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''Band Hero'' is a 2009
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developed by
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and published by
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. It is the second
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'' (2009). The game was released on November 3, 2009, for the
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consoles. The game is structurally similar to ''
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'' (2009), and supports full band play (lead and bass guitar, drums, and vocals) including the drop-in/drop-out and in-song instrument and difficulty change menus, and additional multiplayer modes as ''Guitar Hero 5''. The console versions use instrument-shaped game controllers, while the DS version uses either the "Guitar Grip" introduced with the ''Guitar Hero: On Tour'' series or a new Drum Skin that comes with the game. Like previous games, who feature virtual avatars of musical artists,
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, and the band
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are presented in the game. ''Band Hero'' received mixed reviews from journalists. Some considered the game to be an appropriately flavored version of ''Guitar Hero 5'' for the "Top 40" pop rock hits, while others felt the game was strictly aimed at teenagers or children. They also contested the cost of the full game, featuring only 65 songs compared with 85 songs in ''Guitar Hero 5'', and considered if the content would have been better in downloadable form. A day after the game's release, the band
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sued Activision, citing similar misuse of their avatars to the
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avatar in ''Guitar Hero 5''.


Gameplay


Main version

The game is functionally similar to the features of ''
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'', including bands composed of any combination of four instruments, drop-in/drop-out play, in-song menus to change difficulty and instrument, and additional multiplayer modes compared to ''Guitar Hero 5s "Rockfest". Band Hero also retains the Band Moment and the Band Revival feature from Guitar Hero 5. The
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version retains the same game engine from '' Guitar Hero: World Tour'', which features the same HUD style as '' Guitar Hero: Metallica''.
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,
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(of
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), and the band
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are playable avatars in the game. Artists performed
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for their in-game avatars. ''Band Hero'' also introduced an updated revision of the drum kit that shipped with ''Guitar Hero World Tour''. Many changes were made to address weight and size concerns that made assembly difficult, and the stand's crossbar was moved to the bottom to improve leg room and allow the bass pedal to be supported by it. The cymbals were changed to a circular shape from the previous triangular design, and the sensitivity of the drums themselves were adjusted. An in-game sensitivity adjustment feature is also supported. In the United States, the new controller was, for a limited time, exclusive to the game and instrument bundles of ''Band Hero'' on Wii. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the controller were released at a later date; ''Band Hero'' bundles for these platforms in the U.S. included the ''World Tour'' drum controller.


DS version

''Band Hero'' for the Nintendo DS features the ability to play the same instruments as the console-based versions. Though the game is compatible with the DS,
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, DSi (vocals only), and 3DS (vocals only), only players on the DS Lite will receive the "full band" experience due to the nature of the hardware extensions for the unit. Guitar and bass parts are played with the same "Guitar Grip" previously created for the ''Guitar Hero: On Tour'' series, though this unit will not work on the
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and
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due to lack of a GBA slot. The gameplay for guitar and bass is considered to be the fourth iteration of the ''Guitar Hero On Tour'' design by developers Vicarious Visions, and have further improvements to meet with different strumming styles. A new "drum skin" that fits over the bottom half of the DS unit provides four "pads" for drumming that map to the unit's directional pad and face buttons; this design was selected over use of the touch screen due to the inability of the touch screen to recognize near-simultaneous taps, a factor that would have interfered with the drumming experience. The drum skin is limited to the
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due to the skin's form factor. The decision to design towards the DS Lite rather than the newer DSi was due to the much larger volume of DS Lite units that had been sold relative to the DSi. The DS microphone is used for vocal parts. The DS has 30 of the songs from console versions. The game also supports up to four player multiplayer in a similar manner as ''Guitar Hero 5'' using the DS's local wireless connections, allowing any combination of instruments.


Development

A television advertisement, featuring
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), and
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), was created for the game by director
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in the same manner as previous ads for other recent ''Guitar Hero'' games, initially paying tribute to the scene in ''
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". Though it appears as if all four performed together, Wentz stated that Swift performed her parts separately using a
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to impose her into the footage of the other musicians. A three-song demo was made available on Xbox Live on October 15, 2009, and included "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven, "Picture to Burn" by Taylor Swift and "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves. The demo was solely the Party Mode, with the three songs playable in random order.


Soundtrack


Console soundtrack

''Band Hero'' for consoles features 65 songs from "mainstream acts". The game also allowed ''Guitar Hero World Tour''’s downloadable content to be used within ''Band Hero'', as well as ''Guitar Hero 5''. In addition, some on-disc songs from ''Guitar Hero World Tour'' and ''
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'' were importable into ''Band Hero'', with music licensing limiting those that can be transferred, prior to the 2014 shutdown of DLC and exports. Furthermore, 69 of the 85 on-disc songs from ''Guitar Hero 5'' can be imported into Band Hero; similarly, 61 of the 65 songs from ''Band Hero'' can be exported for use in ''Guitar Hero 5'' and '' Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock''. All DLC works with Band Hero, along with all earlier on-disc songs marked as exportable, unlike
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which only allows DLC and exports marked as "family friendly".


Nintendo DS soundtrack

The Nintendo DS version of ''Band Hero'' features thirty songs (per regional version from a forty-five song combined setlist) of the same genre as the console-based soundtrack. Although they feature some of the same artists from the console version, the tracks themselves are mainly different, with a limited overlap of three songs being part of the main setlists of both versions, seven available as downloadable content, and six exportable from their use in prior console games.


Importable content

On release of Band Hero, 35 of the songs from World Tour and 21 from Smash Hits are importable into Band Hero for a small fee (approximately $0.10 per song), and are treated as downloadable content for the game playable in all game modes. Furthermore, 69 of the 85 tracks from Guitar Hero 5 will be importable into Band Hero. All transferred songs will also be playable in Guitar Hero 5 and will be free if downloaded in either games. However, Guitar Hero 5 or Band Hero is not backwards-compatible with World Tour nor any other Guitar Hero game. The transfer process requires the player to enter a unique code from the World Tour or Smash Hits manual to be able to redownload available songs in a pack (on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3) or individual songs (on the Wii) that have been updated to include the new features. Players on the Xbox 360 can delete individual songs after downloading the pack. Some songs are not transferable because of licensing issues—not technical issues—according to Bright. Tim Riley, the head of music licensing at Activision, stated that the company will continue to seek licenses for more songs from previous games and downloadable content to be exported into Band Hero, but cannot guarantee that these songs will be licensed for future Guitar Hero games.


Downloadable content

While ''Band Hero'' does not have its own separate library of downloadable content, it supports
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from the Guitar Hero 5 DLC library. However, as of March 31, 2014 the downloadable content has been removed by Activision with no evidence it will be made available again. In addition, 152 of the 158 available downloadable songs for ''
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'' are forward-compatible with ''Guitar Hero 5'' and ''Band Hero''; the existing content is automatically upgraded to include all features new to these games and was immediately available to players upon release of ''Band Hero''. Downloaded songs can be used in all game modes, provided all participating players have the song, including in the game's Career mode when players are given the option to select any song to play. The entire Band Hero DLC library is also available in Guitar Hero 5, and vice versa, so both games embrace the same DLC library. Some DLC songs have specific focus on Band Hero, like the "Celebrity New Years Track Pack" which includes Taylor Swift, Maroon 5 and No Doubt songs, and the "Band Hero Track Pack" with
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songs.


Reception

''Band Hero'' has received mixed to positive reviews from gaming critics. Most recognized the game as having the same feature sets as ''Guitar Hero 5'', including any benefits or flaws that may come from that. Reviewers praised the reuse of the ''Guitar Hero 5'' features such as the Party Play mode that allows for players to jump in and out, the improved Career mode, and the improved GHTunes. Some identified that the target market of the game appears to be towards teenage girls, such as the featuring of Taylor Swift, the color schemes used in the game, and other parts of the song selection. Reviewers noted that setlist would be the strongest measure of whether players should purchase the game. The reviewers also commented on the smaller setlist, which contains only 65 songs compared to ''Guitar Hero 5s 85. Review did note that the "Top 40" songs do not always make for challenging songs, as many featured simple chord repetition throughout the song or simply following pre-programmed electronic keyboard or drum beats. However, most songs were found to feature at least one difficult instrument portion that would be fun to play. Reviews also noted that the censoring of songs in order to affirm a family-friendly rating is awkward, such as censoring the word "whiskey" from
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's " American Pie" (8 times), and can ruin the enjoyment of some songs. Greg Miller of ''
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'' further noted that these censoring are at odds with the straight-up inclusion of other songs such as "Gasoline" by
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which, Miller claims, is about
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. Some reviews saw ''Band Hero'' as a good addition to the ''Guitar Hero'' franchise, and pointed out the strength of the game is improved in part due to the ability to import and export songs between ''Band Hero'', ''Guitar Hero 5'', and content. Justin Haywald of ''
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'', in consideration of the equivalent nature of featured, considered that players now had a choice of "'Top 40' Band Hero or 'Hard Rock' uitar Hero 5 skins to select for playing the music on, and positive direction for the series. However, others saw the simple rebranding of the game, and that some may see the product as little more than a "full-price track pack". The game has sold 596,000 units in North America through January 2010, according to data from
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. Prior to the end of 2009, Activision had expressed plans to publish a sequel to ''Band Hero'' in 2010. However, as a result of overall decline in music game sales, in part due to the large number of SKUs released by Activision during 2009, such plans have been shelved and Activision only released sequels to ''Guitar Hero'' and ''
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'' in 2010.


Lawsuit by No Doubt

A day following ''Band Hero''s release, the band No Doubt filed a lawsuit against Activision. In a similar manner as ''
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'', where the avatar of
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could be used to play any of the songs in the game and leading to questionable virtual performances, the same was found to be true for the No Doubt avatars in ''Band Hero''. No Doubt's lawsuit claimed their contract limited their performance to the three songs within the game and that they were never told their avatars would be used in that manner. Activision argued that it believes that the manner of use of the band's avatars in the game is within the bounds of the contract. Activision subsequently filed a counter-suit against the band, alleging contract breaches; Activision claimed that it was "publicly known" that in-game characters in the ''Guitar Hero'' series, once unlocked, could be used for all game modes, and that No Doubt's request came well after the game's code was finalized.
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, who has expressed an intention to file legal action for Cobain's appearance in ''Guitar Hero 5'', said to ''
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'' that she will join No Doubt in their lawsuit against Activision. In April 2010, the Los Angeles County Superior Court denied Activision's motion to dismiss No Doubt's rights of publicity claims under California's
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law. In February 2011, the 2nd District Court of Appeal upheld the Superior Court's ruling, allowing No Doubt's case to proceed against Activision. In May 2012, the Superior Court denied Activision's motion for summary judgment, though it also denied a preliminary injunction sought by the band. In October 2012, on the eve of trial, the case was settled for undisclosed terms.


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