Guitar Hero Van Halen for Nintendo Wii is not compatible with Rock Band Drums, according to Activision Customer Support. See the Q & A posted by Activision:
Question
What instruments are compatible with this game?
Answer
Guitar Hero: Van Halen is compatible with all previous guitars from previous Guitar Hero titles for this console.
Rock Band Wii Guitars are not supported.
Guitar Hero: Van Halen is compatible with Guitar Hero drums only.
Guitar Hero: Van Halen is compatible with both the Guitar Hero and Rock Band microphones.
Are the Rock Band Wii Guitars Compatible with Guitar Hero Van Halen?
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The Guitar Hero World Tour MIDI Drum Tuning Software Kit download link has moved as a result of Guitar Hero's layoffs and shutdown of the RedOctane division and the Guitar Hero Store.
The 5Frets.com Guitar Hero World Tour Drum Sensitivity Repair Guide has been updated with the correct link, and here's a direct link to download the Drum Tuning Kit.
Unfortunately Guitar Hero support has an unfriendly URL, and this link may too expire. If it does, leave a comment on this post and I'll find an updated link.
Update: GuitarHeroPhenom's YouTube Channel has been restored after a 2 week suspension.
Guitar Hero champ and Guinness record holder Danny Johnson a.k.a. Guitar Hero Phenom has become another victim of the overzealous "copyright infringement" battles, resulting in the entire GuitarHeroPhenom YouTube channel being suspended and all videos becoming inaccessible after March 27th, 2010.
The channel was the largest Guitar Hero channel on YouTube, with a following built upon a combination of Danny's unbeatable skills, brother Scotty's high quality HD video editing with picture-in-picture closeups of Danny's finger movements, and father Jack's humorous narration. GHP gained many subscribers over the past 2 years due to their reliable and consistent ability to quickly post 100% FC videos showing Danny mastering the absolute toughest Guitar Hero songs and DLC within hours/days of their release.
For the time being, GHP has moved to their alternate account: GHPh3nom, so you can Subscribe there if you were following GuitarHeroPhenom previously. They've uploaded their excellent HD Full Band Covers on the GHPh3nom channel, including the killer Metallica One cover.
Before the channel was suspended, GHP had: Read more…
Nintendo has evidently put an end to free DLC songs for Guitar Hero and Band Hero Wii players. 5Frets.com investigates why, by contacting Nintendo, Neversoft, and Steve Ouimette.
Over the last 5 months, 3 packs totaling 10 free DLC songs have been released. But one thing remains constant: None of them have been available free for Nintendo Wii players. Why is that?
Free Guitar Hero DLC songs have been a nice bonus for Guitar Hero players since DLC first came to Guitar Hero 3 on Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2007. I talked about most of them a few months ago in 15 Free Guitar Hero 5 & World Tour DLC Songs: Why Haven't You Downloaded These?
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Players who own both Band Hero and Guitar Hero 5 can import 69 of the 85 songs in Guitar Hero 5 into Band Hero. 5Frets.com has both song lists: which Guitar Hero 5 songs export to Band Hero, and which songs do not export.
The cost to export GH5 for PS3/360/Wii players is $6 / 480 MSP / 600 Wii Points.
For those who prefer to stick with the Guitar Hero 5 interface (and online players), you can export 61 of Band Hero's 65 songs into GH5 for $5 / 400 MSP / 500 Wii Points.
(Or if you're really a die-hard Guitar Hero fan, you can export both ways, giving you GH5's songs in Band Hero, and Band Hero's songs in GH5…)
Guitar Hero 5 Export to Band Hero Song List: 69 Tracks
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Here's a full GH5 song list containing all 86 tracks for Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PS2 & PS3. This handy table includes Guitar Intensity, Bass Intensity, Vocal Intensity, and Drum Intensity ratings, plus denotes which Drum tracks feature Expert+ skill level.
Guitar Hero 5 Track List:
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Amazon just dropped their Guitar Hero Smash Hits prices to $19.99 (-$40 off retail price) for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii:
If you'd rather buy it in a store instead of Amazon, check out this photo of Best Buy's Dec 06-12th ad:
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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.
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Nintendo Wii Guitar Hero 5 players will finally get all 11 DLC songs from Metallica's "Death Magnetic" album on November 24, 2009, after a full year of only having 4 of the 11 tracks that Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 owners have been enjoying since September, 2008.
However, the album will cost $22.00 for Wii owners, compared to $17.99 (1440 MSP) for Xbox and PS3 owners. And, all signs indicate the Wii DLC will only work with Guitar Hero 5, leaving Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero Metallica owners in the dust.
Metallica's official website announced the long anticipated news:
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Disappointed that Guitar Hero World Tour only exported 35 out of 86 tracks? If additional songs are licensed and become available for disc importing in the future, you'll have to pay another re-licensing fee for those new songs, according to official Guitar Hero Support information.
The same goes for exporting Guitar Hero Smash Hits, which only offered 21 out of 48 on-disc tracks.
The official GuitarHero.com FAQ states:
Will the Disc Import offers available now be updated in the future? Will new songs be added?
No. If new songs become available an additional import will appear in the Import Offers list. There will be a nominal re-licensing fee for any additional offers.
The $3.50 or $2.00 Disc Import Fee for GHWT/GHSH Only Covers the First 35/21 Songs, You'll Pay Again for Future Song Exports
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