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Wii Guitar doo-dad - help please

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partystress · 30/12/2009 21:33

Have boobed on a present for DS - got Lego Rock Band for the Wii not realising you need a guitar accessory (or drum I think) to make it work. Looking online and in shops I can only see whole Guitar Hero or Beatles type games - can't see a guitar thingy on its own. Do I really have to fork out £79.99 to get a £29.99 game to work???

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Matchingcardiganandtop · 30/12/2009 21:34

Can you not just buy band hero, around $100 and has microphone, drum kit and guitar included?

JInglesBells · 30/12/2009 21:36

we got lego rockband and the guitar for Xmas... It is ace!
The guitar came from Argos I think... let me have a look

JInglesBells · 30/12/2009 21:47

this is it
I think...argos isn't loading properly for me tonight so can't see the pic.
It's the guitar made by EA which is the proper wii one and you don't need to put in the remote.

maryz · 30/12/2009 22:24

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Chrissybaby · 30/12/2009 22:42

Bought the Beatles Rock Band Value Edition from Amazon befor Christmas for 55.00. Has both the drums and guitar in the set. May be worth checking. Plus a more adult type game for us to play with

BertieBotts · 30/12/2009 23:55

You can get the instruments on their own from Play.com or amazon. The only thing which seems difficult to get hold of is a microphone which works with it.

FluffyForLifeNotJustForXmas · 30/12/2009 23:57

HMV were selling guitar hero metallica for £30 just before christmas, it's the game and the guitar.

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BadgersPaws · 31/12/2009 09:33

Actually there is some compatibility between Guitar Hero and Rock Band controllers, have a look here:

www.joystiq.com/Instrument-Compatibility-Matrix/

For example a Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar works with Rock Band 2 but not Rock Band.

Given that Guitar Hero Metallica is based on World Tour and that Rock Band Lego is, I believe, based on Rock Band 2 then the controller should work for it.

However it is a bit of a thorny and complex issue.

So ask at a shop and make sure that you can get a refund if what you get doesn't work.

If the shop tries to tell you that there is never any compatibility then they're lying so walk away....

partystress · 31/12/2009 13:22

Thank you everyone - so it's not just me being dumb, it IS complicated! Will follow up all the links and leads.

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JInglesBells · 01/01/2010 18:20

get the EA one, it definitely works with all EA games

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