You've seen and laughed at the corny commercial for the Snuggie, followed by the Weezer Snuggie. Now, 5Frets.com introduces the Guitar Hero Snuggie:
From the price "ding" to the bonus offers, to the fast talking 800 guy, we hope you have as much fun watching this as we did making it. (If you haven't seen the original Snuggie and Weezer Snuggie commercials, you probably won't get the joke references.)
Guitar Hero Van Halen is pretty much the opposite of The Beatles: Rock Band. Where the Beatles game was heavy on the band culture with relatively simple guitar play, Van Halen is very shallow on the band culture but quite technical and challenging on the guitar. If you haven't seen it before, check out the Guitar Hero Van Halen Song List: 25 VH Songs, 3 VH Guitar Solos, 19 Guest Songs.
5Frets.com was among the first to get Guitar Hero Van Halen for Nintendo Wii and quickly shot and posted the first production disc GHVH Wii gameplay videos worldwide.
When you start a new Career, this intro video is what you will see, dropping you directly into Van Halen's famous "Panama" immediately afterwards (similar to Guitar Hero Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls"):
The loudest complaint about the free Guitar Hero Van Halen game offer so far has been without a doubt, the fact it comes in a cardboard "demo" sleeve instead of a full plastic DVD-style case with manual.
Internet to the rescue! Print your own cover art for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii thanks to fellow Guitar Hero players from ScoreHero.com, GuitarHero.com forums, and 5Frets.com readers.
The Xbox version was created by ScoreHero.com member "Cyberwaste", and if you like it, he asks that you give him an internet. (I did.) 
Guitar Hero's top player and biggest celebrity Danny "GuitarHeroPhenom" Johnson from Texas (holder of 8 Guinness World Records), proves his worth by mastering the famous Eddie Van Halen "Eruption " guitar solo within 1 hour of getting the just released Guitar Hero Van Halen game.
Watch Danny work his magic 1-handed at 1:33 – 1:38!
How does this compare to a live performance of the same solo by Eddie Van Halen himself? You be the judge:
5Frets.com readers know that the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero Van Halen shipped the first week of October to hundreds of GH fans across the USA (as far as Hawaii and Florida).
Update 10/20/09: Finally, the PS2/PS3 and Nintendo Wii versions of Guitar Hero Van Halen have shipped!
"RadiDaddy" from the GuitarHero.com forums was kind enough to scan his Wii Guitar Hero Van Halen sleeve for 5Frets.com:
Don't miss 5Frets.com 26 Pros & Cons Guitar Hero Van Halen Wii Players Will Notice (Review) to see the first Wii production GHVH gameplay videos on the net.
Guitar Hero Van Halen: Xbox 360 Game Disc and Sleeve. Notice the lack of the usual plastic DVD-sized game case, and the "For Promotion Only / Not For Resale" sticker.
Guitar Hero Van Halen reached the mailboxes of the first Guitar Hero 5 owners today, giving the world a first look at the final product.
The Van Halen game was offered free as a promotion to those who purchased Guitar Hero 5 and mailed in the offer during the month of September. There has been an unusual lack of promotion for this game from publisher Activision, making it all the more exciting to finally see some real hands-on photos.
Guitar Hero fan and ScoreHero.com member "ubermeister30" (who happens to live virtually next door to the Minnesota shipping center), was fortunate to receive the game today on a Saturday morning USPS shipment.
Update 10/20/09 10:30 PM: GH Van Halen has now shipped for all platforms including PS2 and PS3 and 5Frets.com has received photos of every GHVH platform's disc sleeve from readers as proof of this fact. We also posted the world's first production GHVH Wii review and gameplay footage: 26 Pros & Cons Guitar Hero Van Halen Wii Players Will Notice (Review). Learn how you can tell when your copy of Guitar Hero Van Halen is shipping.
