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
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