The game will come with 63 songs with five exclusive tracks just for the Wii version. I wouldn't be too surprised if these songs are based of certain Nintendo games. That's all the songs you're going to get though as Harmonix has confirmed that Rock Band for the Wii will not have any DLC at all. The game will not even support online multiplayer.
has next to no online capabilities seeing as how this is Nintendo. Either way, who's excited that this is finally coming out? Press release after the jump.
Wii Will Rock You!
MTV Games, Harmonix and EA Announce Rock Band™ for Wii on June 22, 2008
The number one selling game in February 2008 is coming to Wii!
Cambridge, MA - March 24, 2007-- Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of MTV Networks, which is a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), along with distribution partner Electronic Arts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced plans to release the award-winning music video game Rock Band on the Wii™ home video game system from Nintendo in the U.S. and Canada on June 22, 2008 for the suggested retail price of $169.99.
Rock Band for Wii will be released as a Special Edition bundle including the software, drums, microphone and a wireless guitar. Stand alone instruments will also be available on June 22nd for people who want to build their band one instrument at a time or want to play the drum versus drum game mode. The game will feature 63 songs including five bonus songs for Wii gamers to enjoy.
"The Wii's success among casual and core gamers of all ages makes it an ideal match for the cross-generational appeal of the music featured in Rock Band," says Bob Picunko, Vice President of Electronic Games and Interactive Products, MTV
"The social interaction and addictive nature of the Rock Band experience is a perfect fit for the Wii and will undoubtedly be fun for the entire family," says Steve Singer, licensing VP from Nintendo.
Rock Band is an all-new platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music like never before. The game challenges players to put together a band and tour for fame and fortune - all while learning to master lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. Featuring the most master recordings of any music game ever by the world's biggest rock artists, Rock Band includes tracks that span every genre of rock ranging from alternative and classic rock to heavy metal and punk. Rock Band has garnered over 40 awards this year including Game Critics Award: Best of Show E3 2007 and three awards at The 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards including Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Family Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack.
Rock Band is rated "T" for Teen (lyrics, mild suggestive themes) by the ESRB.
Rock Band is currently available on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and on the PLAYSTATION®2 computer entertainment system.
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5:44 PM on 03.24.2008
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Harmonix has finally revealed that Rock Band coming out for the Nintendo Wii. It will retail for $169.99 and will be out June 22. Rock Band Wii will come in a bundle package containing the drums, one wireless guitar, a microphone and the game and there will also be stand-alone instruments for sale the same day. 
But then, he's the only person I know who owns a Wii and nothing else.
Sucks though. I guess.
Are you kidding? DLC is EA's bread and butter (aside from sports games). They would never veto any kind of online. It's 100% Nintendo's fault.
That's my guess.
Nintendo seriously needs to get with the program and fix their online system...or lack thereof.
But oh wait, that's right, this is Nintendo and they're still in the dark ages when it comes to "online". Yes, all us gamers need protection from the pedos.
The only logic I see behind this is that they (EA) beleve that by the time they release Rock band 2 in about a year Nintendo will have a actual downloadable content system set up, most likely the Pay and Play thing we know nothing about.
Yah, you know, Pay and Play. The system that we know nothing about but acording to the editors it'll be used on Mario Kart Wii.
I just don't know why they delayed this announcement for so long, only to offer NOTHING NEW. If I had known that I would've just bought the PS2 version. It's cheaper, and it came out months ago.
There's no online, no noticeable Wii integration aside from fucking white instruments, no DLC, no character creation, and no support for the Guitar Hero III controller.
Oh, and the instruments don't use Wii remotes.
If that's not the PS2 version of Rock band with a new coat of paint (literally), then I'll eat my hat.
Seriously, Wii owners are waiting six months for this shit?
...it would sell more, FELLAS, if you could at least get anything near the features that Rock Band originally had. Then, I would consider a purchase. ¬_¬
I'm curios for the five bonus songs though. Hopefully they are Nintendo specific. It would be a nice incentive for my Wii-Only friends who plan on purchasing it (regardless).
I'm going to buy this for the simple reasons that I don't have an actual next-gen system and I can do without the extra features.
Omit the word "version" and my original point shows.
Keep in mind that if you link your account on guitarhero.com with your GH3 profile on the Wii, the game will upload your stats when you play, and it will download various statistics on demand. So, clearly the games do have the ability to both upload and download with a game developer's network. If they created something like this, then stored the DLC (watermarked in some way) to an SD card, you wouldn't see anyone complaining about it.
Yes, it would be a lot nicer to integrate it via Wii Points, but given the choice between no DLC at all via Wii Points or DLC via a web site purchase that's linked to my Wii, I'll take the "inconvenience" of a web site purchase any day, and I think most potential RB customers would, too.
I guess when it comes to new songs all wii owners like me will have to settle for "Rock Band Aerosmith"
Besides I personally would have no problems swapping SD cards.
You are so clueless that it boggles the mind.
Which is Ironic becouse Wariio ware, despite being a fun game, is not at all worth the 50$ it costs.