...and the music genre continues it's slow decline. I'm sorry Harmonix, but I didn't buy Rock Band 3 either, and I'm not downloading RBN songs on my Wii. Good luck, you guys.

On the one hand, it's kind of weird how it's a peripheral-based game that relies on the motion of the player as a halfway controller, kind of like the Wii itself as a system.

But on the other hand, Nintendo has maintained a backassward hat on ass online structure.

It's almost like they hate online multiplayer as an option and want to discourage it, whenever and wherever possible.

Wii had rockband network support? color me surprised. honestly I am not trolling I swear. I can't see how they thought it would be a good business decision. look at their storage solution... Sd cards... Come on.

I will however commend them for trying. It says a lot that they tried to include everyone.

I feel sorry for anyone playing RB on Wii. The DLC is the best part of that game.

I was first surprised they'd drop support. Then i was surprised they even supported the crappy storage options on the Wii.

Well... at least Wii homebrewers have customs songs for their RB2 if their itchin' for RBN.

Not surprised. They've done their part trying to make this stuff work well on Wii, it's not their fault Nintendo's weak digital distribution service and lack of consumer demand is working against them. At least they still get the official DLC, which is where most of the good stuff is anyway.

I didn't even realize that RBN wasn't available in the Wii version. It makes no sense to me. If you make a song for Rock Band, the only other thing you'd need to do is write a few lines of code for each different platform. Does it really cost that much, HMX?

By my calculations, this affects approximately nobody. Except for the guys who don't have to code that stuff anymore.

I'm surprised it was even there. They pretty much treated the Wii like shit for no reason - they have their own "RB USB sticks" to solve everything, and they denied it tons of DLC stuff.

Either way, they make it seem like 360 is their console of choice.

"I feel sorry for anyone playing RB on Wii. The DLC is the best part of that game."

The normal DLC is still coming for Wii owners, its just the RBN user created stuff that's over. Like other people have mentioned here, Harmonix pretty much treats Wii owners like shit, all the time. But I don't know why, because their games sell really well on the Wii. In fact The Beatles: Rock Band sold the best on the Wii, and RB 1 & 2 are million sellers as well.

So why do they treat Wii owners like second class citizens? People say its Nintendo's fault for having a shitty online system, but Vicarious Visions seems to get everything that Harmonix said "it can't be done on the Wii" in their Guitar Hero games. So how is it Nintendo's fault, when another 3rd Party developers doesn't just whined about it being impossible, but they actually gets its done and working just fine on the Wii?

@Magnalon

Well, considering Microsofts XNA studio is the basis for which the Rock Band Network works, yes, the 360 is the preferred console for RBN

Never used my Wii online, the functionality is so weak. Nothing I really want out of it.
I'm honestly suprised that RBN was even made for the Wii.

If I played Rockband and had a Wii, i'd surely be pissed, but I have a ps3 and play real guitar so this doesn't affect me.

RBN ever existed on wii?