Battle of the Bands Wii

Battle of the Bands, formerly titled Band Mashups, is a rhythm video game for the Wii console similar to Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. It does not, however, use peripherals outside of the standard Wii Remote.

Fast Facts

1. Developer: THQ
2. Publisher: Planet Moon Studios
3. Platform: Nintendo Wii
4. Genre: Rhythm Game
5. Modes:
   1. Versus mode: Heads-on competition with another player
   2. Adventure mode: Compete with bands of other genres one at a time until the final Big Boss battle
6. ESRB Rating: Teen
7. Release Date: April 21, 2008
8. MSRP: $49.99

Features

1. Five music genres: Rock, Country, Marching Band, Hip Hop and Ranchero
2. 11 unique style bands
3. 70 special weapons and attacks
4. 30 licensed tracks, each in 5 genres

Song List

1. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
2. Tag Team - "Whoomp! (There It Is)"
3. Tenacious D - "Master Exploder"
4. The Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
5. The Commodores - "Brick House"
6. KC and the Sunshine Band - "That's the Way (I Like It)"
7. Texas Tornados - "Adios Mexico"
8. Black Eyed Peas - "Dum Diddly"
9. Cypress Hill - "Insane in the Brain"
10. Kool & the Gang - "Jungle Boogie"
11. LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
12. The Fixx - "One Thing Leads to Another"
13. Soundgarden - "Spoonman"
14. Def Leppard - "Photograph"
15. The Soggy Bottom Boys - "Man of Constant Sorrow"
16. B-Real - "Fistful of Dollars"
17. Ram Jam - "Black Betty"
18. Korn - "Coming Undone"
19. Electric Six - "Danger High Voltage"
20. Rick James - "Give It To Me Baby"
21. Wet Willie - "Dixie Rock"
22. Keane - "Is It Any Wonder?"

Gameplay

In each game, a song is played in one genre for 10 to 15 seconds and then another genre, continuing to switch back and forth. Earn points by beat-matching. Successive matches will launch weapons such as smoke bombs, land mines and flip outs. The more points that are earned, the louder the music will play in the player's selected genre.

Categories