1 April 2007
Ferry

Wii gets guitar and helm controller attachments!

A French site that we know nothing about but 100% trust has the first picture of the Wii Remote Attachment Guitar Controller that will come with Guitar Hero II on Wii. I haven’t spoken French in years, but the news seems to say the PS2 guitar will not be entirely reproduced in order to benefit fully from the Wiimote capabilities. It turns out you have to wildly flail your wrist to mimic the missing effect of a complete guitar.

Another Wii Remote Controller attachment, The ThinkGeek WiiHelm, is sure to revolutionize gaming as we know it. The problem with the active Wii games is that the average gaming geek is just not up to the strenuous task of vigorous arm movement for longer than 10 minutes, so with this helm you can play Wii Sports as it was meant to be played!
Very… original!

PS: The Super Mario Galaxy Demo on the Wii Shop Channel April Fools joke almost got me, because I want it so bad!

1 April 2007 20:32
Kyle Breschini

Seems like an April Fool’s joke to me.

1 April 2007 21:22
chris madden

it sounds reasonable enough to me, especially seeing as they want to use the motion sensing capability of the wiimote, however what I don’t understand from the picture is how the guitar will be held stable. Will it be the head in one hand and the wiimote in the other?

I quite like the way the guitar feels on the ps2 and 360 versions, i was kind of hoping the wii version would be more like those. Big thick full body I can pretened I’m playing real guitar with and fully rock out!

guess we’ll see what happens…

2 April 2007 01:24
supadupagama

Guys this was an April Fools jokes post, I was hoping this quote would give it away: “A French site that we know nothing about but 100% trust.” I mean that doesn’t happen, we double-check sources and we trust no one on April 1st

I was kind of hoping the picture and movie were a dead giveaway like last year, but I guess last year’s April Fools joke made it over-obvious hehe.

2 April 2007 16:09
chris madden

yeahI I’m stupid I know, I didn’t believe the helmet thing but with all the buzz, thought the guitar hero one might be real. I really REALLY hope they do a proper guitar for it though : D

2 April 2007 16:21
supadupagama

I’m sure with “proper guitar” you mean WIRELESS, make it happen RedOctane!

3 April 2007 21:02
chris madden

I mean wireless, and a proper shape! BRING IT ON!