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dont waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 25
Date: June 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you have seen gameplay, or played the 360/ps3 versions, you will be sorely disappointed when you plug this in.

There is NO backwards compatability with the guitars. You have to have ones made specifically for rock band (at least thats what the warrenty with the game states).

There is NO online content. You cannot compete on leaderboards, cannot buy new songs online, absolutely no online content whatsoever.

There is NO character customization. You pick a band name. Thats IT! You cant name your own character. You cant unlock outfits or instruments. You cant even choose if you are male or female.

What happens when you have mastered the small amount of songs that come with the game? Buy another DISK. You dont get to select songs you want. You have to buy a whole disk and hope they have something good.

Basically, if you really really really want to play rock band and wii is all you have, good luck to you. Even guitar hero let you decide if you wanted to play a male/female. I'm sticking to that.

We are returning our copy. Yes, its that much of a let down.

Bait & Switch...Not truly "Rockband"

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 26
Date: June 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My young son researched this game for months and has played it at his friends' houses. Got it today. It's not the same game he's played. There is no character creation, graduating levels, concert venues, or earning of cash. You cannot form your own band and gain success and fame. It does not resemble its counterparts on other platforms in the least.
I happened to enjoy playing the drums. When the red line flashed by, I hit the red drum! I'm 45, that's exciting to me. But that thrill does not last for long, especially not for a rocker who's dying to get on the road and gain fans and new songs.
I give this product a big thumbs down. It should not have the same name as the other platforms since it does not have the same features. Maybe Rockband Lite or Rockband for the PS2 ported to the WII.
Buyer beware, if you expect real Rockband, you will be greatly disappointed. What a shame...a great product brought down by shortsided management.

This game is crap. Don't buy it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 24
Date: June 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Even though we knew in advance that Rock Band on the Wii was going to be missing integral features found in the PS3 and 360 versions of the game, it was never considered acceptable. Not having some silly character customization is one thing, but a lack of ame modes and, most glaringly, a lack of DLC (which Harmonix insisted couldn't be done until Guitar Hero 4 humiliated them) are only two reasons why this game deserves to be shunned.

Also note that your Guitar Hero guitars will not work in Rock Band. THEY WILL NOT WORK. This is also unacceptable.

Rock Band on the Wii is exactly the kind of game that Wii owners, whether you've been playing games since the Atari days or just started on the Wii, should roundly reject due to it's utter lack of quality.

Freaking [...]

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 17
Date: June 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

We LOVED Rock Band on our friends XBox 360 and waited and waited for it to come out on Wii and were so absolutely heart broken to discover what a piece of absolute crap it was. There is no character customization like on 360, the guitar from Guitar Hero is not compatible with this system and there are no online downloads.

Buyer beware - this game freaking sucks!!!!

Sadly disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 43
Date: June 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought a mod-chipped wii that allows me to play my games as well as back them up & play the back up's. With 2 kids it's a necessity as the discs tend to get scratched. Unfortunately, EA put something into the game that does not allow it to be played on a chipped console. That bites! I guess I'll return it or sell it on ebay!

A Disappointing Port

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

A purchased rock band for the wii expecting that it would be as much fun to play world tour as my buddies xbox 360 version. I am utterly disappointed with this game, there is NO incentive to play! the world tour for the wii version is exactly like the solo tour for the other versions. one song at a time, no set lists, no fans, no "gigs", and pretty much no fun. The fun in rock band comes from the social gatherings that rock band can entertain by creating a band cruising through the different cities passing off set lists etc... Well if you plan on getting this version you are going to be utterly disappointed because you will not find any of those "rock band" features present in this game. I suggest getting the xbox 360 version or the ps3 version.

Wii rock band su-diddly-ucks.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The guitar? Awful.
The fact that GH3 guitars don't work with it? Awful.
The fact that the stupid guitar USB wireless dongle has that bright flashing blue light ALL THE TIME? Awful.
The fact that the stand on the drum set collapses when the drums are played enthusiastically? Awful.
The fact that the easy mode play list doesn't include all the songs? Awful.
The way-too-long load times? Awful.
The fact that the splash screens can't be skipped? Awful.
The lack of player customization? Awful.
The playlist? Okay, pretty good. But not enough to make up for all the other shortcomings.

EA will never get another dime from me, and I'm seriously considering boxing this thing back up, and mailing it to them with a letter that says "I'd rather be out the $160 plus shipping than ever have to clap eyes on this again."

NOT like other Rockband Editions - Very disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 45 / 75
Date: June 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After falling in love with the Xbox version of Rockband we waited for the Wii version to come out. Bought it this morning, set it up, and now we're going to try to return it. You are not able to choose your person, dress him/her up, and make money playing gigs to buy new cool things for your guy. This personalization is what made us fall in love with Rockband. How disappointing! The Wii version just doesn't cut it.

Good Game, Poor Support and Instructions

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 26 / 34
Date: June 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I waited for the Wii version of Rock Band, and frankly, I'm a bit disappointed. The kids were excited, so we hooked things up as quickly as we could.

First of all there's nothing in the instruction booklet or assembly instructions that state that you must have one wii controller hooked up as player 1. So, initially, the wii would not recognize the disk, so I ended up calling EA support, which was a bit of disaster. The first tech support person told me we were hosed, and call the store (another long story), but on the second call to EA support, she did manage to inform me of the controller requirement, and things went better after that.

Next, the wii required a system update before it would recognize the Rock Band disc. That is in the instruction booklet, but it's in fine print on the 2nd page of the inside cover - see System Menu Update. After that was completed, the wii read the disc, recognized the guitar, drums and mic, and the kids were in business. Well, sort of. The drum pedal (bass drum) is not working...which means I'll probably have to deal with EA support again.

As other reviewers are noting, the guitar is wireless, but the drums and mic are not...a big disappointment. I tried to find that out before I bought but EA, online web sites, and stores, simply did not know whether all controllers were wireless or not. I was thinking that having everything wireless was worth the $70 premium over the PS2 product, but sadly, they are not.

As for the ability to customize bands, players, etc, I'm also sad to learn that ability is not in the wii game. Not sure my kids really care that much, but we were hoping that maybe the mii's were somehow available in the game, but sadly that's not there either.

As far as playability, my younger kids find the game frustrating, they don't like the big learning curve on using the drums, mic, guitar. Admittedly, this game is rated Teen, which I suspect is probably more a reflection of the players age, than the game content. Not trying to trash this game, but I think kids 12 and up will have more fun with it. Families with younger kids need to have realistic expectations.

Finally, this is fun game to play, but frankly, I'm not sure it's worth the steep price tag.

A bit disappointed...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 20 / 33
Date: June 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After playing Guitar Hero on my Wii station and Rock Band on XBox at my neighbor, my family and I were a bit disappointed in Wii's version of Rock Band. I believe we were expecting more. There are no character creations, which my kids enjoyed; there are no internet downloadable extra songs, like on the XBox, and the Guitar Hero guitar doesn't interface with the Wii's Rock Band, which means you have to purchase an additional wireless guitar for the base on Rock Band; vice versa the Rock Band guitar won't work on Guitar Hero. Additionally, the drums are not wireless nor is the microphone. Wii really blew it with this game. They could have really had a really great product, but they half stepped it producing a cheesy product for consumers. Not really happy, but the other option is to buy a different game system, XBox.

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