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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It's official: the Expert Bass Drum glitch in Guitar Hero 5 will not be patched or fixed. Drummers will have to either play Hard skill or move up to the brutal Expert+ skill level if they want to avoid the game's bug.
An official post by Guitar Hero developers Neversoft on the GuitarHero.com support forum states:
by Neversoft » Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:12 pm
I have an official statement I can now post about the Expert+ drum glitch:
"Thanks for all the information on the expert+ issue. Unfortunately, it's not something that we will be patching for currently released products. However, we are currently working on solution for future Guitar Hero games."
Thanks,
Neversoft
In reality, Neversoft has actually fixed this problem several months ago, since Band Hero came out in late 2009 containing a fixed Expert skill level. Thanks to Band Hero's song importing feature, players were able to test the same songs on both GH5 and Band Hero for a back-to-back Expert drum comparison, and in every case, players agreed that songs glitched in GH5 were fixed when imported into Band Hero.
Unsurprisingly, the company's recent decision not to correct the game's malfunction has caused a furor to erupt among Expert Guitar Hero drummers.
This is not the first major Guitar Hero malfunction that Activision/Neversoft have refused to correct
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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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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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Have your Guitar Hero World Tour DLC songs disappeared after playing Guitar Hero 5? Every time you play GH5, it breaks your GHWT SD Card DLC, so next time you load GHWT, you'll get the error message pictured above, which reads:
ERROR: Add-on Content on the SD Card cannot be listed due to a missing or out of date content catalog. To restore SD Card functionality, please redownload content in the music Store or restore content in the Archive.
It sounds bad, but it's really a 30 second fix.
Just open up the Music Store from the Guitar Hero World Tour main menu, and click the orange Archive button:
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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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The DLC That Never Comes
Over a year after Metallica's thrash metal album "Death Magnetic" was released, Guitar Hero Wii players are still left with only 4 of the tracks to play. Meanwhile, Xbox 360 and PS3 players have had all 11 Death Magnetic album songs available as Guitar Hero DLC since the album's debut in September, 2008.
Why Didn't the Wii Get All 11 Death Magnetic Songs for Guitar Hero World Tour in 2008?
As usual, Guitar Hero company representatives were extremely tight-lipped when the ugly truth became apparent to angry Wii gamers that in fact, only 4 of the 11 songs would be available. Everyone wanted to know the reason why, but the company wouldn't talk. A few months later, Neversoft posted an official statement on the GuitarHero.com Community Forums:
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Activision could have been more specific by calling it Family Hero or Pop Hero but instead named it "Band Hero", resulting in confused gamers wondering why Guitar Hero World Tour wasn't called Band Hero, since it was the first GH game to feature full band support.
There Are Two Distinct Versions of Band Hero – Console (Xbox/PS2/3/Wii), and Nintendo DS
Band Hero for the console systems has virtually identical features and functionality as we examined at length in the 5Frets.com Guitar Hero 5 review. Basically, it is Guitar Hero 5 but Rated "E" instead of Teen/14, and focusing on pop songs targeted at the casual gamer and families. You won't find any screaming death metal songs in this game whatsoever, instead you'll see pop icons like Fall Out Boy, Spice Girls, Hilary Duff, OK Go, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. (Check out the Band Hero Song List: 65 Tracks for Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii.)
The graphics have been re-themed to feature a lot of bright, colorful venues like a shopping mall or a concert stage loaded with neon colors.
Band Hero DS is More Like Guitar Hero World Tour For Nintendo DS
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