Guitar Hero III may be online, but will it be "Nintendo" online?
Written by Jim Squires   
Thursday, 30 August 2007 04:43
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Something has been chirping away at the back of my head for awhile now. If Guitar Hero III's biggest new feature is it's online multiplayer, yet Nintendo has been nothing short of belligerent to third party publishers wanting to take their Wii games online, what will this mean for the upcoming Wii version of GHIII?

I contacted Bryan Lam, Senior PR Specialist with Red Octane, to try and get an answer. Here's what he had to say;

"we're working closely with Nintendo for an online solution, though at the moment we're unable to confirm the status of the online multi-player."

So there you have it. It's not definitely out, but it's not definitely in either. If you're a Wii owner and a bit of a hermit, you may want to cross your fingers if you're looking to partake in some online battles this fall.

EDIT:  I followed up with Bryan this afternoon.  This should come as no surprise, but the same position holds true for downloadable content.  Sigh.


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written by Dan Zuccarelli, August 30, 2007
Sadly, this doesn't surprise me at all
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written by James Osburn, August 31, 2007
Great, here we go again. We will have to re-live the 360 Guitar Hero II debacle.
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written by Wii60 » Blog Archive &ra, August 31, 2007
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written by Guitar Hero III: Ancora nessun, August 31, 2007
[...] In una recente dichiarazione da parte d Bryan Lam, Senior PR presso la Red Octane, non viene data alcuna conferma riguardo ad una possibile modalità online. Stiamo lavorando strettamente con Nintendo per una soluzione online ma al momento non siamo in grado di confermare lo stato delle caratteristiche multiplayer online. [...]
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written by Go Nintendo » Blog Archi, August 31, 2007
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written by Chris Hardin, September 01, 2007
This is the standard answer when a PR person is instructed not to talk about anything. It means absolutely nothing as far as whether or not the game has online play.

IGN got a playtest with the game and confirmed that there was a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection on the menu.

I doubt we'll see downloadable content because of Wii space limitations, but there will definitely be online play.
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written by coolg, September 04, 2007
I love this!
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written by consoleer » Blog Archive, September 29, 2007
[...] Following up with Lam, BBPS reports that this also applies to downloadable content. Shame. That doesn’t sound promising at all, and would leave the Wii version looking more than a little gimped. Guitar Hero III may be online, but will it be “Nintendo” online? [BBPS] [...]
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written by Nintendo » Guitar Hero I, October 24, 2007
[...] quine wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIf Guitar Hero III’s biggest new feature is it’s online multiplayer, yet Nintendo has been nothing short of belligerent to third party publishers wanting to take their Wii games online, what will this mean for the upcoming Wii version … [...]
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written by mike, June 14, 2008
can i have a guitar
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written by john morgan, February 17, 2009
As a small time games designer myself, they always leave the online function of the games creation business until the end, And as usual most want to know all the details before the man even knows himself, I`m betting that rockband and guitar hero will both be online for wii players, the platform is just set for these types of games etc, personally i get more fun from playing a real guitar, something most would enjoy, it gets the girls, lol..great blog by the way,

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