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Rock Band 2 gets new accessory?
Topic Started: Thursday Dec 4 2008, 03:04 PM (128 Views)
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Harmonix has announced that it wasn't being entirely honest with its Rock Band 2 previews, and that there's a mystery new accessory in the works for its new game.

The confirmation came in the review guide that accompanied OXM UK's copy, which contains a note about the extra connection on the back of the updated drum kit.

"The Rock Band 2 drum set has a second input on it (the bottom one with the orange ring) that is an expansion port," it reads. "It was stated in prior interviews/demos that this input was a jack for the second kick pedal, which is not the case."

It goes on to say that Harmonix "has not revealed the fucntionality for this input," and it will "be announced at a later date, along with further details for double-kick functionality. Stay tuned!"

So, what could it be? Will it just be some extra cymbals, or could this be a long-rumoured keyboard accessory? As the drum kit is the only Rock Band instrument not to be waved excitedly around mid-solo, it's the obvious candidate to sneak in an extra. Or is your house, like mine, already too full of plastic instruments? Let us know if you care in the comments.


.... OR it could be used for nothing but a prick tease like the expansion port on the GH guitars!

If it's a keyboard, they should just allow you to plug a proper one in with it's midi port, because then they're getting ridiculous.
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oooohhhhh, if it is a double kick im waiting for this one.......
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playing GHWT drums on expert, trying to do what are surely double kick lines with just one pedal, is making my knees and ankles hurt.

Try "assassin" by muse, on expert, and I bet you "knee-d" (oh ho ho) a joint transplant before the first riff is finished.

But then maybe I'm just old and slow....


edit - is it just me, or is anyone else getting a bit sick of the "new peripheral every iteration" thing. Seriously. There has to be an end point, if they add cymbals to the rockband kit, then you can't use the GHWT kit with it (as it will be one pad short); and Rock Revolution (the one from konami) will have SIX pads + kick. ENOUGH!!!


Oh, and BTW - a lot of MIDI keyboards these days actually have a USB cable rather than a true midi-out....
Edited by felicitous blue, Thursday Dec 4 2008, 11:15 PM.
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