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Jam with the Band includes Wii Speaker Channel compatibility
Nintendo of Europe sent a press release out, offering the first details and track listing for the European release of Jam with the Band, confirming that this release is based on the sequel, Daigasso! Band Brothers DX. The DS music title supports Band Brothers DX's downloadable WiiWare channel, which allows music made in the game to be played through the Wii, and thus through your TV's sound system. This way, bands of up to eight DSes can play together and hear the combined result. The cartridge will include 50 songs, including "The Final Countdown," "We Are the Champions," and a fairly random assortment of popular music from the last few decades, as well as medleys of Nintendo music. You can find the tracks announced so far after the break. Nintendo will release around 50 additional songs, and user-created performances, as free DLC. [Via Videogamer]
The new Japanese Wii Shop menu item demystified
The latest Japanese Wii software update added this item to the Wii Shop Channel's settings, with a gold icon and a label about "bonus content." Above it is a link to Club Nintendo through the browser and a link to the settings for Wii Shop presents. The "bonus content" link prompts users to enter 16-digit codes before being awarded ... something. But what is this bonus content? Free Wii Points as a promotion for game purchases? VC games linked to retail games in the same series? A puppy?It might be that stuff later, but for right now, it's how you get the Speaker Channel that interfaces with Daigasso! Band Brothers DX on the DS. A bit disappointing, sure, but having infrastructure in place for Wii Shop bonus stuff could lead to interesting things in the future. Gallery: Band Brothers DX
Band Brothers DX Speaker Channel in action
When we heard about the Speaker Channel that would allow Band Brothers DX players to share tracks with one another, we were immediately smitten with the title, even if we knew in the back of our mind that we'd probably never get to play it. Regardless of the end product's quality, strives such as this set precedents for others to utilize the DS and Wii together in interesting fashions.Now, we can view the Channel in action, courtesy of the video uploaded over at the Touch DS site. We'd like to embed it, but, alas, we cannot. So, head on over and give it a look.
Nintendo: Wii 'Speaker Channel' for blasting Band Bros. sequel
Nintendo fans and tech nuts: what you're about to read will be music to your ears. According to the most recent issue of Japan's top video games publication, Weekly Famitsu, the sequel to Nintendo's strictly Japanese DS title Daigasso! Band Brothers (above) will take Wii-DS connectivity to new (volume) levels. Titled Band Bros. DX, the new game will let players stream their best performances to the Wii for output through TV speakers, stereos, home theater systems -- whatever you've got your Wii pumping sound out of. The key is a forthcoming "Speaker Channel" for Wii which, while not officially dated, would seem to be a shoe-in for day-and-date launch with Band Bros. DX in Japan. For those unfamiliar with the game, it allows up to eight players on individual DS systems to pick an instrument and "play" the included songs, or jam out and create their own. The original Band Bros. was -- at one time -- due for release in the US as Jam with the Band! but has vanished from the radar. Hopefully this sequel will survive the trip Stateside; stores would likely be alive with the sound of ringing registers for this Wii and DS duet's debut. [Via Wii Fanboy]
Band Brothers DX allows players to share tracks
When the Wii and DS come together, it's better than Voltron. First, we start getting DS demos sort of regularly from the Wii, now this. Of course, as with all incredibly awesome game news, it comes from Japan.According to the latest issue of Famitsu, owners of Band Brothers DX, the rhythm-based DS title from Nintendo, will be able to share tracks by using the Speaker Channel. It's a new Channel for the Wii that will allow you to stream music created in the DS game to your TV, as well as upload tracks online for others users to download. What other games do you think could benefit from stuff like this? How would you like to see the Wii's capabilities incorporated in other DS games in the future?[Via Game | Life]
New Band Brothers on DS uses Wii 'Speaker Channel'
The sequel to the currently Japan-only DS music game Daigasso! Band Brothers takes advantage of the rarely-used Wii/DS interface, with awesome-sounding results. Band Brothers DX, in addition to a host of neat Wi-Fi features, will connect to a downloadable Wii "Speaker Channel." The channel allows players to stream their user-created music to the Wii, for a more public performance.Long ago, the first Daigasso! was to be released in the U.S. and Europe as Jam with the Band! Maybe now that the sequel will show off the Wii's connectivity features, and its use of "channels," in a unique way, Nintendo will see fit to release the sequel worldwide.
