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Nippon Buroggu: The Guitar Hero Boat Lands in Japan (Finally)
Read along for a Japanese blogger's perspective on the upcoming release of Guitar Hero III, the first game in the series to be released in Japan. The number of bundles being shipped to retailers in Japan is shockingly low. Baby steps.... we thinks.
In Japan, Guitar Freaks (Konami) has forever dominated guitar-themed music games. But in the birth land of Rock’n Roll, Guitar Hero holds down the roost. Thanks to Activision, the third installment in the Guitar Hero series is finally being released in Japan. But before you must know anything about the game, take a look at the song list.
Aerosmith/Same Old Song and Dance
AFI/Miss Murder
Alice Cooper/School's Out
Backyard Babies/Minus Celsius
Beastie Boys/Sabotage
Black Sabbath/Paranoid
Bloc Party/Helicopter
Blondie/One Way or Another
Blue Oyster Cult/Cities on Flame with Rock & Roll
Charlie Daniels/Devil Went Down to Georgia
Cream/Sunshine of your Love
Danko Jones/Play The Blues
David Bowie/Width of a Circle
Dead Kennedys/Holiday in Cambodia
Die Toten Hosen/Hier Kommt Alex
Disturbed/Stricken
Dragonforce/Through Fire and Flames
Eric Johnson/Cliffs of Dover
Foghat/Slow Ride
Gallows/In the Belly of a Shark
Guns N Roses/Welcome to The Jungle
Heart/Barracuda
Heros Del Silencio/Avalancha
In Flames/Take this Life
Iron Maiden/Number of the Beast
Kaiser Chiefs/Ruby
Kiss/Rock N Roll All Nite
Lacuna Coil/Closer
Living Color/Cult of Personality
Matchbook Romance/Monsters
Metallica/One
Mountain/Mississippi Queen
Muse/Knights of Cydonia
NAAST/Mauvais Garcon
Pat Benatar/Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Pearl Jam/Even Flow
Poison/Talk Dirty to Me
Priestess/Lay Down
Queens of the Stone Age/3's and 7's
Rage Against The Machine/Bulls On Parade
Red Hot Chilli Peppers/Suck My Kiss
Revolverheld/Generation Rock
Santana/Black Magic Woman
Scorpions/Rock You Like a Hurricane
Slash/Recording
Slayer/Raining Blood
Slipknot/Before I forget
Smashing Pumpkins/Cherub Rock
Social Distortion/Story of My Life
Sonic Youth/Kool Thing
Stevie Ray Vaughn/Pride and Joy
Stone Roses/She Bangs a Drum
Superbus/Radio Song
Tenacious D/The Metal
The Hellacopters/I'm in the Brand
The Killers/When You Were Young
The Rolling Stones/Paint It Black
The Sex Pistols/Anarchy In The UK
The Strokes/Reptilla
The Who/The Seeker
Tom Morello/Tom Morello's Original Boss Battle
Weezer/My Name is Jonas
White Zombie/Black Sunshine
ZZ Top/La Grange
With over 70 tracks included, this isn’t even all of the songs. Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Scorpion, Iron Maiden, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Kiss, Metallica, Sex Pistols – an amazing list recognizable to generations of rock fans. Bundled with the game, the guitar controller, Gibson Les Paul for PS3 and Kramer for PS2, has a realistic look/feel. The guitars that appear within the game are also Gibson models.
Speaking of the bundled guitar controllers, what really catches the eye is the number (or lack of) of units bound for stores. The game is virtually unknown in Japan but throughout the rest of the world it’s a million+ seller. The initial number of bundles set for market is extremely limited – 20,000 PS2 bundles and 8,000 PS3. The guitar controllers are expected to be sold separately as well but volumes have not been specified.
Compared to Guitar Freaks, this title seems to have more appeal among older gamers – it will make a great Christmas gift for the old man with the guitar boy still trapped inside.
[from Shinobimamenchou]
[translation by Pink Godzilla]
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Comments
Expect the guitars volumes to be at least half of that of the ps2 volume. Why by half? Makes sense that the guitar would be a limited commodity to the Guitar Hero Franchise, and with this new guitar in the mix being wireless - it'll be gone in a flash. So get your hands on it ASAP when it comes out.
Posted by: Jonathan Slater | October 16, 2007 08:38 PM
My Friend picked up this Japanese version for the Wii console up on 25th May in Hong kong. I was surprised! He told me the store said it had only been out for one week. The last one he bought had to be taken back as his console is Japanese, and at that time GHIII had only been released in USA/Ntsc and Pal/Eur/Aus versions. The songs titles and menus are in english - the nintendo wifi connect screen is in Japanese. The next night we were up and rocking across the net with friend codes. What I did notice - when I took my Guitar with me to Hong Kong last week for some personal co-op play, is that I noticed this Japanese version has the three missing songs that were on the Xbox/Ps versions but not the Wii releases.
Posted by: southpatt | June 6, 2008 09:55 PM