Activision leak: Guitar Hero 4 priced, Spider-Man Wii to use balance board?
Monday, June 16th, 2008 at 2:52pm by Derek
Joystiq yesterday posted several new details on major upcoming Activision titles, based on information from an Intellisponse survey leaked on the popular NeoGAF gaming forum.
The juiciest details concern Guitar Hero: World Tour, which the survey states will be priced at $180 on all current-gen platforms, Wii included, and feature music from artists such as Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Korn, System of a Down, Ozzy Osbourne, Interpol, Muse and “dozens more.”
Most compelling, however, are details about the game’s new “touch-sensitive” guitar. According to the survey, Guitar Hero: World Tour will utilize an “all new wireless guitar controller with the first-ever touch-sensitive neck slide,” apparently allowing for a more authentic guitar-playing experience than can be provided by mere buttons.
The survey also revealed an as-yet-unnamed Spider-Man title for Wii will use the balance board. From the survey:
“…Climb atop your Wii Fit Board to control Spider-Man’s acrobatic abilities like never before. Lean one way or the other to send Spider-Man soaring in the air. Jump as high as you can to propel Spider-Man off Manhattan’s tallest rooftops. Hop quickly to help Spidey climb walls and get a vertical advantage over his enemies. Stop your feet to kick and cartwheel foes in the city’s darkest alleys…”
In the last bits of Wii news in an otherwise 360-focused survey, a separate multi-platform Spider-Man game was also revealed. In Spider-Man vs. Marvel Zombies, as the title suggests, players control Spider-Man in a battle against zombified Marvel characters. The new Ultimate Band Wii trailer Blake posted earlier also emerged from this leak, and interestingly, a Tony Hawk game supporting a new balance board peripheral was revealed for 360 and PS3, but not Wii.
Also, beginning this holiday, Microsoft will offer an “Avatar” service to Xbox LIVE members allowing them to customize a miniature version of themselves, Nintendo-related only in how much of a rip-off it is.
Each of these tidbits, of course, should be considered a “rumor” until Activision confirms. It seems the E3 information leaks have begun.
June 16th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Is it a rip off its an improved version?
It would be sweet to have a Samurai helmet
June 16th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
oh man touch sensitive controller ftw.
gh: wt is now absolutely the no. 1 game on my MUST HAVE list.
June 16th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
They don’t look as fun as Miis. More detailed, yet somehow more bland/generic looking.
Touch sensitive GH controller has me intrigued about rhythm games again. I was getting kinda bored of GH and RB.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I thought the idea of Avatars would be cool until I saw that there’s no option for people to keep their current pictures (I think) and that the characters all look like Hot Shots Golf rejects.
June 16th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Although a touch sensitive controller sounds like a good idea, I think the lack of a physical button to push will end up being too weird to play with.
June 16th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Slide guitar hero? I can’t say I really care, that’s just plain more than I want to pay for a game.
June 16th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Marvel Zombies game? AWESOME.
June 18th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
If any of you have seen the music appication that Apple demo on the iPhone, I’m sure it’ll be similar to that.
For those who haven’t:
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/06/developer-demos.html
Yeah, that right there is something Nintendo needs to get on with the DS 2…
June 22nd, 2008 at 1:59 am
Gamestop says gh:wt is $189.99.