Talk:Guitar Hero/Archive 3

Carabiner

Sorry to bring this up again, but I think I have an idea for GH Carabiner. I think the first sentence in its paragraph is sufficient to state that the game exists (we do have two sources for it anyhow), and on top of that we can simply generalize the remainder of the paragraph if it's needed. Those two sources are only attached to the opening sentence, not the paragraph as a whole, which I don't think is very encyclopedic. Any thoughts? Tubularbells1993 (talk) 00:14, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Splitting up the template?

Given how many GH titles appear to be coming in the next year...I'm thinking it may be helpful to start splitting "expansions" into "Spinoffs" and "Band-centric" or something like that. Then 80's and Smash Hits (and the inevitable Smash Hit sequels) will then have their own section while band titles (Aerosmith, Metallica, Van Halen, etc) will get their own as well. -- TRTX ^{T / C} 16:11, 24 April 2009 (UTC) great idea, i second this. Estemshorn (talk) 19:29, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

I think that is a great idea as well. Bozo33 —Preceding undated comment added 01:51, 23 July 2009 (UTC).

AC/DC

I think it's a great idea, but anyone care to source this? Tubularbells1993 (talk) 12:01, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind I removed it Tubularbells1993 (talk) 12:06, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Van Halen

GHVH should have it's own page now. Info is available, songs have been confirmed, there is a guitar hero forum for it, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.243.241.75 (talk) 21:40, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

There's no songs confirmed for the game. Additional artists, yes, but no specific songs. --MASEM (t) 21:42, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

There isn't enough information for us to make an article yet, but one will be made once we have enough info. --Estemshorn (talk) 22:19, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Actually there is. I was just on computerandvideogames.com and saw this article possibly confirming some songs: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=214162Jzxpertguitarist (talk) 14:17, 2 June 2009 (UTC)Jzxpertguitarist —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jzxpertguitarist (talk • contribs) 14:26, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Oblique reference to series expansion

I am referring to the part where it says that Activision expects to triple the number of GH games by 2010. But what does that mean? How many games will be out by that time? Does it mean tripling the # of games since Activision took over or what? We either need to explain that a little more or remove it altogether. It makes no sense as it is. Tubularbells1993 (talk) 00:16, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Check the original source. That's from Activision, and that's all they say - they don't explain the context for that. The key thing is that it implies Activision is certainly expecting to grow the series. --MASEM (t) 00:22, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

'Milking' complaint about GHSH

That section sounds kinda like it was written by a Rock Band fanboy. The last statment is attributed to generally 'reviewers' despite only being found at IGN. That's the only source supporting that statement. By that section, I mean the entire last paragraph of the 'Oversaturation' subsection of Legal and Practical Issues. I dont know, it just sounds kinda POV to me. Tubularbells1993 (talk) 02:10, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Bobby the Monkey?

First paragraph: "The highest score on the game ever is held by a 4 year old monkey named Bobby, Bobby has 12 fingers." Is this true? Not afaik, and either way it's not cited. I'm guessing someone thought it was funny to slip it in and see how long it lasted, but if it's a featured article and all, someone probably wants to get rid of it. --90.199.26.226 (talk) 17:06, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism. Been removed. --MASEM (t) 17:15, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Taylor swift

I just read on the guitar hero wiki that Taylor swift will be on band hero, can some one comfirm it NTC TNT —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.216.3.62 (talk) 02:20, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, confirmed on the Band Hero article. --MASEM (t) 02:28, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I decided to check other places and found it, I am working on puting more info on the game and i think that its time for a seperate page. also, could you help with the guitar hero wiki please NTC TNT (talk) 02:59, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, i found the article, there needs to be a link on the main articleNTC TNT (talk) 03:34, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

band hero page

two characters, 1 real, two contests and a few songs have been announced so it needs a page i think NTC TNT (talk) 03:03, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Suggestion: Table of controllers

Hi, i've tested some GH on XBox360:

• GH II Accepts Normal Controller
• GH Metallica accepts "Lips microphone", but not normal controller
• GH World tour doesn't accept nor "lips microphone", nor "normal controller"

Does anyone else thinks a good idea to include a table of accepted controllers?

--Sully76cl (talk) 02:48, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

We used to have it but it was removed, as other sites are better for this type of information (I think Joystiq has one controller compat table, but there are othersl.) --MASEM (t) 03:20, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

we should put a link to guitarhero.com/compatability —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.193.155.17 (talk) 22:11, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Guitar Hero: Beatles redirect -- any reason to keep?

Someone familiar with the subject may wish to nominate Guitar Hero: Beatles and Guitar Hero: Beetles for deletion over at WP:RFD. The most this article ever seems to have contained on the subject is here where it mentions some 2008 reports of interest from some industry executives in bringing out a Beatles themed release, and even that is gone now. Unless there is more than that behind the redirects, they could arguable be considered confusing by continuing to redirect here after all mention has been removed, and implicitly imply that there might have been such a release that simply hasn't been written about yet. -- ToE^T 13:37, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

I would likely agree, except that right now , there is a video floating around youtube that spoofs the concept of "Guitar Hero: The Beatles". It has gained barely enough attention from gaming sites that it may be somewhat more notable. But if this is all that it gets, then yes, they can be removed. --MASEM (t) 14:15, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

I think that we should change teh one for the guitar hero: the beatles to teh beatles rockband70.193.127.111 (talk) 17:34, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

I believe that you are referring to The Beatles: Rock Band. I see that The Beatles: Rock Band#Promotion does devote one sentence to the industry rumors of Activision vying for use of the songs in Guitar Hero. I don't know if that warrants retargeting over deleting. -- ToE^T 09:31, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

For future reference, note that there are 12 of these: Guitar Hero Beatles, Guitar Hero: Beatles, Guitar Hero: Beetles, Guitar_Hero:_The_Beatles, Guitar Hero The Beatles, Guitar Hero: The Beetles, Guitar Hero The Beetles, Guitar hero beatles, Guitar hero the beatles, Guitar hero beetles, Guitar hero the beetles, Guitar Hero; Beatles -- ToE^T 17:42, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

And here is what they linked to back when they were created. -- ToE^T 09:31, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

I have nominated all twelve for deletion at RfD. The discussion is open for comments. -- ToE^T 00:01, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

GH Wikiproject Proposal

Ok guys, I have proposed that there be a Guitar Hero wikiproject at

[[1]]

and I would be delighted if anyone seeing this would help me get it through.

A Common Man (talk) 19:38, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism.

There's a shit-ton of it in this page, but even some of the last revisions didn't remove it all. Things like the Taylor Swift link in the logo picture, stating that it's part of Hip-hop and other stuff.

Shit needs fixin.

Lies, lies, lies

there won't be any guns N roses videogame, the Jimi Hendrix is pendant, (Personal attack removed)

guitar hero hendrix

since the slash interview was a whille ago i think that its safe to say that that comment was in reference to his apearence in world tour and should be noted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NTC TNT (talk • contribs) 23:32, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Change Required

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In ==External links==, the bolded text needs to be headlined to 3rd level (===Text===). ===Official game sites=== and ===Other official sites=== should be lumped under ===Official game sites=== or ===Other official sites=== should be changed to === Miscellaneous official sites===.174.3.111.148 (talk) 21:37, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

As I've described at a similar request on another page, I believe the bolded text is deliberately used in favour of subheadings to prevent the TOC becoming cluttered. I would like to see this proposed edit discussed before it is put into action - personally I would be inclined to leave it as bold text. AJCham 00:26, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Canceling template per above. Tim Song (talk) 00:29, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I've tried to find an applicable style guideline on how to deal with these sections and subsections, but have been unable to find one. I have initiated discussion at Wikipedia talk:External links#Subheadings in External Links section, in an attempt to have such a guideline implemented. AJCham 00:51, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

It has been pointed out in that discussion that the relevant guideline is MOS:APPENDIX, so per the consensus described there, this edit request is  Not done. AJCham 03:14, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Question mark of interest

Im not just asking otherwise I'd just go to a forum, I think it should be investigated and noted in the article if there are any guitar hero games in the making, or any bussines talks about buying copyrights, for bands that dont play english songs, IE: Rammstein, or stuff like jrock or whatever (example: L'Arc en Ciel) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.16.160.77 (talk) 14:37, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Heres an article, i think someone should use it to add new info to the page75.216.170.48 (talk) 04:53, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Triangle Hero

this morning, there was mention of triangle hero under games and now its gone, im guessing that it was infact vandilisim70.192.201.205 (talk) 02:05, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Yep. estemshorn (talk|sigs) 02:08, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

vandalism

i just deleted the section about strip guitar hero and you need to lock this page, too much vandalism. 70.192.29.170 (talk) 03:42, 25 November 2009 (UTC) also known as NTC TNT

Not vandalism. No locking needed here.--Jessica Beats Luke (talk) 03:48, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

That was unsourced, and trivial information without a more significant source to back it. --MASEM (t) 04:18, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikiproject Guitar Hero

Heads up: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Wikiproject Guitar Hero? -- Sk8er5000 (talk) 06:37, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Guitar Hero: Hendrix is just a fake rumor.

I have removed it, as I've seen many people think it was true when it obviously isn't. OzzyOzrock (talk) 19:01, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Split

I think that the "List of games" section in this article should be split to make List of Guitar Hero games. There's over 20 games in the series and the section kind of ruins the article. GamerPro64 (talk) 22:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Not really. The article is just barely over 100k which is the bounds, but that section is rather short and is not what is taking up the space. There's really no major split that could be made at this point. --MASEM (t) 22:24, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Guitar Hero 6

isn't it time to make the page? a good amount of stuff has been released. plus: "Ghost" by Slash and I can't remember who + "Sudden Death" by Megadeth comin to the game. Or should we wait for E3 to happen? —Preceding unsigned comment added by GastroTV (talk • contribs) 22:36, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

I'd rather see more details and confirmation. As we've learned over time, when artists say their songs are coming to (game), that may often mean the game's DLC. --MASEM (t) 22:39, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Totally confirmed as Warriors of Rock. Add? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.75.129.234 (talk) 02:29, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 24.36.245.81, 18 May 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} Pearl Jam Rock Band Project Coming Next Year 05.11.09 http://pearljam.com/news/pearl-jam-rock-band-project-coming-next-year

24.36.245.81 (talk) 20:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

For one, this is Guitar Hero, not Rock Band, and two, that's year-old news, and yet to be affirmed as a full game. --MASEM (t) 20:30, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Consolidated DLC Page

I was thinking someone could make a consolidated DLC page, similar to what the Rock Band DLC page is like, which would include all available forward-compatible songs from Guitar Hero: World Tour onward, and possibly include the exported setlists (i.e. Guitar Hero World Tour/Smash Hits imports) in that page as well. Does this seem reasonable or do-able? It seems like simple matter of copying and pasting but I'm not a member so I don't think it would be a good idea since it would probably end up being deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.56.72.76 (talk) 05:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Not really, at least for now. We don't know yet if DLC post GH:WOR release will be backwards compat. We should wait to see what Activision's plans are. --MASEM (t) 05:07, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I mean a list of forward compatible songs, like a consolidated list for GH:WOR and future games that would include all DLC available for GHWT/GH5 (also GH:WOR). I'm aware that there will be no backwards compatibility for GH:WOR. Like a "Complete list of Downloadable Songs for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

Monkeys with 3 thumbs?

I suggest reviewing this, it didn't make sence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devann (talk • contribs) 01:58, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

[2]

I am noting this here since I want to try to incorporate it elsewhere. However, those that are trying to add Jack McCauley's name, to the lead more importantly, as the creator of the first guitar controller, this article doesn't say that; it suggests he was around since them, but that's it. I don't disagree that it might be useful to include his name, but we can't use this article to suggest what is being added. Further, if anyone should be mentioned in the lead, it is the Huang bros that had the vision to go forward with trying to get a guitar controller. --MASEM (t) 05:06, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Heavy vandalism

This article has been the victim of what I believe to be a rather extreme form of vandalism. Somebody messed up the Future Games section, removing the beginning and end ref tags. I've done my best to fix it, per WP:BOLD, so if someone sees anything I missed, please tell me. Thanks. Tubularbells1993 (talk) 12:37, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit request

Can somebody edit that timeline graph to include DJ Hero 2? Thanks. --grantyO (talk) 02:59, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Got it. --MASEM (t) 15:20, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Uhh...Guitar Hero what now?!

So, I was searching for this month's DLC for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, when I noticed a link for some game called Guitar Hero: The Beginning; I clicked it, and it brought me to a stub of an article about what someone believes is the next main GH game. It's a very believeable article, and looks like it came straight from a GH expert -- but there are no external links or citations to speak of. I was feeling a little doubtful, and so I came here in order to verify it, and while there's a little blurb about said game in the future games section, there are no external links or citations to be found. As well, a Google search turned up nothing besides the link to the Guitar Hero: The Beginning article, leading me to believe that it may be someone's clever attempt at vandalism...

...so, in short, I'm not sure that GH: The Beginning even exists...like that fake Mario Super Hockey fiasco a few months back, this may be just someone's pathetic attempt at making their GH dreams come true...

...can someone clear this up for me? I'd clear it up myself, but I don't know what I'm doing in that regard... -- Black Yoshi (talk) 19:28, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

As there' zero sources, and google search shows nothing, AND they talk about using Kurt Cobain's avatar (the lawsuit is still going AFAIK) AND they use Neversoft as the developer, it's a hoax. Deleted. --MASEM (t) 20:41, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Mac compatibilty of Guitar Hero 5

Guitar hero 5 was not released for windows or Mac OSX, so I changed the table of games and their availability to reflect it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.214.147.60 (talk) 17:38, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Saturation: Possible addition.

One issue that I have seen raised by many pro gamers and game bloggers is the method that Guitar Hero additional songs / albums are listed in Xbox Live and other online platform downloads. Basically if you list 'new releases' for Xbox games, you will get a bit listing as one would expect but several hundred of those are Guitar Hero: <insert band or song here>. Of all the games newly released, well over 50% of entries are merely add on songs for Guitar Hero, even though they're not a new game, or addition, or anything of the sort. I don't know how to go about finding sources for this, but it's the most common complaint I've seen about the franchise. 60.228.48.52 (talk) 09:36, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Change of tense

I'm talking about the Planned Games section. Much of it is still written in the future or present tense; I did some correcting just now but I don't know what to do with the rest of this. I know basic grammar, of course, but I'm hesitant to just go crazy with the changes lest an outcry should occur here on the talk page. So I'm going to paste it here, bold what i think must be fixed, and explain what I would do with it if it were just me. So here we go:

The PlayStation 2 will no longer be supported in future games of the series from 2010 onwards according to CEO Mike Griffith. It is expected that the 2010 entry for Guitar Hero will be the final entry developed by Neversoft, based on claims that Neversoft will be letting go of its Guitar Hero division, with Vicarious Visions likely poised to take over future development. Further industry rumors point at the closure of RedOctane Studios and Underground Development (the development studio for Guitar Hero: Van Halen) as further results from the scaling-back; Activision will move the controller hardware development within their own division to continue to support the series, with RedOctane founders Kai and Charles Huang remaining with Activision. A week prior to these announcements, the Guitar Hero division CEO at Activision, Dan Rosensweig, left the company, leading to some speculation if Rosensweig's departure influenced these changes. Activision and RedOctane have trademarked the titles "Guitar Villain", "Drum Villain", "Keyboard Hero" and "Sing Hero". RedOctane originally trademarked the titles "Drum Hero" and "Band Hero", but the work performed towards the Drum Hero title was eventually folded into the gameplay for Guitar Hero World Tour, and Band Hero has become its own game. However, as of October 2009, Activision has reapplied for a Drum Hero trademark, suggesting a drum-specific game may be created in the future.

• The whole "expected" biz is sort of touchy because the series didn't get very far afterward. So should we just say that that information had been announced, or should we just say that was the way it was without saying, so and so announced it at a certain date?
• Speaking of which, can't we just say "No more games in the series were released on the PlayStation 2 after 2010" or something to that effect?
• Can't we just say "GH6 was the last to be developed by Neversoft"?
• Should we say that VV took over future development or that they just did a few games (at the most) after taking over? They didn't get very far after the change took effect before the series got canceled.
• I think I read on the Rock Band article that Activision would take part in making new instrument controllers to support Rock Band, so with a little bit of rewording I think the part about integrating the controller division withi itself can stay.
• Is it necessary to point out that the Drum Hero trademark was applied for again? Or that it still suggests that a drum game may be released in the future? I know the series probably isn't gone forever, but still...

Miscellaneous: I think we should change "have done" and the like to "had done".

Whew! Any thoughts? Tubularbells1993 (talk) 23:16, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

I see no problem fixing the tense here. Be bold and do it as you see fit. --MASEM (t) 23:56, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Consider it done, I will probably work on the rest of the article too, as a lot of it also has dated verb tense. But that will come later. As far as any of my other bullet points, what do you guys think? Tubularbells1993 (talk) 01:12, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm also considering editing the "Oversaturation" section for the same reason. I would argue that that section should be in the past tense because no more games are being released. Of course, there might be a revival in the future but as of right now, the complaints are sort of passé. Plus, I'm pretty sure that Activision would pay more attention to those criticisms and keep them in mind if and when they revive the series, so they probably would lose their relevance over time. Any objections? Tubularbells1993 (talk) 12:16, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay, seriously...

To whomever keeps adding info that GH will return: Please cite something. I'm not opposed to seeing the "hiatus" statement appearing in the article, as I have seen an article on the Internet for myself to confirm it (although I don't remember where), but this article already does not say GH was killed off completely. Further, people who keep adding it without a source keep openly admitting it's a 'rumor' but WP cannot accept rumors, nevermind unsourced ones. See WP:OR, WP:CRYSTAL, and WP:RS. Again, I'm fine, and I'm sure everyone else would be fine, if the "hiatus" statement was included in the article, but please do not say, "The next GH game will come out in 2012" or whatever. Besides, Activision has stated that regardless of the future plans the series has been indefinitely frozen for now. My edits are intended to show that the series is on hold, and that previously-announced projects were not finished, but it does not say that there are no possibilities for the future. </rant> Tubularbells1993 (talk) 12:38, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Crazy stuff

So as you may have noticed, I kept my word and worked on the rest of the article. There are just a few things that I noticed, so I wanted to bring them up here and see what you guys think. Here we go again:

"DJ Hero 3D was announced at Nintendo's E3 press conference on June 15, 2010, the new Nintendo 3DS handheld console was also revealed. At the conference Nintendo listed a number of publishers and franchises coming to the 3DS, one of whom was Activision with DJ Hero 3D, a new installment in the DJ Hero series and the first handheld DJ Hero title."

• I notice there were no references attached to this, plus the forthcoming DJ Hero title is, well, just not forthcoming. I removed this while I was doing what I like to call a "mega-edit" (an edit of the whole article, not just one section in it) but pasted it here in the event that someone had something to say about it.

"Guitar Hero III Mobile was released for mobile phones in 2007 and 2008, and was developed by MachineWorks Northwest LLC. The base version of the game includes 15 songs from both Guitar Hero II and Guitar Hero III, and has released a three-song add-on pack every month since January 2008."

• What? Are they still doing that, that whole DLC thing? If not, we need to change it to past tense and cap it off with a time when they stopped doing that.

"Activision has also stated that they are considering a monthly subscription service to deliver downloadable content to user for future games."

• Did this ever happen? Did this project ever materialize? If it didn't, we need to note that. I haven't touched this as I wasn't sure what to do.

"An addictive videogame provides the illusion of musical mastery for even the least gifted:."

• What's up with the colon and period at the end of that sentence? Which one is it meant to be here?

* ''[[Rock Band]]'', a 2007 video game developed by [[Harmonix Music Systems]] for the Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.<!-- There is currently ONLY 1 game, thus there is no "series" (yet). Besides, the article "Rock Band (series)" does not even exist at the moment. -->

• I removed that unseen footnote and rewrote that wikilink. I'm surprised that went as long as it had without being removed; that series has grown significantly since then.

Tubularbells1993 (talk) 23:53, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Talking about Guitar Hero on lots of song articles

In many song articles, it is quoted that these songs appear in Guitar Hero. However, I don't believe it's a good way to neutrality: on one hand, it allows the reader to know GH features this song, but on the other, GH gets lots of free ads. Indicating this doesn't enhance the article's content as well...

Also, it might anger anti-GH people (some find it ridiculous, other too commercial, etc). So I definitely don't think it's a good idea.

I'm not anti- or pro-GH, just pointing out the fact...

No, I totally agree. It's one thing if it's a particularly pivotal moment in an artist's history, but too many plugs for GH (or for that matter any game) is overkill. We can't mention EVERY single incidence of a song in popular culture unless it is really important for whatever reason. Be bold and eliminate references you don't feel should belong, although I would recommend leaving signatures on talk pages in the future. Tubularbells1993 (talk) 23:30, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Early on, I had an idea of creating a category for songs featured in GH, but sought advice before creating it, and it was agreed that this isn't appropriate; I think that applies here. If third-party sources comment on a specific song being in the game (which I do see for smaller, indie bands that get noticed because of GH or Rock Band exposure), that's fine, but if it's part of the soundtrack and no specific distinction is made for it, then mention of it on the song's article is not really appropriate. --MASEM (t) 14:13, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 3 June 2012

One Part Of The Story Is not True So Let Me Edit It So I Can Add It Thanks

Eyooboi (talk) 21:06, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

The page is indefinitely protected, so it looks like you won't be able to edit it without creating an account. If you wish to request an edit without registering, you need to be more specific. Millermk (talk) 21:50, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 16 June 2012

lemme edit dis please

Ybbtdawg (talk) 01:09, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself.  TOW  talk  01:18, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 19 July 2012

Please change "DJ Hero is based on canabalism to DJ Hero is based on the Hip Hop genre" Thank you

-CGBspender

68.54.169.205 (talk) 16:29, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Fixed. --MASEM (t) 16:35, 19 July 2012 (UTC)

Dead and gone?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115974-Activision-Smashes-Guitar-Hero-Reboot-Plans

Is this worth mentioning? LazyBastardGuy 05:50, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

yes, added --MASEM (t) 06:26, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

I hope you removed this seeing as how it was old news (see: 2010) and had no bearing on whatever GH reboot is being worked on currently... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.118.213.190 (talk) 14:39, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

Actually, that article was dated 2012. It's perfectly relevant. If you know of something that says any differently, please add it yourself or, in cases of pages that have been protected against unregistered users editing, put it on the talk page and we'll be glad to assist you. LazyBastardGuy 19:41, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

See also section

That "See also" section looks like it could use a little pruning. And by a little, I mean a lot. It might seem relevant to have most of those links there, seeing as Guitar Hero did have a wave of cultural influence and all that, but we have categories for those things. A few wikilinks would be okay, but I see how it is now as overkill. I might remove some to cut it down a bit, but if anyone has any suggestions, please, the floor is yours. LazyBastardGuy 20:14, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

What I've removed:

Quest for Fame, as it would seem to be a better move to mention Guitar Hero on that page rather than the other way around.

Guitarfreaks, because it's already mentioned in the article in appropriate places.

Frets on Fire and the X version of it, because while it may be good that it's open source it really has no relevance to the article.

Audiosurf, as I've seen clips of this game myself and it seems extremely irrelevant to this topic.

Ultimate Band and Rock Revolution, because neither of those are relevant to Guitar Hero and are better presented in the associated categories.

Guitar Praise, the Christian clone of the game (again, categories should be used in situations like these)

Music Wizard, a music tutor game similar to Guitar Hero (it can't be the only one out there)

D-Pad Hero, another homebrew that just sort of sounds like Guitar Hero

What I left behind that I feel can and should be rearranged:

The South Park episode, "Guitar Queer-O", could go in the Critical reception section with other info like it.

Rocksmith can and probably should be moved.

Really, the only thing I think should be left is the Wikinews link. Over time, this section was becoming a mere repository for "sort of reminds me of Guitar Hero" trains of thought, and was clogging the article. Alternative opinions? LazyBastardGuy 20:26, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh, and I also removed Synesthesia. We can't list every possible program that is similar to Guitar Hero. And then Rock Band because that's already mentioned in the article elsewhere. Let's try not to duplicate things beyond reason. LazyBastardGuy 20:27, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

I agree; most of those probably share either (or both) a category or list of music/rhythm games, and thus aren't necessary. --MASEM (t) 20:29, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh yeah, and that reminds me - the Commons category link can stay. Anything else directly relevant to the series can go there, which the interview and Commons link are. But for a long time people have been using it as a directory for every other program that Guitar Hero players might be interested in or whatever, which of course is not what Wikipedia is for. LazyBastardGuy 20:34, 8 July 2013 (UTC)