Product Description

Experience The Beatles music and legacy like never before, utilizing the core Rock Band game play. "The Beatles: Rock Band" in an unprecedented, experiential progression through and celebration of the music and artistry of The Beatles. The game will allow fans to pick up the guitar, bass, mic or drums and experience The Beatles extraordinary catalogue of music through game play that takes players on a journey through the legacy and evolution of the band's legendary career.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45 in Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 19366
• Published on: 2009-08-31
• Released on: 2009-09-09
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .56" h x 5.31" w x 7.50" l, .24 pounds

Features

• Works with all Rock Band and most Guitar Hero controllers and microphones, as well as 'SingStar' and 'Lips' microphones.
• A variety of gameplay environments pulled from the Beatles career, including Cavern Club, Abbey Road and Shea Stadium.
• 2-6 player online multiplayer support as well as engrossing single player modes.
• A song list of more than 40 Beatles hits included with the game, as well as additional DLC to follow via your Wii's Internet connection.
• The first music game to offer harmonies (3-part) as part of gameplay, challenging players to recreate The Beatles¿ vocal blend and facilitated by the game's three mic support.

Amazon.com Product Description

The world's leading music game meets the greatest band in history. The Beatles: Rock Band for Wii gives fans what they've been waiting for: a chance to experience the Beatles' legendary story from the inside. In this game you won't just watch and listen as The Beatles make rock history, create landmark records and conquer the world-for the first time, you'll be part of the band. The Beatles: Rock Band software is compatible with Rock Band, Guitar Hero and most other instrument controllers, as well as, third party microphones including SingStar and Lips. Play across all band eras. View larger. A variety of play venues. View larger. Master classic Beatles harmonies. View larger. Exclusive Beatles controllers available. View larger. The Game Join John, Paul, George and Ringo on-stage at legendary shows, behind closed doors in the recording studio, and in dreamscapes that bring the psychedelic imagery of the latter stage of their career to life. The acclaimed Rock Band elements of interactive play and full-band capacity are here as well, but with brand-new additions. One of these is full three-part harmonies, which challenge you to recreate The Beatles’ vocal blend-a first for any music game and facilitated by the game's support for up to three microphone controllers. In addition, the game supports custom-built controllers modeled after the actual instruments that the Fab Four played, and eventually helped to make iconic; audio straight from the masters; and graphics that take you on a magical tour through the key moments in The Beatles history. Produced with the full cooperation of The Beatles and Apple Corps, the game is packed with hidden fab extras that will push you and up to five of your friends to master the songs both online and offline in order to hear rare audio and view unseen photos from the archives. The Song List Not only one of the most beloved, The Beatles were also one of the most prolific bands of all time, churning out memorable hit after hit, and this is reflected in the song list of The Beatles: Rock Band. From "I Want to Hold Your Hand" to "Get Back," every song in The Beatles: Rock Band comes directly from the Abbey Road master tapes. More than 40 songs are included with the game, spanning the length of The Beatles’ career, with more to follow via download through your Wii's connection to the Internet. Just a few classic hits that players can expect to see right out of the box include: "I Saw Her Standing There" "I Want to Hold Your Hand" "I Feel Fine" "Day Tripper" "Taxman" "I Am The Walrus" "Back In The USSR" "Octopus’s Garden" "Here Comes The Sun" "Get Back" And many more, including DLC The Instruments Although The Beatles: Rock Band supports instruments from previous Rock Band and Guitar Hero releases on the same gaming platform, it also is tailor-made for play using The Beatles: Rock Band exclusive line of instrument controllers. Each member of The Beatles had a signature instrument(s) that became synonymous with them. The games available controllers are precise replicas of those instruments and include: John Lennon’s - Rickenbacker 325 guitar Sir Paul McCartney’s trademark - Höfner bass George Harrison’s - Gretsch Duo-Jet guitar Ringo Starr’s - Drums with classic black oyster pearl finish and Ludwig-branded Beatles kick drum head The Gameplay Venues Having made music together in various capacities and combinations for more than ten years, The Beatles' career is inextricably linked with a variety of venues. Follow The Beatles from their earliest days in locales in Liverpool and Hamburg, to their triumphant Ed Sullivan Show appearance and beyond. In addition, join them in the studio at Abbey Road and experience dreamscapes that put you inside the psychedelic era of the 1960's and 70s that they were pivotal in creating. Just a few of the famous venues included in the game are: Cavern Club The Ed Sullivan Theater Shea Stadium Budokan Abbey Road Rooftop And many more

Customer Reviews

An Amazing Experience
I fully expected The Beatles Rock Band to be my favorite game of this type based on musical consistency alone. I didn't expect the game to be the mostly beautifully rendered, artistically intricate game I've ever played on any platform, ever. It would have been easy to just replace the regular Rock Band characters with Beatles. However, everything is different. There are literally completely different animations on almost every song. I agree with the previous review that I screwed up riffs being mesmerized by what was happening on the screen. I was skeptical that the game would be able to separate vocal, guitar, and drum tracks on these recordings, some of which are almost 50 years old, but this is done seamlessly. The sound quality is great, bright and crisp without sounding 'enhanced.' I can't believe, with the level of intensity and anticipation I've had in waiting for this game for the last year, that it actually meets and exceeds my expectations.

great game
yes, the game is exactly what you expect.

in case anybody is wondering, you CAN play guitar hero instruments (drums, guitar, mic) with this game. in the GHWT drumset, the orange cymbal doubles as the blue pad on the RB drums. they all work perfectly.

Really Hit the Mark!!
Other people have and will write thorough reviews so I won't.
The basic gameplay is very similar to any other Rock Band so if you like Rock Band and the Beatles you'll like this game.
It's similar except for the three microphones. The harmonies are really cool. This is a great addition to the game.
There are some other differences that I thought were worth talking about. First, the difficulty scale has an easier entry point than the other games. On RB2 I play guitar well on medium and very poorly on hard. For the Beatles, the low end of the scale is much easier. I've been playing very well on hard. By the time you get to the hard end of the scale things have balanced out and I fail on hard which is normal. This is much closer to the scale of RB2.
I think that's good for two reasons. First a lot of people who haven't played Rock Band will want to try this game. They will be able to have fun pretty much from the word go. More importantly, this game can use three microphones. If you're going to sing and play an instrument at the same time you'll be glad some songs are easier. Playing a fake guitar and singing at the same time can be hard.
Have fun playing.

Tech Note for Wii:
Some USB combinations don't work for the extra microphones. I don't know why.
I couldn't find anything in the manual about how to hook up three mics so I used a standard PC USB hub which worked without a hitch.