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Guitar Hero 5 Wii Interview

Brad, Ryan, and Buddha rock out, and Ryan catches up with the CEO of Vicarious Visions.

Aug. 10 2009

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Guitar Hero 5

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Edited By thepantheon

I've never been a total fan of the Wii versions of GH, I know its not really about the graphics but in general - other friends with Wiis are totally not into music games. :-/

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Edited By brian3d

Man, they look identical.

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Edited By DerekDanahy

Dude yeah I was noticing how they looked the same

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Edited By milpool

It looks really awkward when he responds to the camera and not the person who is talking to him.

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Edited By ThePhenomenal1

so whats one of the first features of the wii version to be spoken of? its just like the other versions!

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This guy's ceaseless stare into the camera terrifies me.

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STOP LOOKING AT ME OH MY GOD!!

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It's on PARODY with the other versions?

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Edited By Dante_the_Jedi

ARRRRR he is looking in to my soul!

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"We created a fun new game mode where your notes suddenly start to flash and jump around so it´s going to be rather difficult to hit them, while totally giving you motion sickness in the process"
 
Guitar Hero 5 Wii. In stores soon.

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Obviously you guys are afraid of eye contact typically. With him talking to the camera, it felt more like a conversation. Come on, learn to handle eye contact. 
 
I'm glad Vicarious Visions is really pushing the envelope on the Wii. Someone  needs to, and I'm glad it's the talented V.V. who are doing it. Why aren't people commenting on the mega-ton dropped here? NO FRIEND CODES!!

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That was the creepiest interview I've ever seen. While editing this video I bet the GB guys laughed. A lot.

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@Zombutler said:

" It's on PARODY with the other versions? "

Parity. We use the shortened word "par" typically when saying "on-par", but he used the word Parity. Look it up.
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This is actually pretty fucking cool; the mega-ton drop may have been no friend codes, but the mega-ton punch was that you can play the drums without a drum kit.
I may actually buy this game (my first Guitar\Band game) simply because I won't have to have goofy plastic instruments in my studio (0 bedroom apartment). ...If only this was true with Beatles Rock Band, it'd be a sure buy.

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Edited By Food

The Indian Ryan Davis meets the white Karthik Bala.  Who will be victorious?

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Hmm, but how much do I want to bet that the graphics will still look atrocious? Not that it's too big a deal, but it does get a little annoying when the graphics look flat-out terrible on Wii while looking sharp and fantastic on 360 and PS3. Wii is capable of decent graphics, at least. Hey, one great bit of news here is importing songs from previous GH games, that's actually really cool. I wish Rock Band 2 had that feature.

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DS download play sounds really cool. Kinda crazy that they're really the first ones to do that between DS and Wii (not including games that require DS cards). Shows just how lazy Nintendo can be as a first party developer.

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Sounds like an awesome game for people getting it on the Wii.

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It's good to see a company not actively shitting on core gamers with a Wii release.
 
There need to be more companies like Vicarious Visions.

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i think the main thing about the wii that sucks is the audio quality, you cant have dolby digital

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Ryan Davis meets Ram Das

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this interview has completely unsold me on the wii version of guitar hero
 
 
and i was already sketchy on GH5 in the first place (basically only want it for a few songs that aren't on rock band)

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 @Fbomb said:
" Obviously you guys are afraid of eye contact typically. With him talking to the camera, it felt more like a conversation. Come on, learn to handle eye contact.   
What are you talking about?  He was having a conversation with Ryan, not with you...  Eye contact with a computer screen isn't real eye contact, sorry to break it to you. I'm glad you felt like you were engaged in a conversation with him though, that must have been exciting for you. 
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He said the wii version is on parody with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, heh at least they admit it!
 
 
P.S I know its parity but its the WII come on its good to joke about jokes.

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Ah! stop glaring at me!

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@Milpool said:
"  @Fbomb said:
" Obviously you guys are afraid of eye contact typically. With him talking to the camera, it felt more like a conversation. Come on, learn to handle eye contact.   
What are you talking about?  He was having a conversation with Ryan, not with you...  Eye contact with a computer screen isn't real eye contact, sorry to break it to you. I'm glad you felt like you were engaged in a conversation with him though, that must have been exciting for you.  "
He was being questioned by Ryan, yes, but clearly he was speaking to the camera because his answers were directed to the audience he was trying to reach. I'm glad you can differentiate real and filmed eye contact. It must mean that you get outside once in a while. I like that you had to break down what I said in a extremely literal way to make your own point. The guy obviously isn't comfortable in front of the camera, but I don't understand why it's being harped on.Since he was speaking to the camera, he was making eye contact to the viewer in a way similar to techniques used by news anchors, reporters, etc. It's used to create a connection to the audience through virtual eye contact. He's inadvertantly trying use this by talking to the camera. Do I really have to spell it out to this level of detail? Wow. I expect too much from message boards--probably why I don't use them often.
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starring at people is rude, someone needs to remind him.
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Edited By Dr_Feelgood38

HE'S STARING THROUGH MY SOUL!!!
 
This is all great for Wii owners though.

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The Wii version of Ryan is on the left.

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@elektrixxx said:
" The Wii version of Ryan is on the left. "
I have it on good authority that IRL Ryan does require friend codes though.
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so wii is a contender for music games....who knew         %Pr

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Cool, I like seeing that Vicarious Visions seem dedicated to putting something good out.