The Wii is the seventh generation home console released by Nintendo. The Wii is notable in that rather than using analog controllers for most games, such as its direct competitors, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the Wii uses a remote-shaped controller called the Wii Remote (shortened to "WiiMote") to play games.
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Gibson Les Paul guitar controller with a white Wii Remote attached.
For the Guitar Hero series, however, the Wii still uses a guitar controller similar to those on other consoles; the difference is that, rather than the guitar being a separate controller entirely, the guitar is a peripheral with a slot for the Wii remote to connect to.
Additionally, the Wii Remote itself (without a Wii guitar controller) can be used in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith where:
- D-Pad (vertical position) = Navigate menus
- B Button = Strum Green Fret / Cancel
- Right on D-Pad ("Up" on D-Pad held horizontally) = Strum Red Fret / Yellow menu option
- A Button = Strum Yellow Fret / Confirm
- 1 Button = Strum Blue Fret / Blue menu option
- 2 Button = Strum Orange Fret
- + Button = Pause / Start
- - Button or Up on D-Pad ("Left" on D-Pad held horizontally) = Activate Star Power or Battle Power-Up
- Shaking Wii Remote = Whammy Bar
Strum-failing sound effects also output through the Wii Remote's speaker.
However, peripherals such as Wii Nunchuks, Wii Classic Controllers, and GameCube controllers are not supported in the Wii version of Guitar Hero games.
Hero games on the Wii[]
- Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007)
- Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008)
- Guitar Hero World Tour (2008)
- Guitar Hero: Metallica (2009)
- Guitar Hero: Smash Hits (2009)
- Guitar Hero 5 (2009)
- DJ Hero (2009)
- Band Hero (2009)
- Guitar Hero: Van Halen (2009)
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (2010)
- DJ Hero 2 (2010)