Guitar Hero III may be online, but will it be “Nintendo” online? |
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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.
10 Responses to “Guitar Hero III may be online, but will it be “Nintendo” online?”
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Dan Zuccarelli on 30 Aug 2007 at 1:57 pm #
Sadly, this doesn’t surprise me at all
James Osburn on 31 Aug 2007 at 10:50 am #
Great, here we go again. We will have to re-live the 360 Guitar Hero II debacle.
Wii60 » Blog Archive » Guitar Hero Online for Wii Unconfirmed…for now on 31 Aug 2007 at 1:14 pm #
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Guitar Hero III: Ancora nessuna conferma per l’online - Wii Italia on 31 Aug 2007 at 3:05 pm #
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Chris Hardin on 01 Sep 2007 at 5:53 pm #
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.
coolg on 04 Sep 2007 at 2:12 pm #
I love this!
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mike on 13 Jun 2008 at 10:50 pm #
can i have a guitar