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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Pepsi/Yahoo's lucrative Rock Band contest was supposed to award more than 10,000 free Rock Band downloadable tracks (DLC) on the final days of its contest: Sunday and Saturday, Sept 12-13th 2009. However, it appears the real number awarded may be closer to zero. Whether this was caused by a mistake on Pepsi/Yahoo's part remains to be seen, but many of those who entered the contest over the weekend are left with a sour taste in their mouth.
Update 09/18/09: This story is featured on Consumerist.com: Pepsi Rock Band Contest May Have Been Unwinnable At The End. (Consumerist.com is Consumer Reports' sister website)
Pepsi had a great thing going on all summer long with their “Drink Up, Rock Out” promotion, in which Pepsi consumers would find game entry codes underneath specially-branded Pepsi Rock Band bottle caps. Players were then to log onto the Pepsi Rock Band contest website and convert each bottle cap code into game points. For each game point, the player could decide to spend it on the chance to win 1 of a handful of prizes, including things like The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundles, Rock Band 2 Special Edition Bundles, Xbox 360 game consoles, and Rock Band Downloadable Tracks.
Drink a $1.45 Pepsi, Win a $2.00 Song Download (Almost) Every Time
Players quickly noticed that the Rock Band Downloadable Track prize in particular, was a winner virtually every time.
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