Product Description

Battle of the Bands is the ultimate music rhythm game exclusively on Wii. The story is set in a fictitious world gone mad, where bands battle for music supremacy using weaponised instruments. Featuring 30 licensed tracks from today's hottest bands that can each be played in 5 different music genres (Rock, Country, Marching Band, Hip Hop and Ranchero) with 70 special weapons and attacks.

In each game, a song will be played in one genre for about 10 to 15 seconds and then another, flipping back and forth. Points are earned by beat-matching, and successive matches will automatically launch quirky weapons such as smoke bomb, land mine and flip out. The more points earned, the more the music will be played in the player's genre. The game can be played in versus mode, perfect for social and party game setting, or in adventure mode where player set out to battle bands of other genres one by one.

• 5 genres, 11 bands, 30 songs and 70 weapons!
• Prove your favourite music genre is better than opponents
• Battle to the top of the charts with an array of weaponised instruments
• Feel the rhythm by swinging the Wii Remote in synchronisation with different music melodies
• Hit the notes and turn the song into your style of music
• Over 30 songs recorded in 5 different styles (rock, hip hop, country, marching band and mariachi) for a total of 150 tracks
• Go deep in single-player mode taking on futuristic bands leading to the ultimate Big Boss battle

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2637 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: THQ
• Released on: 2008-05-23
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Original language: German

Amazon.co.uk
Battle of the Bands is the ultimate music rhythm game exclusively on Wii. The story is set in a fictitious world gone mad, where bands battle for music supremacy using weaponized instruments. Featuring 30 licensed tracks from today’s hottest bands that can each be played in 5 different music genres (Rock, Country, Marching Band, Hip Hop and Ranchero) with 70 special weapons and attacks. In each game, a song will be played in one genre for about 10 to 15 seconds and then another, flipping back and forth. Points are earned by beat-matching, and successive matches will automatically launch quirky weapons such as smoke bomb, land mine and flip out. The more points earned, the more the music will be played in the player’s genre. The game can be played in versus mode, perfect for social and party game setting, or in adventure mode where player set out to battle bands of other genres one by

Customer Reviews

I feel bad giving it 1 star
This is the worst game ever.

You shake your hand right, then left and forward to awful cover versions. That is it.

If i didn't have a job i would feel compelled to stand by the wii section in my local games store and plead with people not to buy it.

£11.42 (17/11/08) is at least £11.43 too much for it as you should be paid to play it.

I felt guilty selling it on.

Can't say anything more.......apart from PLEASE DON'T BUY IT!

A great multiplayer game.
This game is a great game to play with a friend. The controls are really intuitive, even my mum has had a go. There are levels to suit all abilities. All you need to be able to do is swing your arms from side to side and down, and give the occasional punch. When choosing who to play (which band), you get to choose between different genres of music, such as rock, hip hop, country, latin and marching band. Depending on who is doing the best in that section, the corresponding band plays. There are face off sections where you get to 'attack' your opponent, but there are also chances to attack during the beat sequences, using powerups. This game is so competitive!

I have not progressed as far in the 'adventure' single player mode. As I find it much more thrilling playing against someone.

The music tracks are varied, ranging from up to date AFI and Electric 6 to The Ramones. It does not matter that there are not a lot of known tracks, as AFI sounds very different with a hip-hop or country beat!

A really fun, easy to pick up game. Only lacking 5 stars due to the less interesting single player mode.

Battle of the battles
This game is quite fun but hardly about music at all. I bought it for my daughter and it has very little about music and more about shoot em up. A pity.