Here's something on a related note. I
spoke with the president of GH's publisher, RedOctane for the games site that I write for, and he pretty much confirmed other "Hero" games are on the way:
Non-Guitar 'Hero' Games 'Very Likely'
Guitar Hero publisher RedOctane tells Next-Gen.Biz that non-guitar "Hero" games are "very, very likely," and online will play a "huge" role in the company's future software; also, higher-end guitar controllers possible.
When asked what RedOctane holds in store beyond Guitar Hero, president and co-founder Kai Huang said, "The next logical step within this category is to make other music instrument-based games. What most people have been asking for and would want next are products that we're likely already working on."
He added, "[There's] a very, very high likelihood of additional Hero games."
Although RedOctane does plan on expanding beyond the guitar, Huang stated that his company will "continue grow, evolve and build" its star franchise, Guitar Hero. Guitar Hero II for PS2, which is being developed by Harmonix, is due to hit shelves this fall in time for the Christmas rush.
Guitar Hero fanatics would also be interested in the possibility of new, higher-end guitar controllers.
Huang said, "What we are investigating is the possibility of doing additional guitars, not only in different colors, but potentially shapes, and higher-end guitars that might be more closely aligned with a real guitar, rather than the current Guitar Hero guitar."
So will we see some mahogany guitar remotes?
Huang laughed, "I don't rule that out."
So far, outside of the standard black guitar, RedOctane has only released one different style, which is the cherry red SG.
As RedOctane games are music-based, the sharper graphics of next generation consoles aren't as much of a focus as their online capabilities.
"We will [utilize online features]," Huang said of next generation software. "As far as games like Guitar Hero and other music games that we have in the pipeline are concerned, I think there are going to be significant changes to the gameplay.
"Online is definitely going to be a huge component of what we're planning, whether that's downloading new music or characters or skins or online play features, those are the things that are really going to be the major changes for next-gen."
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Can you say: COWBELL HERO?
