Back when Rock Band first debuted, Xbox 360 users were pleased to find out that their Guitar Hero instruments were compatible with their Rock Band sets, and vice versa. Unfortunately, PS3 users became accustomed to getting the shaft when Activision refused to let the Fender Stratocaster to work with any of the future or past Guitar Hero titles.

Today, Neversoft announced at Leipzeig that all GHWT instruments will be compatibile with their Rock Band companions. Neversoft’s Brian Bright even went into details on how drum compatibility would work, due to the difference in the amount of pads- the orange pad, the crash cymbal, will map to the blue pad, but if a note is there already, it will map to the green pad instead. Yeah, I don’t get it either.

Neversoft also showed off the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour, which will actually have something exclusive for once- a Mii Freestyle mode, in which you can rock out with your coc- er, Mii out and learn about the game or just screw around. But that’s not all!

According to Neversoft’s Brian Bright, the Wii version of Guitar Hero World Tour will let you use your Wiimote and Nunchuk to play the air guitar and air drums. Wow. Wii Music’s not even out, and it seems Wii’ve* already got a Wii Music Killer on our hands.

* I promise I’ll never do that again. Ever.

Tags: Casual, compatibility, Freestyle, guitar hero world tour, PS3, Rock-Band, Wii

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1 Comment » Philip on September 2, 2008 7:16 am Ok can you just clear up the fact of the compatibility of the instruments, i have pre orderd gh:wt on the wii because you get a free wireless bass guitar but was wanting to know if i can use these instruments on Rock Band 2 on the wii. Unless im reading wrong it says they will but can you clarify and if this is just speculation as everywhere else is saying they will not be comaptible for the wii versions RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.