Warning: Guitar Hero 3’s American version on Wii has mono-only sound
Owners of the Wii version of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock have been complaining the American version of the music-rhythm videogame has a mono-only soundtrack.
To quote some members of the official Guitar Hero forum: “It says Dolby pro logic II, isn’t it suppose to be surround sound? But there is no sound come out from my rear speakers.” and “I’ve experienced this same issue. Just to make sure it wasn’t my audio connection, I put in Metroid Prime 3 and Zelda and they both sounded perfectly fine on my Dolby ProLogic speaker system. I put GHIII back in and the sound only seems to come out of the center speaker when I’m playing a song. I hope they didn’t mess up the Wii version of GHIII by forgeting to check the stereo button before shipping.” and “All sound except for center channel is completely cut in the game… no front or rear sound, period.”
Since you should be able to switch between mono and stereo in the Audio options menu, Activision has now labeled this as a known issue and are looking into it. A representative said: “Rest assured, [we] are working to offer a possible solution to our fans. However, the time frame is still unknown.” It’s really curious how mono sound got through the testing of a music game, and then almost none of the 286,300+ buyers (at the American launch) noticed it until a month later. The just released European Wii versions of the game does play stereo sound. — Via 1UP
well thats stupid, me and my bro love guitar hero! we want to enjoy the full sound of it
4 December 2007 14:45Sup mr gay
Im finnish and im relieved that i have a stereo sound guitar hero under my xmas tree
