With Band Hero, you can come together with family and friends to ascend the virtual stage and rise to fame, bringing you a new genre of music focused on today's hottest top-40 hits and classic anthems that everyone will know.Band Hero delivers an exciting music collection featuring top-40 hits, including No Doubt, Lily Allen, The All-American Rejects, Snow Patrol and Jackson 5, designed to expand the experience to a new genre and appeal to a broad family audience who can play together on the guitar, drums, bass and microphone. The game builds upon Guitar Hero’s easy-to-play, difficult-to-master signature gameplay and allows novice players and expert fans to join together on their favourite songs. Band Hero supports all Guitar Hero instrument controllers, as well as other music/rhythm game controllers.
Log onto the official Band Hero website and immortalize yourself and/or your band within a mosaic tribute to the newest game in the Guitar Hero family. Submitted photos will populate the mosaic and enter the individual’s or group’s names into a weekly contest where randomly selected winners will score a Band Hero band kit for the platform of their choice and a NDS Lite band kit. Head over to the official Band Hero website to learn more.
The Band Hero Kit includes the following items:
- Band Hero Software
- Standard USB microphone with 15ft Cord
- Band Hero Wireless Drum Kit with 5 Pressure Sensitive Drum Pads
- Band Hero Wireless Guitar Controller
- Kick Pedal for Band Hero Wireless Drum Kit
- Standard Wood Drumsticks
- Guitar Faceplate
- Standard 1" Wide Guitar Strap
Band Hero, rated E10+, is currently scheduled for release on Nov. 17, 2009 on the PS2 ($39.99), PS3/X360 ($59.99) and Wii ($49.99) while the full Kit will retail for $199.
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