DJ Hero Info

From June's Game Informer issue. Sorry, no scans for right now.

This is the actual turntable, earlier rumors were true.
http://www.giantbomb.com/dj-hero/61-23882/take-a-look-at-the-dj-hero-controller/35-241534/

Developed by Freestyle games.

1-2 players.

Turntable has two parts, the "platter" for the disc is the largest piece, it has three buttons on it, green, red and blue. The second piece, which is detachable to enable lefty mode, includes the face and directional buttons, a Euphoria button, an effects dial, and a crossfader.

Only three "scrolling" tracks, the outside two must be used with the crossfader in order to work.

Each track slides left and right to indicate the crossfader's direction.

Playing consistently will build up the Rewind Meter, which can be used to send the song back to an earlier section.

The tracks have up or down arrows showing which way to scratch the disc, and occasionally an X will be shown, letting the player scratch in either direction.

Tracks will have an overlay in some parts of a song, giving a player an opportunity to use the effects dial.

The Euphoria button is used to trigger Star Power.

Most of the game's songs will be unlocked at the beginning.

Freestyle microphone input is supported.

10 songs will support duet play with a guitar controller.

Nobody wants to be a DJ. This game will fail hard.

"Nobody wants to be a DJ. This game will fail hard."

I was really doubting the game until I read the article. It sounds quite interesting, but it will be a "waiter" for me. I'll pick it up cheaper.