Activision Wants To Bring Guitar Hero To Arcades 75
dlapikin writes "Activision is preparing a deal with Konami and Raw Thrills to bring Guitar Hero to arcades worldwide as soon as 2009. It looks to be a great fusion of their current Guitar Hero III axe and World Tour. 'Some features have been streamlined, however, like character customization. Raw Thrills doesn't want people obsessing over the hair color of their on-screen rock star. But one important feature that has remained is downloadable content. Raw Thrills has the ability to push new songs to "Guitar Hero Arcade" through the Internet. Owners of the machines can pick and choose which of the new songs to add to the cabinet.'"
Already there (Score:3, Informative)
Look into the series GuitarFreaks, a Konami Bemani title. Popular in arcades in Asia, but can be found worldwide. The latest few titles also link with PercussionFreaks [also known as DrumMania]. GuitarFreaks doesn't have a home version though.
Of course, when you compare songs between Freaks and Heroes, they're completely different. But the basic gameplay principle is the same.
Re:Free advertising for DLC? (Score:1, Informative)
south park did it (Score:3, Informative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Queer-o [wikipedia.org]
Re:Goddamn Orange button doesn't work! (Score:1, Informative)
High punch? Sure you weren't thinking of Mortal Kombat? Street Fighter had 3 punch buttons: light, medium, and hard. MK had the "high" and "low" buttons.