Product Description

Requires a drum, microphone or guitar controller to play, Rock Band instruments sold separately

• The Music That Rocked The World For the first time ever, play along with 45 legendary Beatles songs on the game-disc including: "I Saw Her Standing There," "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "I Feel Fine," "Taxman," "Day Tripper," Back In The USSR," "I Am The Walrus," "Octopus's Garden," "Here Comes The Sun," and "Get Back."
• Experiential Journey Take an interactive journey through the legacy and evolution of The Beatles' legendary career from the renowned venues to the clothing and instruments made famous by The Fab Four.
• Downloadable Songs and Albums - "All You Need Is Love" will be released exclusively as a downloadable song for The Beatles: Rock Band through Xbox LIVE.In addition, the entire Abbey Road album will be the first album made available for download purchase.
• Venues Progress through five seminal venues in which The Beatles performed during their careers including: The Cavern Club, the set of the Ed Sullivan Show, Budokan, Shea Stadium and the rooftop of Apple Records.
• Dreamscapes and Abbey Road Highlighting the years in Studio Two at Abbey Road Studios where The Beatles revolutionized modern recording and created amazing masterpieces are inspired artistic visual expressions known as Dreamscapes. These imaginative environments capture the essence of The Beatles' genre-busting musical and fashion transformations during their later years.
• Never Before Released In-Studio Audio Chatter Audio clips featuring conversation from The Beatles' recording sessions, some of which have never before been heard, bookend the game play experience.
  
  

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2009-09-09
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Format: Unknown format
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
The biggest band in the history of music is making their video game debut exclusively via Rock Band. Made with the full backing of the surviving Beatles, and the families of Lennon and Harrison, this is no expansion pack but a full-bloodied standalone game filled with special features.

Every era and song is covered, from 1960 onwards

Work through the Story mode and unlock exclusive content

Even the likenesses have been authorised by the band

The gameplay works just the same as regular Rock Band

Featuring an interactive voyage through The Beatles' career, the game includes not just their most memorable songs but also venues such as The Cavern Club, Abbey Road Studios and surreal dreamscape settings.

The basic gameplay is similar to Rock Band 2, with players able to play along as virtual band members on either guitar, vocals (including harmonies for the first time) or drums. Do well and you can unlock video and audio clips - some of which have never been released before in any other medium. For any Beatles fan this is the most exciting new experience to arrive in decades.

Key Features

• 100% official: The one and only video game to feature The Beatles and created with input from the band and surviving family members such as Dhani Harrison.
• Classic 45s: Includes 45 master recordings from the entirety of the band's career, from I Want to Hold Your Hand to Here Comes the Sun.
• All sing together: For the first time in a Rock Band game up to three people can sing vocal harmonies together, if you dare!
• Beat the Beatles: As well as the main story/career mode you can also play any of the songs in competitive modes such as Tug of War and Score Duel.
• Period graphics: Stunning visuals recreate the band in all their many guises, as well as authentic venues and psychedelic new dreamscape stages.

About the Developer: Harmonix
For years this U.S. developer toiled away in obscurity, with critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful music games such as Frequency and Amplitude. Then they made Guitar Hero and the rest was history. They were bought by MTV Studios in 2006, when they started work on Rock Band.

Manufacturer's Description
The Beatles: Rock Band is an unprecedented experience through the story of The Beatles and celebration of their music and artistry. The game will allow fans to pick up the guitar, bass, mic or drums and experience The Beatles extraordinary catalogue of music through game play that takes players on a journey through the legacy and evolution of the band’s legendary career. In addition, The Beatles: Rock Band will offer a limited number of new hardware offerings modeled after instruments used by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

The Beatles: Rock Band marks the first time that Apple Corps, along with EMI Music, Harrisongs Ltd, and Sony/ATV Music Publishing, has agreed to present The Beatles music in an interactive video game format. The Beatles: Rock Band will be published by MTV Games and developed by Harmonix, creators of the Rock Band franchise.

Game Modes:

Quickplay – Jump right into the game and experience the fabulous music of The Beatles as all songs will be unlocked in this easy to access mode. Quickplay also features familiar competitive Rock Band modes Tug of War and Score Duel.

Story Mode – Set out on an experiential progression through The Beatles’ legendary career from The Cavern Club to Abbey Road Studios.

Chapter Challenges – Master all of the songs from a single Chapter in the career of The Beatles with special challenges.

Training Modes – Go beyond the basics and perfect your sound with training modes that includes Beatle Beats, Vocal Practice mode and more.

Beatle Beats – Take on the stylings of Ringo Starr with this training mode that lets you practice actual drum beats from a selection of The Beatles catalogue.

Vocal Practice Mode – Train your ear and voice to master three part harmony! Use the guide pitch to help you sing hard to decipher parts perfectly in-tune.

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Customer Reviews

I never want to play Guitar Hero again!
The Beatles Rock Band (Wii version) is stunning. First off, the introduction could be watched over and over as one of the most visually sumptuous graphic displays ever on the Wii. This high standard continues throughout the game making the scenes behind the "Highway" fantastic viewing for anyone not playing.

But anyone not playing is jealous of those in control. I have only played Guitar Hero games and will never go back to them now. The game play is similar but more involved and enjoyable.

And for all those people worrying, just like I did - All Guitar Hero controllers are compatible!

This is an unbelievable game that is head and shoulders above the rest.

Quite simply, buy it now.

Fun/Exciting Cant put it down
I got this game through amazon (super fast delivery), It was well worth the extra payment to get it first.

I played this product all weekend, to singing my heart out or playing with Paul/Ringo/John and George on the guitar.

I loved the multi player fascility which lets you play others online!

Cant wait for another band to come out with this type of game.

Great game, shame there's not more content
I got this game the day after it came out (Super speedy delivery by amazon), it is utterly stunning! The interface is terrific and the graphics are so acurate and detailed. I completed it after just one day and was quite sad that there were no more unlockable songs but otherwise the song selection is true amazing with some of the best singles and some truly stunning album tracks from one of the most amazing bands ever.

No contest, I was going to get Guitar Hero 5 but this is a much more enjoyable game. For true Beatles fans it's a must!