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Guitar Hero Aerosmith Bundle | 
| From: Activision Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $90.00
You Save: $9.99 (10%)
New (24) Used (8) from $86.51
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 488
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 28 x 10.8 x 3.1
MPN: 95375
Model: 95375
UPC: 047875953758
EAN: 0047875953758
ASIN: B0017K85HM
Release Date: June 29, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Venues from historical moments during the band's illustrious career offer the experience of "sweet emotion" and further capture the essence of the band's rise to fame. | | • | Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the first game built around the legendary music of America's Greatest Rock 'N Roll Band: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer. | | • | This latest installment from the franchise with the #1 best-selling video game in 2007, puts players in the shoes of Perry (guitar), Whitford (guitar) and Hamilton (bass), as they rock out alongside frontman Tyler and drummer Kramer. | | • | Gamers will experience Aerosmith's Grammy winning career, from their first gig to becoming rock royalty, in a way that no other entertainment vehicle offers. | | • | As fans progress through their careers in the game, they can rock out to scores of Aerosmith's greatest hits, as well as songs from celebrated artists that the band has either performed with or has been inspired by in some way. |
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Product Description
Fire up the fret board, crank the amp to 11 and get ready to rock this way with Activision, Inc.'s Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the first game built around the legendary music of America's Greatest Rock ?N Roll Band: Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer. ?Draw the Line? - Aerosmith ?I Hate Myself for Loving You? - Joan Jett ?All Day and All of the Night? - The Kinks ?Movin' Out? - Aerosmith ?No Surprize? - Aerosmith ?Sweet Emotion? - Aerosmith ?Complete Control? - The Clash ?Personality Crisis? - New York Dolls ?Livin' on the Edge? - Aerosmith ?Rag Doll? - Aerosmith ?Love in an Elevator? - Aerosmith ?Kings and Queens? - Aerosmith ?Mama Kin? - Aerosmith ?Walk This Way? - Aerosmith ?Combination? - Aerosmith
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Dream On... ... Or rise to rock royalty with Guitar Hero: Aerosmith and become "The Bad Boys of Boston". Light up the stage and jam with some of the best Rock & Roll tracks of all time, including Aerosmith's greatest hits and opening songs from some of the world's best bands. Become Aerosmith with characters of the entire band showing off legendary moves in the most electrifying venues. | Key Features
- Captures the essence and excitement of one of the most popular bands in the world
- Challenges you to perform the music of the legendary Aerosmith
- Take on the roles of Aerosmith members Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton
- Experience the career trajectory of a band becoming more and more popular
- Improve your in-game career by performing in the same venues as Aerosmith once did
Set list
Nipmuc - Originally performed by Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
- Originally performed by Cheap Trick - Dream Police
- Aerosmith - Make It
- Aerosmith - Uncle Salty
- Aerosmith - Draw the Line
Max's KS - Originally performed by Joan Jett - I hate myself for loving you
- Originally performed by The Kinks - All day and all of the night
- Aerosmith - Movin' Out
- Aerosmith - No Surprize
- Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
The Orpheum - Originally performed by The Clash - Complete Control
- Originally performed by New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
- Aerosmith - Livin' on the Edge
- Aersomith - Ragdoll
- Aerosmith - Love in an Elevator
Half Time Show - Originally performed by Lenny Kravitz - Always on the Run
- Originally performed by Black Crowes - Hard to Handle
- Aerosmith - Back in the Saddle
- Aerosmith - Beyond Beautiful
- Aerosmith - Dream On
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Capture the Essence of Aerosmith
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Play as Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton
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| | Synopsis
Just like rock 'n' roll, Aerosmith lives on. But the band didn't always enjoy the fame and fortune it does today. See what it was like for these once-unknown musicians to skyrocket to stardom in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. This adventure for the amazing Guitar Hero series puts you in the shoes of Aerosmith members Joe Perry, Brad Whitford and Tom Hamilton as you rock out alongside lead singer Steven Tyler and drummer Joey Kramer. Experience all the steps of their rise to fame, from their first gig to thei r days as rock royalty.
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith challenges you to progress to the top by performing in the same venues as the band did throughout its illustrious career. Along the way, you can jam to many of Aerosmith's greatest hits, as well as songs by other popular artists that the band has performed with or been inspired by in some way. No matter which tune you try, you'll have hours of fun emulating these famous rock legends. Can you measure up to a band that's sold more than 150 million albums worldwide? |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
Guitar Hero Aerosmith: $99 of Mediocrity July 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The best part of GH Aerosmith for the Wii is the guitar. It's the same as the GH3 guitar, but with an Aerosmith faceplate. Too bad the bundle costs the same as the PS3/Xbox version, although all the hardware technology (motion sensors, wireless, etc) is in the Wii remote, but that's also true of GH3.
The song choices are extremely poor. I'm a fairly big Aerosmith fan, but I tend to forget that over their 30+ year career, they've made a lot of less than stellar songs. Somehow, a lot of these songs managed to find their way into the game. Also, the graphic quality is poor, even compared to GH3 on the Wii. Don't expect Steven Tyler and Joe Perry to look as good as Slash did in GH3.
Overall the game's a pretty big disappointment, and the negatives seem to be things that could have been easily fixed.
Great Game ... but too few songs. July 6, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The game plays well (or at least the seond one that we got did. I never played guitar hero before, and went to the store right when this was released. I like Aerosmith and all, but the songs get old. All of the vault songs are Joe Perry/Aerosmith songs.
I know, I know, it is the Aerosmith version of the game, but I thought that it would be more 1/2 and 1/2 ... with more classics. I should not have let the salesguy talk me into it. ]
Are there more songs available for download ????
GH: Aerosmith is ok. July 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I basically purchased this as an excuse to pick up a second guitar so my wife and i (and friends) can play coop and have more fun with GH:3.
That said I'm satisfied with the second guitar.
The actual game...I'm playing just straight up on Hard right now and only one song have I had to play a second time in order to beat it (a song i'd never heard before). I read that this was easier than GH:3 but I am a little disappointed at the magnitude of how much easier it is.
That said there are a lot of really fun songs to play on here and some kind of boring ones. I haven't played all the bonus songs yet but I do suspect that this will be something I throw in to play a song or two then go back to GH:3
 Disappointed July 4, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
A few weeks ago I borrowed Guitar Hero III from a friend, and thought it was the greatest thing since amplifier distortion. I figured I'd get the new Aerosmith edition so that between the two of us, we'd have both games. Well, at least I saved him a few bucks. First off, I will say that the guitar controller is cool, and there's nothing wrong with the game mechanics. The bottom line is that the game just isn't as good as the previous game. Why isn't as good?
1. Fewer songs
2. Less variety of songs
3. All old Aerosmith tunes, nothing from the 90's/Alicia Sylverstone video era to today.
4. Small annoyances that were added to make this game 'different', although it's nearly identical to the previous version.
5. Did I say no variety? I mean, Aerosmith is cool and all, but they could have put more songs on the disk.
So, that's my beef. Maybe I'll save someone a few bucks on here besides the biggest fans of Aerosmith.
 I Wanted More July 1, 2008
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
To be fair to everyone, I should state that I am approaching this item as a forty-something man who has been familiar with Aerosmith almost from the start of their career. While I am not a devoted Aerosmith fan, I have owned a number of their albums over the years and was happy that they revived their career after so many difficulties. I knew before I bought this game that it would feature mostly Aerosmith with songs from all stages of their time as a band, and of the forty songs in the game, there are twenty-four Aerosmith and three Joe Perry songs. One does not have to idolize Aerosmith to enjoy this game, but it would obviously help.
Here are the problems I found with the game.
1. Although we are supposed to be following the band's career, the songs do not appear in chronological order.
2. When the "star power" functions, the audience does not clap along to the beat of the song. It follows an arbitrary fixed rhythm that does not change from song to song. This glitch adversely affects play when one attempts to follow rhythm as well as visual cues.
3. The accompanying tour book indicates that perhaps at the last minute, the game company had to rely on cover versions of songs rather than originals. So, we do not have the New York Dolls, Mott the Hoople, the Kinks, or the Black Crowes in this game as originally rumored. We have art work in the tour book with those names erased, however. To their credit, the game developers now prominently name the cover bands during game play, and I actually like the new arrangement of "All the Young Dudes" that features a guitar solo at the end.
4. The playlist is stingy. I am happy to find The Cult and Joan Jett in the game. I would have liked to have seen more bands that have influenced Aerosmith and more that have been influenced by them in turn, to provide more context. And, honestly, Ted Nugent's "Cat Scratch Fever" shows up on practically every 70s rock compilation around, so I'm ambivalent about its being in this product, too. No offense intended to the Nugent fans, but he did record a lot more than that song (maybe not "Stranglehold," but "Motor City Madhouse" would work just fine). Further, there are no current, breaking bands on this disc; including them would have made a stronger argument for Aerosmith's legacy--the newest non-Aerosmith songs on here are from the early 90s.
5. I do not think I have gotten all that talented on Guitar Hero, but I when I played the first few levels in easy mode, I creamed them. This game starts off much easier than Guitar Hero III. I suspect that this game is intended more for dads than for the kids, and the game producers have dumbed it down accordingly. I prefer to play games as tough as those intended for my kids; this easy mode could be a bit more challenging.
Still, the game works well, and I am happy to have gotten the option to purchase the bundle with the guitar so my family can play co-op mode of this game and Guitar Hero III. Still, I suspect we'll be playing GH3 more than this one.
Finally, if the company really wants to go for specific demographics, perhaps it should consider genre games rather than band-specific games. Guitar Hero III is predominantly metal, but it contains enough mainstream rock to have a broader appeal. I imagine a southern rock genre game would appeal to a number of older Guitar Hero fans, and considering the guitar-heavy sounds of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers, and the like, that game could give players a mighty workout.
In conclusion, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith for Wii will provide exactly what the packaging says. Like Guitar Hero III, it lets parents and kids share music. It draws musical connections some might not immediately recognize. It's fun to play, and it works. I just wish they had done more with the concept.
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