Guitar Hero 3 (Wii)

Advantages: Great Gameplay, excellent songs
Disadvantages: Hard to master, those battles are frustratingly boring.

...third instalment of Activisions popular guitar playing game and the first to appear on the Wii. Having never played previous games, I was a little dubious as to how well the game would play particularly with what I thought was a pretty tacky-looking, 'pretend' guitar. Thankfully, the £60 investment is a good one and it's a game I totally recommend. My vested interest in the gameplay is due to my own guitar-playing skills on a 'normal' everyday guitar. ...
...But, having a little guitar experience is no measure of ability to play this game -something I found out very early on. The game is played by a series of notes scrolling along a fret-board and you simply have to 'twang' the string plucker (in actuality, a spring-loaded switch in a vaguely string-like shape) while pressing the correct button on your pretend guitar in conjunction as to what is displayed on screen. It sounds simple. It isn't. If you ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent Soundtrack - 70 songs to rock out to. Addictive as anything you'll play.
Disadvantages: Can get very difficult, initial expense of controller is high.

...of a year old, the Guitar Hero franchise makes its way to Nintendo's little white box. Gone are the days when you'll jump around the room playing air guitar to your favourite Rock Anthems. Now Activision and Red Octane have produced a game that allows you to do all that but with a pseudo-guitar in your hands. Rock On! So let me explain, for those not already in the know, the Guitar Hero games are based on the premise of you pretending to play the ...
...Initially just playing the guitar controller itself seems difficult - perhaps too difficult to even give the game a chance. I know when I first played it I thought I would never get to grips with it. Luckily there is a training mode and a practice mode (more on them later), that really help you get to grips with the basics and more very quickly. The controller itself looks like a guitar and the Wii Remote slots into a panel at the back, but pushes ... Read review

Advantages: A really great game, especially with the guitar remote
Disadvantages: Not worth mentioning

When i heard guitar hero 3 was coming out i pre-ordered it as soon as i could. Previous guitar hero games ahve been really good and i couldnt wait to see how they would make it for the wii. Needless to say they did not dissapoint. THE GUITAR CONTROLLER Wow! It looks really good for a start. Plus you get the extra stickers to customise yours with, personally i think it looks best blank. But if your not into stickers or leaving ti plain you can buy ...
...the tilt sensor, tilt the guitar upwards while playing to activate star power ( This is really really cool) The only set back i can imagine is that if you only have 1 remote it would be a time consumer to keep having to take the controller in abd out the guitar everytime you want to play a different game, but this is practically unavoidable. WHAT IF YOU DONT HAVE THE CONTROLLER Well you can always use your wii remote by itself but obviously its ... Read review

Advantages: Amazing tracks, supreme graphics, and ludicrously addictive. Rock like a Guitar God!
Disadvantages: Amount of decent tracks you can purchase is limited.

...bug myself. When Guitar Hero III was released for the Wii, it was inevitable that one particularly copy would be in my home soon, especially when coupled with the fact I am a massive fan of innovative games on the Wii, such as Wii Sports and Wii Fit. Getting started When you turn on Guitar Hero, you are presented with the menu screen, which primarily allows you to tackle Career Mode. Career Mode involves selecting a character and playing ...
...Play You play Guitar Hero using the Les Paul Guitar, which connects to your Wii via a wireless connection. This Guitar is designed to the scale of a toy guitar, with 5 fret keys and a strummer. The gameplay is very similar to the Dancing Stage games, where a series of notes come towards you on the screen and you have to press the relevant fret key and strummer at the same time at a particular point to play the note. You play mainly to ... Read review

Advantages: Oh so many
Disadvantages: Make sure the house, and preferably the street, are empty

~~**~~* Guitar Hero III *~~**~~ Those of you who've read my Mario and Sonic for the Wii review will understand the problems I have when it comes to addiction. Once I've found something, I'm stuck with it until it's completed. Damn Guitar Hero - every spare minute I have is spent on it - Jeremy Kyle and This Morning are out the window, promoting the new business has ceased and the dog has turned into a little skeleton (only joking, I occasionally ...
...with the Les Paul Controller Guitar thing (included in the price, luckily) and although I know I look a tit, it does indeed make me feel like a pro. The guitar is surprisingly easy to set up - remove from box, slot handle/string section onto bottom twangy section, place your wii remote inside the contraption and hey presto, you're ready to rock. (Actually, you've also got to put disc into wii machine, turn on tv and wii and put tv on correct channel ... Read review

Advantages: Good, original idea
Disadvantages: Range of games could be better

...though the initial excitment dies downafter a while. Other games are needed to keep the excitment going and only adaptations such as Guitar Hero 3 do this for me. Original Wii games dont cut it but i'm sure there must be decent wii games out there i havnt come across! Mario football is a great example, other football games like fifastreet are left behind as mario needs all the actions of the player in order to work. If any, buy this game as well.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Great fun, You will like it even if you don't like Guitars, Good multiplayer laughs
Disadvantages: Expensive, Have to unlock Co - Op songs in Co - Op mode

...it was I. I then had another go couple weeks after that and I found that I was much better and I still got beaten by my friend but I was better it was much more entertaining than the last time I played it this was because I was better but I wanted to play it more and more so I went out and bought it and was very impressed. I went out and got Guitar Hero for the Xbox 360. It cost me £65 ($127) this I did want think was very good the price all your getting is the game of Guitar Hero 3, The Guitar Hero Les Paul guitar and two AA batteries. My reasons for the it not being a good deal is the fact that the Nintendo Wii's version has a place for the nintendo Wii controller where as you can retarge the batteries. Sure you can buy rechargeable batteries but they could have adapted the Xbox 360 Guitar so that it could have the used the Xbox 360... Read review

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Advantages: Fun for everyone. Easy, intuitive controls. Good Graphics :P
Disadvantages: Internet setup complicated. No DVD playback.

...'t there. Although, I have heard that Nintendo are planning on releasing a PS2 EyeToy-style camera to do that very thing. Don't quote me on that but if it's true, we'll definitely be looking into getting one of those. At Christmas, we decided to expand our games collection a little and we've all got our favourites. When my daughter isn't winning the WWE Championship, she's building entire towns in Sims. The missus is now an International Three-Day Event Champion on Pippa Funnels Ranch Rescue and when I'm not snowboarding down a mountain, I'm a guitar rock-god in Guitar Hero 3 or scuba-diving in the South Pacific in Endless Ocean (a perfect game to unwind to after a hard day at work). And of course, we all still play on the Wii Sports game which has to be the greatest free-game in the history of free-gaminess. Great fun. And that... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful