Guitar Hero World Tour on Wii has DLC! Confirmed!

[wideawakewesley]

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/883/8...0&RSSid=883120

IGN: You've announced in-game downloadable content for the Wii. Not even Nintendo has done in-game downloadable content yet, so how did you end up being the first disc-based game to feature it? How will it work with the Wii's limited internal memory? Will you be able to use SD cards?

Karthik: DLC is something we've been looking at since GHIII. It was the most requested feature by Wii players and the team has really worked hard to deliver on this promise. I know there has been detractors who say the Wii can't do DLC for various technical reasons – and they are dead wrong. The system is quite capable.

The guys at VV are really passionate about Nintendo's platforms. We really try to push the limits of the hardware and deliver to Wii and DS gamers what they deserve. Yes, the Wii has limited storage and it has taken longer than we anticipated getting this feature fully working. But it works and it's cool.

GHWT Wii has an in-game Music Store, which allows players to preview, purchase and download new songs as we release them online. Players can purchase songs using their Wii Points. It's really easy. You can download to the Wii System Memory or store songs on an SD Card, called the "Rock Archive."

We have a new feature called "create-a-set list". So when you want to play songs you have purchased, you just make a custom set list of songs you wish to play from the Rock Archive, pick a venue and play!

If you accidentally delete a song, or don't have an SD Card and have run out of room in the Wii system memory, you can always re-download the song for free.

Awesome news!



Wes

[gobo]

That's pretty cool, it's too bad Rock Band for the Wii didn't do the same.

[dolson]

FINALLY someone gets it right... SD cards FTW.

I hope people who only have Wiis are boycotting Rock Band and buying the Guitar Hero series, on account of how shoddy the Rock Band game is (no DLC, no online, etc). GH3 had online on the Wii, no reason Rock Band couldn't.

[gobo]

Thankfully I have a 360 as well so it's a non-issue for me, and I'll never have to buy another mediocre Guitar Hero game again.

But for you Wii only users this is totally great news, and if I only had a Wii I'd probably choose GH, assuming they did a better job actually providing DLC than they did with GH3 on the 360

[ryudo]

About fuckin time.

[wideawakewesley]

Originally Posted by Ryudo

About fuckin time.

Amen to that brother!

[damnedeyez]

When I first read the title I was thinking the DS game...oops.

Good to hear, though I have GH3 for the Wii, so not sure I'd buy another one.

[darksydeavenger]

While it's awesome that they're finally doing this, I'm still looking to go with the 360. I love the Wii lots, but there's just too many titles I want to own / play n the 360 compared to the Wii.

Although...I suppose I could convince a roommate to get themselves a Wii. *ponders*

[wideawakewesley]

Originally Posted by damnedeyez

When I first read the title I was thinking the DS game...oops.

Good to hear, though I have GH3 for the Wii, so not sure I'd buy another one.

This version has drums and a mic like Rock Band.

[darksydeavenger]

Originally Posted by wideawakewesley

This version has drums and a mic like Rock Band.

Well...this definitely changes things for me.