New title from hmx confirmed: Rock Band Blitz

[elfreako]

A cheap DLC pack with a fun arcade game thrown in for free? Yes, please.

Assuming it's cheap.

[Der_Lex]

Assuming it's cheap.

It's an Xbox Arcade/PSN title. Yes, it will be.

[skyp1e]

I just watched the trailer for the game and regardless of weather or not the game IS fun or if I WILL play it (buying for the songs for sure) the residue of the April Fool's boardgame announcement has colored my perception. The trailer looks like more April Foolishness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MeUv...d1FAAAAAAAAAAA

[MourganDespana]

Assuming it's cheap.

The most expensive Arcade titles are 15 bucks, so if this is on par with that, it's 25 songs for 15 bucks. A Whopping $0.60 per song.

[MagicMurderBag7]

Assuming it's cheap.

Most expensive it can be is $20.

[TheStuddz]

So it looks like out of 25 songs, 5 are:
Always - Blink 182
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
Metal Health (Bang Your Head) - Quiet Riot
Once Bitten Twice Shy - Great White
Pumped up Kicks - Foster the People

Wow, to think that this is only one fifth of the setlist. It's already pretty great in my opinion. Two songs are songs that I've really wanted in the game for quite a while, and the other three are okay as well! Especially considering (since I'll be getting the game no matter what) they're technically free.

[BHchurchil]

since im a wii owner the one thing i am wondering about rockband blitz is will all of the songs on the game be rereleased as RB3 versions like the country track pack 2 or will the wii never get these 25 songs

It'd be super lame if Wii owners never got these songs, even as just singles. The five announced songs are plenty popular and would definitely sell outside of the game, and I'm sure the rest of the setlist is full of hits as well. Please HMX, figure out a way to make it happen.

[dog037]

It'd be super lame if Wii owners never got these songs, even as just singles. The five announced songs are plenty popular and would definitely sell outside of the game, and I'm sure the rest of the setlist is full of hits as well. Please HMX, figure out a way to make it happen.

It will probably be a timed exclusive.

[SirDavidTLynch]

I really don’t get all the guys saying you play with a controller? What is this?

It's not even the first Rock Band game to do this. The PSP and DS games were the same basic "mash buttons and switch lanes" setup.

Now that I've taken a closer look, I don't know what to make of the apparent two-button input for each track. Is that it? Unplugged had four notes per track, and also used chords in the gameplay. The older HMX games at least had three inputs.

That's my main concern as well. I think the two-lane setup was necessary in getting the whole RB library to work (easier to automate 2 lanes from the charts [or audio stems?] than four), but I'm not sure how long it can keep things interesting.

Pro mode download tracks are separate from 5-button downloads. That is why they are sold separately in most cases.

Except for Bark at the Moon, Mama I'm Coming Home, The Doors free pack, and the Schick pack.

[Cipher_Peon]

Yeah, I should start my Rock Band Blitz song embargo now before it's too late. I want to experience all of the songs firsthand through the game, so I won't listen to the rest of the songs that are announced.