Wii
– Vicarious Visions developing the Wii version
– Party Play returning
– Developers focusing “on shredding kind of rock”
– Graphics inspired by “heavy-metal album art from the late 70s, early 80s”
– Quest mode: Story narrated by Gene Simmons
– Quest mode starts off with a movie, battle between the Beast and demigod of rock
– Beast defeats the demigod of rock, who is then entombed in a stone, guitar banished
– Guitar is the source of the demigod of rock’s power
– Trying to assemble an army of warriors
– Will need to get the guitar back and defeat the Beast
DS
– Roadie Set List Manager: Friend can make his/her own list set on the DS
– Roadie Quickplay+ and Roadie Battle modes
– Battle modes: Play mini-games to execute “spells”
– Quickplay+: co-op, positive spell effects help the Wii players (more score multipliers, note-streak savers)
– Competitive Roadie Battle: More spells, but also “curses”
– Curses: Flashy effects, show up on Wii (set highway on fire, accelerate highway to a very quick speed)
– Roadie Battle now supports eight players (4 on Wii, 4 on DS), roadies can help drum/bass/guitar players
