Rock Band 2 Ship Date: Dec 18th 2008

By Jorge Ba-oh 13.12.2008 5

Rock Band 2 Ship Date: Dec 18th 2008 on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

A shipping date for Rock Band 2 confirms Wii fans will be able to jam just in time for Christmas.

The various bundles will start to ship from December 18th, but won't be available to pick up in stores until 5 to 7 days later (online outlets may be sooner), giving a release period between 23rd and 25th December 2008 in the US.

  • Rock Band 2 Standalone Software (Wii) $49.99
  • Rock Band 2 Standalone Software (PlayStation 2 System) $49.99
  • Rock Band 2 Standalone Drums (Wii) $89.99
  • Rock Band 2 Standalone Guitar (Wii) $69.99
  • Rock Band 2 Special Edition Bundle (Wii) $189.99

    The Wii edition features a solid line-up and decent downloadable content:

  • Developed by Pi Studios and Hamonix.
  • Fully featured with online play, including World Tour and Battle of the bands.
  • Character creation, downloadable tracks.
  • Features 84 tracks on the disc, with 20 additional free DLC tunes following the game's launch. Wii points must be used to download the material through the in-game store. SD card recommended.
  • Weekly content will be available, including 30 other tracks already available in the Rock Band catalogue.

    • Box art for Rock Band 2
    Developer

    Harmonix

    Publisher

    MTV Games

    Genre

    Rhythm

    Players

    2

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    European release date Out now   North America release date Out now   Japan release date None   Australian release date Out now   

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    EdEN is offline. EdEN 13.12.2008#1

    Reaaally don't care. IF the drums and guitar for GH:WT are compatible with RB2, then I'll get just the disc.

    There was an article on IGN that has since been pulled which said that the GH: WT instruments worked with RB2, but now it is speculated that the disc used for the preview was not final and that compatibility has not been confirmed by Harmonix.

     
    Cheesing It Up is offline. Cheesing It Up 13.12.2008#2

    I thought rock band 1 only came out a few months ago?

    Man, I just can't keep up anymore. I'm no longer cool in the eyes of gamers. Smilie

     
    jb is offline. jb 14.12.2008#3

    EdEN said:
    There was an article on IGN that has since been pulled which said that the GH: WT instruments worked with RB2, but now it is speculated that the disc used for the preview was not final and that compatibility has not been confirmed by Harmonix.

    I could have sworn I saw that too; I think we reported it at one time or another, but then again I get confused with all the GHs and Rockbands out there - god knows what's compatible or incompatible with what!

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    Kangaroo_Kid is offline. Kangaroo_Kid 14.12.2008#4

    EdEN said:
    Reaaally don't care. IF the drums and guitar for GH:WT are compatible with RB2, then I'll get just the disc.

    There was an article on IGN that has since been pulled which said that the GH: WT instruments worked with RB2, but now it is speculated that the disc used for the preview was not final and that compatibility has not been confirmed by Harmonix.

    I thought that was old news? Aren't GH instruments compatible with RB but not vice versa?

     
    Laurelin is offline. Laurelin 15.12.2008#5

    I won\'t get any instruments for RB. Period. I own GH-WT Super Bundle and my room\'s cramped. I would appreciate if you guys would test if the instruments from RB and GH are compaitble to each other and which instruments are and which are not. Maybe the GH3-guitar is and World Tour isn\'t?
    Because I would like to play Rock Band, too. Part 1 and 2! Maybe you could clarify this? That would be awesome C3-ness...!


    /edit: There was a lot of confusion which instrument dows work what way. That\'s because I am on hiatus buying RB 1 or 2.


    The cheese.: RB 1 came out a few months ago iin Europe for Wii, that\'s right. ridiculous, but that\'s how it is. I saw it 1 month ago for the first time. The hardware, that is! There was the data disc for Wii on the sheld some months prior. At least at my store round the corner...

    ( Edited 15.12.2008 08:42 by Laurelin )

    I find your lack of faith disturbing!
     

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