Is the third release in the series of. This game is the first in the series to be developed by, and was distributed. The game was released on the, and game consoles, and also for and.Guitar Hero III features 73 songs on the game's media; this includes the 39 single-player songs, three 'Boss Battle' songs, six co-op career exclusive songs, and 25 bonus songs. The and versions support in the form of new songs for the game. As of September 12, 2008, there are 59 songs available as downloadable content for both platforms, bringing the total number of available songs for these versions to 132.

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Four downloadable songs were only available for a limited time. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions each had an exclusive song. Various artistsReleasedOctober 23, 2007 ( 2007-10-23)Length42: 10Tim Riley,A special soundtrack CD titled Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock Companion Pack was released as part of the promotion for the game's release.

The CD has songs that are included on the game disc, as well as two of the three songs from the 'Companion Pack', and one from the pack.A special code is packaged with the CD that allows Xbox 360 users to download the 'Companion Pack' on Xbox Live Marketplace for free. The song pack was exclusive to the Xbox 360 and was only obtainable by using the code that came with the CD. On August 7, 2008, the song pack was made available to all on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store. Track listing No.TitleLength1.' Guitar Hero III Intro' 1:042.' ( Remix)' 3:429.'

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Games that revolve around add-on peripherals are dangerous undertakings for publishers because consumers sometimes perceive them as pricy, gimmicky and unnecessary. Just ask Capcom, which delivered the 40-button mech controller in a package with its Xbox super-bomb Steel Battalion. Or just ask Nintendo, whose own Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, a 3D platformer controlled with a pair of bongos, failed to sell well despite critical acclaim.

But one game has not only shed, but obliterated the danger zone so commonly associated with peripherals to become a household name. We're referring, of course, to Guitar Hero, a franchise born on PlayStation 2 and recently updated on Xbox 360. The series has, since its release in America two years ago, become increasingly popular with new iterations complete with fresh tracks and robust multiplayer modes.

Guitar Hero skipped the GameCube generation altogether, but Nintendo fans will finally get to play their way to victory in the Wii-bound sequel,.Even as the Guitar Hero franchise continues to chug forward, a lot of changes have transpired behind the scenes. Original developer Harmonix was purchased by MTV and is currently creating a title called Rock Band for Electronic Arts. The game will enable gamers to play a variety of instruments in tune with music.

PS3 and 360 versions were formally announced and a Wii build is unofficially on the way, too. Quizzed earlier this month about whether a Wii iteration of Rock Band would be forthcoming, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopulos said, 'Absolutely. We will, at some time, bring Rock Band to every important platform,' adding, 'I think the Wii-mote is something that holds enormous promise.' Meanwhile, original publisher and the Guitar Hero brand were purchased by Activision, which is currently overseeing the third installment in the series, also coming to Wii.Wii owners who have never played Guitar Hero or its sequel before needn't look much further than Dance Dance Revolution to understand the concept. On PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360, the titles come packed with a custom plastic guitar that plugs into the system, essentially becoming the dance pad.

Rather than stomp your feet on arrows, players strum a key designed to simulate the strings and press and depress any of five differently colored frets in sequence to on-screen cues. As the songs become faster and more complex, the on-screen cues scroll quicker and the chords become more difficult to play. It's a simple design made crack-like addictive thanks to superior execution.The OpportunitiesThe Wii Guitar Hero III is set for release alongside the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 3 builds later this year and it will bring at least one immediate advantage to the home concert stage - at least over previous versions.

The Wii guitar shell will almost certainly be wireless due to the very nature of the Wii console. Unless Activision and RedOctane choose to plug the guitar into Wii's GameCube docking port - highly unlikely - it's going to need to utilize the Wii remote's wireless functionality. This truth makes the Wii build immediately attractive for Guitar Hero fans who have for years complained that the peripheral is wired. Theoretically, Activision could cut costs by using all the functionality of the Wii remote, including its accelerometer for the tilt-based 'rock out' motions that have become a staple of the franchise.

We envision the custom-designed guitar for the Wii iteration of the title as follows, slick-white presentation and all. A mock-up of what the Guitar Hero III peripheral for Wii could look like.Notice how the Wii remote fits snugly into the guitar shell. Although the remote would rest in the guitar's indentation, the peripheral itself would need to plug into the bottom of Nintendo's controller in order to utilize its wireless abilities and precise accelerometer.

That aside, the shell would be almost indistinguishable from other versions.In a recent interview with IGN, RedOctane's cofounder and president, Kai Huang, revealed that the Wii build of Guitar Hero III would '&#Array; have all the features of the other version of Guitar Hero III and some new Wii-specific features.' Bearing that in mind, it's possible that Activision may utilize the Wii remote's internal speaker to play sound cues or, if we're really lucky, take advantage of its accelerometer for a style system more complex than Guitar Hero fans have ever experienced before. The same mock-up from a different angle.The ChallengesHuang's comment also solidifies the fact that the Wii build of Guitar Hero III will feature a robust online mode and the option for gamers to download and play new songs from the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. There are, of course, some inherent hurdles the development studio will need to address if it's going to make the online experience as seamless as it might be. For starters, it needs to bypass the Wii Shop Channel altogether and keep gamers in the Guitar Hero III user interface when they purchase new songs. And on top of that, the company would do well to store entered credit card information in the game so that potential buyers needn't re-enter all of their data with every purchase, as the Shop Channel requires.

And, of course, there's the issue of lag - a streamlined online component must facilitate the means to enable online competitive matches: one guitarist against the other. Nintendo's online network is unproven, to say the least, and as a result Activision's development team will need to become a pioneer if it's to deliver a Guitar Hero endeavor worth taking online.Easily the biggest challenge, however, is the issue of space - or in Wii's case, lack there of. The console features 512 megabytes of onboard flash memory (about 312 megabytes is usable), which is there to store saved game data, Virtual Console titles and Channels. When one considers that some N64 titles alone can weight in at 64 megabytes, well, that space doesn't amount for much.

Each track in Guitar Hero III can be upward of 15 megabytes since they are multi-layered and there are dozens upon dozens of possible songs. Do you see where we're going with this? There are only two possible solutions: the songs will need to be saved to either an unreleased hard drive attachment or they will alternatively need to go to an SD card - the latter is now available in sizes up to eight gigabytes. But there issues that comes with SD cards on Wii, too. So far, games cannot store data directly to SD cards - it goes into Wii system memory and then it can be copied over - so downloading songs could be a troublesome affair at the very least.

Depending on what kind of DRM protection the songs included, if any, matters could be made all the more difficult.The Track ListYou can have all the functionality or gameplay changes in the world, but it won't matter at all unless the track list in Guitar Hero III rises to the occasion. For Wii, the situation is a little different, as it's the only system that will support GHIII that hasn't already had its fix of metal-shredding goodness.