DJ Hero announced at last, along with Band Hero for the family and Guitar Hero 5 for the face melters
By Paul Miller 
posted May 7th 2009 9:36AM
posted May 7th 2009 9:36AM
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saw this on joystiq followed by an article stating that the music game genre was down "42%".
ruh roh.
You sir, get a +1 simply for the avatar.
My spoon is TOO big.
Maybe it's because paying 200 bucks for peripherals for one facking game is a little excessive? Maybe it's just me.
It's funny, as game loses popularity it parallels how music started to suck... with DJs
What more things can they slap a set of buttons on?
Computer Programmer Hero?
How how about Booty Call Hero?
Or a plastic sandwich with buttons on the toppings and call it Hero Hero? (Or the sushi version "Hiro Hero"...)
I'm waiting for Rock Band Hero, where you play characters playing Rock Band including DLC, then Rock Band Hero II, which will ironically NOT be compatible with Rock Band Hero DLC.
@ TIMMAH!
I'd so play Booty Call Hero.
It'll go back up 2,000% when they release Porn Hero. As for my self I am holding out and going to buy Polka Hero when it's released, complete with accordion controller.
*Shakes with excitement*
Don Hertzfeldt is the shit, and so is your icon/avatar!
That's looks so crazy it just might work.
That looks so crazy I checked to make sure it wasn't April 1st again
That looks so crazy I keep asking myself where the crossfaders are. Last I checked, if you spin an LP with one finger it sounds the same as if you did it with three. Something tells me they'll add the faders add a later date (and additional cost)...
Looks so crazy I wish that Jesus returned.
How long before we see Heroin Hero?
I play that shit 6 times a day.
that already exsits :)
http://www.gamegum.com/game/1857/heroin-hero/
You NEVER catch the dragon!
Just a few more tries please....I know i can catch it.
If it weren't May I would honestly think this was an April Fools joke....
Must have beat me by a few seconds.
I saw this and thought it was a joke.
I believe I see where all this is ultimately headed..
Limp Bizkit Hero!!
It looks like you can spin the disc, while pressing on the buttons. So essentially it simulate scratching a record with your fingers in different places.
F**k this DJ Hero stuff. I'm waiting for Jazz Flute Hero.
Jazz Flute Hero would be awesome, but Triangle Hero would be even better.
Cowbell Hero?
Skin Flute Hero?
Ocarina Hero. I win.
Foreskin hero
iPod hero is what it is.
Or is it ice scrapper hero?
I remember when I was 14 years old and I got and import of Beat Mania for my birthday because my mom got tierd of me and my friends running to Chinatown in Manhattan every morning that summer. Most of the kids that came to my house to play games looked at it and laughed! Same deal with the first Guitar Hero: "what the fuck is that?!?" was the first thing that left a lot of peoples lips when they seen it in my apartment. Now the shit's EVERYWHERE!!! Wasn't a live show done with the GH instruments to promote the last release? It's funny as hell to me to call up these same people to see if the wanna hit a bar or see a movie or even just to check up on them and they say "I'm playing Guitar Hero" or "I'm playing Rock Band"!!
Plastic Instrument Hero?
Still waiting for Sitar Hero
The only thing I'm less interested in than DJ Hero are the sliding-across-the-screen AOL ads that Engadget is now hosting. Shame on you, Weblogs, Inc.
And apparently, subject-verb agreement. I'm not interested in those, either.
I'm not too insane about those ether. Makes this site look like a cheap, non-content site.
Use Firefox and they magically disappear. :)
Could you get a screencap of that ad and submit it to tips? (or me... paul at engadget dawt com) It's been a bit elusive, and seems strangely browser / OS / session dependent. We hate annoying ads like that as well, and will do our best to get it off the site.
No love for BeatMania?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatmania
One of the original rhythm games for PS2, but never really took off in America. So, this will be new to most.
Love beatmania. God the controllers are expensive tho..
I always wanted Beatmania (and Keyboardmania too) but like Mitch said, too expensive.
I don't really get that so many people are surprised by this (the same way they were surprised by guitar hero) when we've had these EXACT GAMES for I don't know how many dang years now.
Dudes:
Oboe Hero: Boy Who Cried Wolf Edition
-Peter- and the Wolf edition.
They would be better off making an Akai beatpad type controller, with pads and sliders and stuff, and creating a Hip-Hop Hero or Gangsta Hero or Phat Beatz Hero game around it, or something like that. It'd sell like hotcakes.
I believe the hip-hop phrase is "sell like crack in the ghetto".
Sweet. I've always wanted to pretend I was a pretentious douchebag who stole other peoples riffs to make crap music that high people could twitch to.
I bet you are a hit at parties.
We play real music at the parties I attend. Mom tells me I'm always the coolest guy there.
no no no, you want hipster hero.
It comes with all the cracks and pops the only vinyl can give you, and because retro—excuse me—vintage is the only way to go, hipster hero only works on Intellivision.
Daddy what that it doesn't look like a cd or mp3 player? LOL
I think I'll pass. Waiting for Cowbell Hero!
I've got a fevah; and the only pah-scription is more Cowbell Hero!
I'd only buy guitar hero if Will Ferrell playing Gene Frenkle from Blue Oyster Cult was a character.
meant cowbell hero...sorry :-(
Let the whoring of a perfectly good music franchise begin!
...Oh wait, it already has.
If the controllers were cheap, this would make an awesome oversized griffin powermate-stye control for a PC/Mac. Imagine spinning through final cut footage with that thing.
hahaha. that would be awesome. It could actually be useful to control something like traktor dj software, as a cheap dedicated controller.
So do these talentless charlatans just have an unlimited license to shamelessly rip off Konami's entire product line?
Poor Konami. They did it best :'[
....aaand the de-evolution of music is now complete.
Time to start drinkin' whisky and rye...
I'm so done with the Guitar Hero franchise. I loved 2 and we all know that was done by the Rock Band guys. Three was mediocre at best and World Tour seems way better then Three but I didn't have the desire to play it. Between the GH guitars being steaming piles of shit and the feel of the game not being the same I'm unfortunately only left with Rock Band. I'm not saying Rock Band is bad at all, it's f'ing awesome but would be nice if the GH series instead of being milked would have some quality to it so there are other options and more stuff worth playing.
band hero? thats kinda pointless,.... what the heck is world tour then? you know im starting to like rockband more and more, i just hate the guitars i find them uncomfortable to use than a guitar hero one
Still waiting for this version to leave the world of satire and hit production: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales
are they going to make a piano hero?
you mean like this?
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/keyboardmania
3 buttons?
WEAK
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/beatmania_iidx
you know people should just buy a real turntable and learn to mix/scratch for real..... (sarcasm for all those who might miss it)
Wow this is dumb. We one thought about how Guitar Hero makes real guitar players lose skill, just imagine how bad a DJ would become pushing buttons on this. Heck, even a iPod DJ would have skills compared to this.
Coming next year, 'Guitar Hero Hero'. Unleash your inner wannabe!
Piano hero kthxbai
im still waiting for:
Toilet Bowl Hero
Electric Triangle Hero
And of course Super Rock Band Metallica World Tour Aerosmith Hero
Maaan...
Where's my Kraftwerk Hero :(
yay, more plastic instruments made for 2 year olds and played by 40 year olds!
knowing this is an american product and among the genres included hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance i guess the focus will be more on the first 3 and dance/electronics will be underrated.
one thing i question about is what kind of dance/electro songs will be available to play, since most american hits over here in europe are pop hiphop r'nb or metal, but the next thing close to dance/electro would be lady gaga, wich is more urban, and surely not the same as the dancegenres we have over here in europe.
i really hoep they include some artists like ellen alien underworld kraftwerk daft punk armand van helden and more like them but i don't think it will be:(...
"Jakjak9210 @ May 8th 2009 12:04AM
hahaha. that would be awesome. It could actually be useful to control something like traktor dj software, as a cheap dedicated controller."
GMTA.
Screw this crap, come on, someone make a Keyboard Hero dammit (ala the japan-only Keyboardmania from Konami)
"I remember when I was 14 years old and I got and import of Beat Mania for my birthday because my mom got tierd of me and my friends running to Chinatown in Manhattan every morning that summer." http://www.dvd-to-psp.com
I am excited for this game...I am personally a ZTRIP fan simply because he is so diverse in his choice of music...I can't wait to see what he brings to the table!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatmania
beatmania anyone? seems like guitar hero was already derived from it, now this...
iD rather play my donkey kong bongos than this 3 button shit.
or i can turn into donkeykong bongo band hero the Beatles edition