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- | [[Image:Guitar_Hero_Smash_Hits.jpg|thumb]]'''Guitar Hero: Smash Hits (originally named Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits)''' is the fourth in the Spin-Off series. It is being published by Activision and developed by Beenox. It was announced to be released in June 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PlayStation 2. | + | [[Image:Guitar_Hero_Smash_Hits.jpg|thumb]]'''''Guitar Hero: Smash Hits''''' (called '''''Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits''''' in the European region) is a [[music video game]] and the fourth expansion game to the [[Guitar Hero|''Guitar Hero'' series]]. The game will feature 48 songs taken from five previous games in the series—''[[Guitar Hero (video game)|Guitar Hero]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero II]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'' and ''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]''—expanding them to be based on [[master recording]]s and to include support for full band play first introduced to the series in ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]''. The game is being developed by [[Beenox]] and will be published by [[Activision]] for release on the [[PlayStation 2]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Wii]], and [[Xbox 360]] systems on June 16, 2009. It is unknown whether the game will be released on this date in [[Europe]] as well, or at a delayed date like most other [[Guitar Hero]] games have been. |
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- | ==Features== | + | ==Gameplay== |
- | It has the same features as in Guitar Hero: World Tour, with GHTunes and the new features introduced in Guitar Hero: Metallica, like Expert+.
| + | {{seealso|Guitar Hero#Gameplay|Guitar Hero World Tour#Gameplay|Guitar Hero: Metallica#Gameplay||l1=Common gameplay element in the ''Guitar Hero'' series|l2=Gameplay in ''Guitar Hero World Tour''|l3=''Guitar Hero: Metallica''}} |
| + | ''Guitar Hero: Smash Hits'' will play similar to ''[[Guitar Hero World Tour]]'', featuring support for a four instrument band: [[lead guitar]], [[bass guitar]], [[drums]], and [[vocal]]. In addition to using [[master recording]]s for each song, the songs have been charted to use gameplay features introduced in ''World Tour'' including the open bass strumming & slider sections for intense solos using the touchpad on the guitar bundled with World Tour.<ref name="ign hands-on"/> Certain songs have been recharted or remixed to be more accessible to the full band; for example, "[[I Love Rock N Roll]]" includes a drum and vocals solo without guitar portions that was omitted in the original ''Guitar Hero'', while the piano introduction in "[[Killer Queen]]" will be tapped out by the lead guitar player.<ref name="gi preview"/> The game will also include the "Expert+" mode introduced in ''[[Guitar Hero: Metallica]]'' that uses double-bass drum pedals.<ref name="ign hands-on"/> The game borrows the graphical interface from ''Metallica'', including the rearrangement of on-screen meters for band mode.<ref name="gi preview"/> ''Smash Hits'' will have a Music Studio creation mode and will be compatible with the "[[Guitar Hero World Tour#Custom songs|GHTunes]]" custom song sharing service already present in ''World Tour'' and ''Metallica''. ''Smash Hits'' includes all the game modes present in ''World Tour'', including single player and band career modes, and the 8-player "Battle of the Band" mode.<ref name="ign hands-on">{{cite web | url = http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/971/971633p1.html | title = Guitar Hero Smash Hits Hands-On | first = Hilary | last = Goldstein | publisher = [[IGN]] | date= 2009-04-09 | accessdate = 2009-04-09}}</ref> |
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- | ==Setlist==
| + | The game presents a story sequence that ties in with the Career mode, as has been present in more recent ''Guitar Hero'' games. In ''Smash Hits'', the players are challenged by the "God of Rock" to play at venues at various [[Wonders of the World]]. After completing each venue, the players will earn venue-specific clothing to customize their avatars.<ref name="gi preview">{{Cite web | url = http://gameinformer.com/News/Story/200904/N09.0410.1142.53447.htm?Page=1 | title = Encore! Hands-On With Guitar Hero Smash Hits | date = 2009-04-10 | accessdate = 2009-04-10 | publisher = ''[[Game Informer]]'' }}</ref> |
- | It is compiled of the most popular songs in Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80's, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. It has 48 songs total with all master recordings, and is expanding to full band.
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- | The songs confirmed so far:
| + | ==Development== |
| + | [[File:Ghsm venue.jpg|right|thumb|Beenox Studios developed venues for ''Smash Hits'' at various [[wonders of the world]], including the Amazon [[rain forest]].]] |
| + | ''Guitar Hero: Smash Hits'' was announced in early 2009 along with two additional titles for the ''Guitar Hero'' series in 2009.<ref name="activision 2009 games">{{cite web | url = http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57203 | title = Three New Guitar Hero Games Coming This Year, Activision Planning 'Major Restage' of Franchise | date = 2009-02-11 | accessdate = 2009-02-11 | first = Chris | last = Faylor | publisher = [[Shacknews]]}}</ref> Though the game was initially called ''Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits'', the name had changed to ''Guitar Hero: Smash Hits'' when the cover art was released to various vendor sites.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58022 | title = Guitar Hero Greatest Hits Renamed | first = Nick | last = Breckon | date = 2009-04-03 | accessdate = 2009-04-03 | publisher = [[Shacknews]] }}</ref> |
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| + | Paul Gadbois, developer at Beenox Studios, identified that their goal for the game was to focus on the music from the past games in the ''Guitar Hero'' series, and that the selection of the soundtrack was one of the core features they focused on first.<ref name="ign reveal"/> They also thought of playing the "greatest songs" in the "greatest places", and developed eight new venues based on Wonders of the World, including "Amazon Rain Forest", "The Polar Ice Caps" and "The Grand Canyon".<ref name="ign reveal"/> The team opted to reuse the original ''Guitar Hero'' characters instead of attempting to bring in musical celebrities as was done in ''Guitar Hero World Tour'' and ''Guitar Hero: Metallica'', fearing that the star power would have outshone the music selection.<ref name="ign reveal"/> |
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- | *[[Heart]] - [[Barracuda]]
| + | The game's full setlist was revealed over the course of April and May 2009 by allowing users to vote on the order of the remastered tracks from the four previous games.<ref name="pr announce"/> |
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- | *[[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] - [[I Love Rock 'n Roll]]
| + | ==Soundtrack== |
| + | All 48 tracks in the game are [[master recording]]s of songs previously featured in the first five published games of the ''Guitar Hero'' series: ''[[Guitar Hero (video game)|Guitar Hero]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero II]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'', and ''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]''. While the game will support user-created songs through the "GHTunes" service (common to ''Guitar Hero World Tour'' and ''Guitar Hero: Metallica'') other existing downloadable content will not work with ''Smash Hits''.<ref name="ign reveal"/> The following songs have been confirmed to be included in the game.<ref name="ign reveal">{{cite web | url = http://ps2.ign.com/articles/959/959442p1.html | title =Guitar Hero Compilation Revealed | publisher = [[IGN]] | first= Erik | last = Brudvig | date = 2009-03-04 | accessdate = 2009-03-04}}</ref><ref name="pr announce">{{cite web | url = http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-09-2009/0005003874&EDATE= | title = Activision Empowers Fans to Reveal Guitar Hero(R) Smash Hits Set List | publisher = [[PR Newswire]] | date = 2009-04-09 | accessdate = 2009-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wii.ign.com/articles/973/973171p1.html | title = Guitar Hero Smash Hits: Track Reveal Part 1 | publisher = [[IGN]] | first = Mark | last = Bozon | date = 2009-04-15 | accessdate = 2009-04-15 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://ps2.ign.com/articles/975/975486p1.html | title = Guitar Hero Smash Hits: Track Reveal Part 2 | first = Mark | last = Bozen | date = 2009-04-22 | accessdate = 2009-04-22 | publisher = [[IGN]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wii.ign.com/articles/978/978058p1.html | title = Guitar Hero Smash Hits: Track Reveal Part 3 | publisher = [[IGN]] | first = Mark | last = Bozen | dat = 2009-04-29 | accessdate = 2009-04-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =http://ps2.ign.com/articles/979/979822p1.html | title = Guitar Hero Smash Hits: The Full Track List | pulisher = [[IGN]] | date = 2009-05-05 | accessdate = 2009-05-05 | first = Mark | last = Bozen }}</ref> |
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- | *[[Twisted Sister]] - [[I Wanna Rock]]
| + | {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;; text-align:center; margin: 5px;" |
| + | |-{{Unicode|}} |
| + | ! style="background:#ddddee;" width=225 | Song Title |
| + | ! style="background:#ddddee;" width=225 | Artist |
| + | ! style="background:#ddddee;" width=200 | Original Game |
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| + | |"[[Back in the Saddle]]" || [[Aerosmith]] || {{sort|5|''Guitar Hero: Aerosmith''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Bark at the Moon (song)|Bark at the Moon]]" || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Barracuda (song)|Barracuda]]" || [[Heart]] || {{sort|4|''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Beast and the Harlot]]" || [[Avenged Sevenfold]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Carry On Wayward Son]]" || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Caught in a Mosh]]" || [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]] || {{sort|3|''Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Cherry Pie (Warrant song)|Cherry Pie]]" || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Cowboys from Hell (song)|Cowboys from Hell]]" (Live) || [[Pantera]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | | "[[Cult of Personality (song)|Cult of Personality]]" || [[Living Colour]] || {{sort|4|''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Electric Eye]]" || [[Judas Priest]] || {{sort|3|''Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | | "[[Freya (song)|Freya]]" || {{sort|Sword|[[The Sword]]}} || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Free Bird]]" || [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Godzilla (song)|Godzilla]]" || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Heart-Shaped Box]]" || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Hey You (The Exies song)|Hey You]]" || {{sort|Exies|[[The Exies]]}} || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]" || [[Pat Benatar]] || {{sort|4|''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[I Love Rock 'n' Roll#Joan Jett Version|I Love Rock 'n Roll]]" || [[Joan Jett|Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[I Wanna Rock]]" || [[Twisted Sister]] || {{sort|3|''Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Killer Queen]]" || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Killing in the Name]]" || [[Rage Against the Machine]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Laid to Rest]]" || [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
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| + | |"[[Lay Down (song)|Lay Down]]" || [[Priestess (band)|Priestess]] || {{sort|4|''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Message in a Bottle (song)|Message in a Bottle]]" || {{sort|Police|[[The Police]]}} || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Miss Murder]]" || [[AFI]] || {{sort|4|''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Monkey Wrench (song)|Monkey Wrench]]" || [[Foo Fighters]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[More than a Feeling|More Than a Feeling]]" || [[Boston (band)|Boston]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Mother (Danzig song)|Mother]]" || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[No One Knows]]" || [[Queens of the Stone Age]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Nothin' but a Good Time]]" || [[Poison (band)|Poison]] || {{sort|3|''Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Play With Me]]" || [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] || {{sort|3|''Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Psychobilly Freakout]]" || [[The Reverend Horton Heat|Reverend Horton Heat]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Raining Blood]]" || [[Slayer]] || {{sort|4|''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Rock and Roll All Nite]]" || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] || {{sort|4|''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Round and Round]]" || [[Ratt]] || {{sort|3|''Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Shout at the Devil (song)|Shout at the Devil]]" || [[Mötley Crüe]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
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| + | |"[[Smoke on the Water]]" || [[Deep Purple]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Stellar (song)|Stellar]]" || [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
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| + | |"[[Stop! (Jane's Addiction song)|Stop!]]" || [[Jane's Addiction]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"Take It Off" || {{sort|Donnas|[[The Donnas]]}} || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
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| + | |"[[Take Me Out (song)|Take Me Out]]" || [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
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| + | |"[[Them Bones]]" || [[Alice in Chains]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
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| + | |"[[Through the Fire and Flames]]" || [[DragonForce]] || {{sort|4|''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Thunder Kiss '65]]" || [[White Zombie]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart]]" || [[Stone Temple Pilots]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |{{sort|"Trooper"|"[[The Trooper]]"}} || [[Iron Maiden]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Unsung (song)|Unsung]]" (Live) || [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] || {{sort|1|''Guitar Hero''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[Woman (Wolfmother song)|Woman]]" || [[Wolfmother]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |- |
| + | |"[[YYZ (song)|YYZ]]" || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || {{sort|2|''Guitar Hero II''}} |
| + | |} |
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- | *[[Queen]] - [[Killer Queen]]
| + | ==References== |
| + | {{reflist}} |
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- | *[[Rage Against the Machine]] - [[Killing in the Name]] | + | ==External links== |
| + | * [http://www.smashhits.guitarhero.com/ Official ''Guitar Hero: Smash Hits'' site] |
| + | * [http://www.activision.com/index.html Activision] |
| + | * [http://www.redoctane.com/ RedOctane] |
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- | *[[Poison]] - [[Nothin' but a Good Time]]
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- | *[[Alice in Chains]] - [[Them Bones]]
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- | *[[DragonForce]] - [[Through the Fire and Flames]]
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The game presents a story sequence that ties in with the Career mode, as has been present in more recent Guitar Hero games. In Smash Hits, the players are challenged by the "God of Rock" to play at venues at various Wonders of the World. After completing each venue, the players will earn venue-specific clothing to customize their avatars.[2]
Paul Gadbois, developer at Beenox Studios, identified that their goal for the game was to focus on the music from the past games in the Guitar Hero series, and that the selection of the soundtrack was one of the core features they focused on first.[5] They also thought of playing the "greatest songs" in the "greatest places", and developed eight new venues based on Wonders of the World, including "Amazon Rain Forest", "The Polar Ice Caps" and "The Grand Canyon".[5] The team opted to reuse the original Guitar Hero characters instead of attempting to bring in musical celebrities as was done in Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero: Metallica, fearing that the star power would have outshone the music selection.[5]
The game's full setlist was revealed over the course of April and May 2009 by allowing users to vote on the order of the remastered tracks from the four previous games.[6]