choose which songs to download from the game(sadlyt you cant download ALL the songs that come with that disk). Now then…you cant copy and paste the songs from Aerosmith rock band etc…just import from the gh5,wt and smash hits

    and…would you be interested in trading the codes of your band hero with my gh5? Anyway…you dont have to if you dont want to but i would sincerely appreciate it(and you can rent another game jaja)

    Hope it helped (and merry christmas to you and your kids!!)

    Saul

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    • Carl
      November 30th, 2009 at 5:23 PM

      hi saul

      thanks for the reply

      can you please email me

      carl of cov@googlemail.com (no spaces in the first bit before the @ sign)

      and we'll chat there I think

      regards carl

      ps thanks for the useful info

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  10. Rnxo
    December 5th, 2009 at 2:49 AM

    hi to everyone. Am offering my GHWT, GHSM and GH5 export codes, the only thing i want is Band Hero code plz help me. I would love to have the Band Hero Songs :(

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    • cheryl
      December 5th, 2009 at 3:17 AM

      Hello Rnxo

      I can help you

      I have just bought band hero for my kids as their main christmas present on the Wii. if thats any good let me know and we can swap

      cheryl

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      • Rnxo
        December 7th, 2009 at 11:35 AM

        thank you very much cheryl, please e-mail me at renzo41@hotmail.com . I will send you in reply all my GH codes. Plz email me your Band Hero code. You make my xmas happy

        PD: Just in case, the code i need is the one that comes on the back of the Band Hero Booklet. Thank you

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  11. Rnxo
    December 5th, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    thank you very much cheryl, please e-mail me at renzo41@hotmail.com . I will send you in reply all my GH codes. Plz email me your Band Hero code. You make my xmas happy :)

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    • Rnxo
      December 5th, 2009 at 9:38 AM

      PD: Just in case, the code i need is the one that comes on the back of the Band Hero Booklet. Thank you :D

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  12. December 8th, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    I have Guitar Hero 5 (wii) and would like to trade my code for the code that comes on the back of the Band Hero Booklet. Anyone interested ??

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    • mackenziepaige
      December 13th, 2009 at 8:41 PM

      I have band hero for the wii and I want guitar hero 5. I would love to switch codes.

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      • EQuiNOX
        December 14th, 2009 at 12:58 AM

        Hi, glad to hear from you. Wish we could talk via email or phone.
        I believe my nickname here leads to my email if you click on it.
        If not, you can email me at flipstah@yahoo.com
        Then we can get together via email or phone and trade codes.
        Looking forward to the new songs, as I'm sure you are also.

        Phil

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      • EQuiNOX
        December 20th, 2009 at 12:41 AM

        Well it's been exactly 1 week since Mackenziepaige posted that…
        and she replied once via email…
        and I replied via email with a suggestion for how we might trade the codes…
        and she hasn't written back… SOOOoooooooooooo..

        ANYONE ELSE interested in trading codes??

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        • scripted
          December 22nd, 2009 at 4:20 PM

          Can anyone please email me the code for band heroes please. please. please
          scripted1@msn.com

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          • EQuiNOX
            December 22nd, 2009 at 10:21 PM

            I was successful in making a trade of codes. GH5 for BH. Both worked. And we're both happy.

            "SCRIPTED" you should try offering something in return. People are trying to sell these codes on ebay for $30

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  13. scripted
    December 23rd, 2009 at 7:56 AM

    EQuiNOX :I was successful in making a trade of codes. GH5 for BH. Both worked. And we're both happy.
    "SCRIPTED" you should try offering something in return. People are trying to sell these codes on ebay for $30
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    I could buy the game on ebay for less than that. what could i offer in return?

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  14. scripted
    December 25th, 2009 at 9:15 PM

    ha

    scripted :Can anyone please email me the code for band heroes please. please. please
    scripted1@msn.com
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    does noone wanna swap codes?

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  15. December 25th, 2009 at 11:37 PM

    Hi everyone and Happy Holidays!!

    Well, as I mentioned before we found someone to trade our GH code for their Band Hero code and everything worked out great.

    NOW…. we reviewed the song list for GH world tour (wii) and wish to see if anyone has the code for this item. As we cannot trade the code anymore, maybe we can work out something else. I don't expect to get the code for nothing.

    I have an extensive background with computers & networking (having served as Systems Administrator for a major corp for 5 years) as well as being involved with Web Development, Promotions and Internet Ventures. Perhaps there is something I can do for your web site in exchange for your GH World Tour (wii) code?

    Let me know…. we can talk about it.

    Again, Happy Holidays to you and yours.

    Cheers

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  16. josephbpa
    December 26th, 2009 at 1:03 PM

    wanna trade codes for band hero…….  i need gh world tour.  thanks in advance

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    • December 26th, 2009 at 1:14 PM

      Hiya.
      I only have GH not GHWT. And I already found someone to trade codes with.
      I only need the code for world tour. However, I reviewed the list of songs that GHWT allows to be imported and I'm REALLY disappointed!! Almost ALL of the really good songs will NOT import. Sucks. So I'm not as anxious to get this code as I was before.

      Cheers

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  17. josephbpa
    December 26th, 2009 at 1:38 PM

    any codes for van halen

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  18. scripted
    December 27th, 2009 at 1:03 AM

    i need band hero and guitar hero world tour. i have guitar hero 5 for the wii if anyone wants to swap

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  19. Doug
    December 28th, 2009 at 7:10 AM

    I also have guitar hero 5 code and willing to trade for band hero code.  email me at stinky_bokinky(at)yahooo

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  20. December 28th, 2009 at 9:08 AM

    Hello

    I just got band hero for Wii. I would like to trade the band hero code for new songs *GH5, GHWT, Van Halen, etc…). Not really sure how to import the songs, however.

    Email me if interested – brybord23@comcast.net

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  21. drew
    December 28th, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    willing to trade band hero code for GH5 and GHWT codes … drew at allthingsnew dotcom

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  22. Billy
    December 29th, 2009 at 2:32 PM

    anyone want to trade codes I have GH5 for wii

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  23. Callum
    December 30th, 2009 at 7:29 AM

    I have guitar hero for wii and I have an unused export code is anyone willing to swap for their band hero unused code ??

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    • Callum
      December 30th, 2009 at 7:30 AM

      Callum :I have guitar hero for wii and I have an unused export code is anyone willing to swap for their band hero unused code ??
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      I meant I have guitar hero 5

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      • Oscar
        December 31st, 2009 at 1:17 AM

        Hi all!!!

        I have my BH code to trade for a GH5 code. If anyone interested, please let me know :-)

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  24. Callum
    December 31st, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    Oscar :Hi all!!!
    I have my BH code to trade for a GH5 code. If anyone interested, please let me know
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    hey what's ur email adress I have a gh5 code and want to swap

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  25. Stan
    December 31st, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    I have unused Wii Band Hero ID code…wanting to trade for unused Guitar Hero 5 code…US version. Email if interested….yankstan23@yahoo.com

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    • Callum
      January 1st, 2010 at 5:35 AM

      is there a difference between european and us codes ?

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  26. Natasha
    January 1st, 2010 at 1:14 AM

    I have a GH5 unused id, really really want to swap for band hero id. tashiesampson@bresnan.net
    Wii version

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  27. Brew
    January 1st, 2010 at 6:09 PM

    I have Band hero for wii(Aus) willing to trade for world tour, or greatest hits.

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  28. Brew
    January 1st, 2010 at 6:09 PM

    email xuft@hotmail.com

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  29. Erick
    January 1st, 2010 at 7:55 PM

    I have a Band Hero unused id for Wii and am willing to trade for a Guitar hero 5 code. nuc.zhi@gmail.com

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    • SpiderDre
      January 9th, 2010 at 10:24 PM

      I have a gh5 code and very willing to trade.

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  30. EQuiNOX
    January 1st, 2010 at 10:42 PM

    I am looking for someone with Guitar Hero World Tour, who doesn't need the code on the back of the game manual (the song import code).

    As I cannot trade the code for GH5 anymore, maybe we can work out something else. I don't expect to get the code for nothing.

    I have an extensive background with computers & networking (having served as Systems Administrator for a major corp for 5 years) as well as being involved with Web Development, Promotions and Internet Ventures. Perhaps there is something I can do for you in exchange for your GH World Tour (wii) code?

    Let me know…. we can talk about it.

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  31. Callum
    January 2nd, 2010 at 2:42 PM

    Hey again i have a unused Gh5 code (European) does anyone want to swap for there European unused Band hero code? If so reply to me on here with your email and we can swap :D

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    • justposted
      January 3rd, 2010 at 3:43 PM

      @Callum: sounds good to me. I have BH and an unused code, looking for GH5. I'm in the UK. Email: edbackup1 gmail.com

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  32. Seekrett
    January 4th, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    Hi, I have an unused GH5 code (European) for Wii if anyone wants to trade an unused Band Hero code? Reply on here or e-mail me on seekrett@hotmail.co.uk. Cheers

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  33. Callum
    January 4th, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    @justposted i have emailed you so hope to hear a reply soon :D

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  34. Lawzone
    January 5th, 2010 at 3:21 PM

    I have an unused UK XBOX 360 Guitar Hero 5 code im looking to swap for a Band Hero code. Email me on bhl557@googlemail.com

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    • yoda13
      January 6th, 2010 at 12:13 AM

      I need US version… does it matter?

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  35. yoda13
    January 6th, 2010 at 12:12 AM

    I have an unused BH code, need a GH5 code… anyone willing to swap?

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    • yoda13
      January 6th, 2010 at 12:12 AM

      360 btw

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  36. crazycatlady
    January 10th, 2010 at 8:22 PM

    I have an unused GH5 Wii (US) code and would like to trade for an unused Band Hero Wii (US) code. Anyone interested please e-mail me! Crazycatlady552@msn.com.

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    • crazycatlady
      January 16th, 2010 at 2:39 AM

      I have exchanged codes with another member. Thank You!!!

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  37. Cheryl
    January 13th, 2010 at 4:17 AM

    Hi I have a UK Wii Band hero code that I wish to trade for GH5 or maybe GHWT. I did agree to trade with another member Renzo but he hasnt come back to me. So Im now open to trading.
    Please contact me @

    cheryl_kean@yahoo.co.uk

    Thanks

    Does it matter if a UK code is traded with a US/AUS code ?

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  38. Russ
    January 18th, 2010 at 7:48 PM

    Anyone want to swap their Wii (US) GH5 or Smash Hits for my Band Hero code?

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    • ju
      January 19th, 2010 at 11:55 PM

      Hi russ, i have a GH5 and am interested to swap for a band hero code. pls email me at skp4f5@hotmail.com

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      • ju
        January 20th, 2010 at 1:25 AM

        I have emailed you but have not received a reply.

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        • Russ
          January 22nd, 2010 at 12:29 AM

          The GH worked well.  Thanks!  Hope the BH worked for you.

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          • ju
            January 24th, 2010 at 7:09 AM

            yep thanks the Band Hero has worked well for me too

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  39. Cheryl
    January 20th, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    Hi
    Thanks to Judith for trying to trade BH Wii codes. Unfortnately we cannot trade due to being opposite sides of the pond

    Im still in the market for guitar hero 5 PAL code for the Wii in swap for my band hero code

    email me cheryl_kean@yahoo.co.uk

    thanks

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  40. Russ
    January 22nd, 2010 at 12:28 AM

    Anyone want to swap their Wii (US) Smash Hits for my Band Hero code?

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  41. Cheryl
    January 22nd, 2010 at 9:53 AM

    I now have a code

    thanks

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  42. Russ
    January 22nd, 2010 at 11:42 PM

    I have a Wii (US) Band Hero code.  Anyone want to swap their Wii (US) Smash Hits for my Band Hero code?

    dreamline_05@yahoo.com

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  43. victor hugo
    January 24th, 2010 at 1:27 PM

    i have a wii (US) guitar hero 5 & World Tour codes.
    i'm looking for either Smash Hits or Band Hero codes.

    major_thom@hotmail.com

    thanks!

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  44. dude
    January 25th, 2010 at 12:01 AM

    I have wii gh5 code I'm looking to swap for a band hero wii code. any takers?

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  45. Ray
    February 7th, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    I have Wii GH5 and would like to swap Unique ID for Band Hero (US) let me know if you are interested

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