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| From: Activision Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $89.99
Buy New: $44.99
You Save: $45.00 (50%)
New (37) Used (13) from $40.00
Rating:  189 reviews
Sales Rank: 51
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: musical_instrument_games
Color: White
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Wireless bundle
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Size: Guitar Hero Set
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 30 x 6 x 12
MPN: 95125
Model: 95125
UPC: 085081814678
EAN: 0047875951259
ASIN: B000TGB4UU
Release Date: October 28, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 wii guitar hero 3 is awesome December 8, 2007
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
I owned GH 2 on playstation, and this is even better. I love the wireless feature for the wii - highly recommend.
Best In Series November 17, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is the 4th and best game in the Guitar Hero Series. For those of you who don't know, Guitar Hero comes with a plastic guitar with five buttons instead of frets, a strum button, and a whammy bar. The object is to hit notes scrolling towards you by pressing the buttons and the strum button in time with the music. If you miss to many notes, you will get "booed" off the stages. However, if you hit every note, you are rewarded with "Star Power", which increases your score. You can also use the Whammy bar on extended notes.
In a game like Guitar Hero, The game lives and dies on its soundtrack. Guitar hero III delivers on the soundtrack. For fans of Classic rock, there is The Who, ZZ Top, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Heart, and Foghat. For Fans of Hard Rock, there's Mountain, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Guns n' Roses, and Black Sabbath. For Punk fans there are the Sex Pistols, Social Distortion, and The Dead Kennedys. 90's Rock Fans will enjoy Pearl Jam, Weezer, Rage Against the Machine, and The Smashing Pumpkins. Metal Fans will like Slipknot, Metallica, and Slayer. Also, Jazz makes its long-overdue debut in GHIII, with Eric Johnson's Cliffs of Dover, which is my favorite song in the game. There really is something for every rock fan. However, there is no Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, or Van Halen, so there is room for improvement.
The Graphics are not very good in this game. Though the Guitarists and Venues look nice, The backing band looks bad (The drummer seriously has right angles for elbows). However, when playing, you are too busy concentrating on the upcoming notes to care about the graphics.
There are a few new features in Guitar Hero III, some good and some bad. A good feature is the Online Play via The Nintendo WFC. If a friend of yours has the game and a home network, you can play multiplayer online together. It works the same as the local multiplayer and there is no lag. A Not-so-good new feature is the battle mode. In the career mode, you will face off against famous guitarists like Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and Slash from Guns and Roses. In this mode, you receive power-ups that screw up your opponent. Your opponents can fire back and easily end your game. The Final guitarist you face is very cheap and difficult to beat.
Overall, this is a great game that you will play for weeks on end. This game is great for kids of all ages (The Teen Rating is unwarranted as there are very few songs that swear)because of the difficulty levels. This is the best game in the series and I highly recommend it.
Guitar Hero Really Does ROCK!!!!!!!! January 21, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm going to try to make this brief. Okay, you might just think I gave this game 5 stars for the heck of it, but literally this game is a whole lot of fun, doesn't matter if you're a total beginner and have no idea what to do or you're a complete expert and can play every level with ease, it has 4 totally different levels (All the songs are the same on all levels, though.)
Positives
-The songs' notes go to the rhythm of the song at times, but it could rapidly be the opposite other times. Some people might put this as a Con, but I think it makes the game a whole lot better.
-There is a huge list of songs originally (43 or something), as well as a whole bunch of other songs to buy.
-The tutorials really are helpful, and explain everything in a matter of seconds.
Cons
-The guitar battles can be really frustrating, trying over and over again. It's probably the part of Guitar Hero III, I hate the most. It get's discouraging.
-The whole things of Star Power, the Whammy Bar, etc can a bit confusing, and sometimes, overwhelming, but it adds choices to the game, I guess.
-You have to have big hands to master all the levels. I find it quite impossible to hit all five keys randomly if you have to keep moving your hand. All five keys are only in the Hard & Expert levels, though, so you really don't have to worry about that, unless you get really good, and need more challenge, but can't go onto the next level, because you don't have a big hand.
Overall, Guitar Hero III is probably the best of all the Guitar Heroes, but that's just my opinion, other people would disagree. It's really fun for the whole family, and I would recommend it as a Wii (or Playstation or Xbox 360) game any day.
GH III totally rocks on the Wii!!!!!! October 28, 2007
22 out of 29 found this review helpful
I won't bore you with a long, drawn-out review. Guitar Hero III for the Wii is AMAZING! The rumbling guitar is awesome. Haven't tried online game play, but I'm sure that'll be sweet, too. Glad I reserved this game and got it on the day it came out!!! Highly recommended for Wii owners!! And I can't wait for the additional controllers to come out!! Rock on Wii Nation!!!
2 thumbs up from this non-gamer January 8, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
We just got a Wii for Christmas. I'm in my 30's, female ... and haven't gamed since one of the old Atari systems a few years back (HA!). I'd heard so much about GHIII, but not being a big rock-music fan, I didn't know if I would be the right target for this game.
Well .. tell you what .. I love it. I adore this game. It's a blast. Once I went thru the tutorial system and learned the basics, I started with the Quickplay on SLOW speed. I quickly learned how to do it, and just finished my first career on Medium level. I'm totally addicted.
So - if you think this may not be for you, say because you saw your 12 year old nephew playing it and totally rocking out .. well, give it a shot. I think you'll fall in love, as I have!
Edited to add:
We just hooked up our WiFi system and I registered with Guitarhero.com. It's really cool to look at your stats and get 'groupies'. But even better is to be able to set up online matches to play against other people. It really gives you a sense of where you are at. It's freaky to play medium and battle against someone on expert level (man, those blips come on fast!)
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