Forget becoming the biggest Rock Band in the world become the biggest Rock Band in the universe! LEGO style and humor take Rock Band to an all-new level; experience fun for the whole family on a wild journey to rock stardom culminating in the ultimate rock gig that will take you out of this world! Songs You Know and Love rock out to everything from current radio hits to past favorites the whole family will enjoy. LEGO Themed Rock Challenges play killer riffs to destroy a giant robot summon a storm and demolish a skyscraper using the power of rock! Enhanced Customizer don t stop with your avatar customize your whole entourage! Design the band roadies and manager just the way you want! Build fame LEGO style Collect LEGO bricks after each song to build cooler vehicles and move to new venues. LEGO Rock Den buy furniture decorate the walls and customize your band s hang-out as you climb the ladder to rock success. An easier skill set option for budding musicians. Format: WII Genre: MUSIC/DANCE (VG) Rating: E10+ Age: 883929077809 UPC: 883929077809 Manufacturer No: 1000101221
LEGO Rock Band merges two of the most popular video game franchises to deliver a unique family-friendly music experience that will take tweens, teens, families and gamers of all ages on a wild journey to rock stardom in order to “Build a Band and Rock the Universe.” Combining the authentic multiplayer music experience of Rock Band with the accessibility, customization and humor of LEGO games, LEGO Rock Band allows players to create their own unique rock star style and customize their own avatars, band members, roadies, and managers.
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Gameplay
Action in LEGO Rock Band is nearly identical to the familiar flow of Rock Band gameplay, only with a LEGO twist. Your goal is to run through a succession rock tinged family friendly song tracks with your band, consisting in multiplayer modes of up to four avatars in LEGO form controlled with guitar, bass guitar, microphone and drum controllers. The game features compatibility with most existing Rock Band and Guitar Hero instrument controllers for the appropriate platform. One of the fun LEGO influences is in the tablature flowing across the screen that directs your play. This is in the form of LEGO blocks color coded for each controller. As players successfully complete songs and rock challenges, they can collect LEGO ‘studs,’ with which they can customize their avatar and other in-game goodies in true LEGO Snap-On fashion. In addition, players can unlock additional content and collect amazing vehicles, which can transport their band from local gigs at rock clubs to epic stadium shows and even fantasy settings on Earth and beyond. The game contains a variety of play modes including Quickplay and Challenge, and will feature music both supplied on the game disc as well as downloadable content.
The Song List
LEGO Rock Band allows players to rock along to both current hits and classic favorites that the whole family will enjoy. These include:
- All American Rejects – “Swing, Swing”
- The Automatic – “Monster”
- Blink-182 – “Aliens Exist”
- Blur – “Song 2″
- Bon Jovi – “You Give Love a Bad Name”
- Boys like Girls – “Thunder”
- Bryan Adams – “Summer of 69″
- Carl Douglas – “Kung Fu Fighting”
- The Coral – “Dreaming of You”
- Counting Crows – “Accidentally in Love”
- David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
- Elton John – “Crocodile Rock”
- Europe – “The Final Countdown”
- Everlife – “Real Wild Child”
- Foo Fighters – “Breakout”
- Good Charlotte – “Girls & Boys”
- The Hives – “Tick Tick Boom!”
- Iggy Pop – “The Passenger”
- Incubus – “Dig”
- Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back”
- Jimi Hendrix – “Fire”
- Kaiser Chiefs – “Ruby”
- Katrina & The Waves – “Walking on Sunshine”
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- The Kooks – “Naïve”
- KoRn – “Word Up!”
- KT Tunstall – “Suddenly I See”
- Lostprophets – “Rooftops”
- P!NK – “So What”
- The Police – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”
- The Primitives – “Crash”
- Queen – “We Are The Champions”
- Queen – “We Will Rock You”
- Rascal Flatts – “Life is a Highway”
- Ray Parker Jr. – “Ghostbusters”
- Razorlight – “Stumble and Fall”
- Spin Doctors – “Two Princes”
- Spinal Tap – “Short & Sweet”
- Steve Harly – “Make Me Smile”
- Sum 41 – “In Too Deep”
- Supergrass – “Grace”
- Tom Petty – “Free Fallin”
- T-Rex – “Ride a White Swan”
- Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk”
- We the Kings – “Check Yes Juliet”
- The Zutons – “Valerie”
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Key Game Features
- Use the LEGO character customizer to create and personalize your band, instrument controllers and entourage.
- A rock tinged, yet family-friendly song list provided both on the game disc and as downloadable content.
- Pull off killer riffs in LEGO themed Rock Power Challenges to perform amazing feats such as defeating a giant octopus, summoning a storm or demolishing a skyscraper.
- Build fame LEGO style by completing songs to collect LEGO studs – unlock cool vehicles, progress to new venues and unlock new characters and instruments.
- Express yourself with a personalized LEGO Rock Den that can be accessorized and decorated to perfectly suit your rock style.
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Rock Band attitude.
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With LEGO fun.
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Multiplayer action.
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Classic customization.
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- Peripherals are required to play
- Use the LEGO character customizer to create and personalize your band, instrument controllers and entourage.
- A rock tinged, yet family-friendly song list provided both on the game disc and as downloadable content.
- Pull off killer riffs in LEGO themed Rock Power Challenges to perform amazing feats such as defeating a giant octopus, summoning a storm or demolishing a skyscraper.
- Build fame LEGO style by completing songs to collect LEGO studs – unlock cool vehicles, progress to new venues and unlock new characters and instruments.
List Price: $ 29.99
Price: $ 8.99
Fun for the family or for one,
We love Rock Band in our house but, by our own admission, we aren’t great musicians. Well okay, one of my kids is, but it’s a drag when there’s only one and you can’t simply ‘play along’ as the game advances because the songs get that much more difficult.
But with this version – you can play along not only without a penalty for choosing ‘easy’, you can even choose a super easy/no fail mode so you simply can’t mess up and still have fun playing. If you don’t do anything you won’t get the stars you need but if you do a minimal amount (i.e. hit ANY drum pad when the note needs to be played or ‘strum’ the guitar/bass at the right time – no need to press a button – or simply speak in time to the microphone) you’ll be fine.
Lots of the same fun things as in Rock Band – make your own people, buy cool outfits & things for them. In addition this version has challenges which you can play and fun lego scenes occur as you ‘rock’ the house (typically you earn these as you successfully play songs in venues). The first one (and on a trailer so I’m not giving much away) is playing loud enough (getting enough stars) to knock down a building. And yes, we have successfully completed these challenges with two out of the three on the no fail mode.
This version is clearly geared for a slightly younger set – both in terms of the no-fail option and in terms of avoiding excessive profanity/explicit content in songs. Makes us no never mind – we’re enjoying it immensely!
edited to add:
The review who said this does not have online support is right. For those familiar with Rockband, this version is like a hybrid track pack. You get new people, scenarios and venues to work your way through, but the songs are the songs which are included and you cannot buy new songs to play (I can’t see that this’d change with this version – going to the online store to buy new tracks is not even shown as an option).
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This is the first “band” type game we’ve owned. My son has played Guitar Hero at a friends and wanted that one but I was hesitant because of the play list. Doing a little research at our local video gaming store, I found out both the Rockband and Guitar Hero folks were releasing more family friendly play lists. We took a look at both but when we found Lego Rock Band and also Rock Band Country – the choice was easy. After the first night’s jam session – we’re all hooked. It’s so much fun for the entire family and my husband and I are introducing our 9 year old to some great music. Our son has been a Queen fan for years but now he’s into Bryan Adams, Tom Petty and Bon Jovi. Like all the other Lego games, this one doesn’t disappoint at all. The in-between videos are funny, the whole lego character build gives you tons of combinations and all the venues are “very cool” according to WolfJack – lead guitarist of the band Howl (current on tour in our basement).
I highly recommend this one for kids but all the adults in the house are enjoying it just as much. My husband’s band “Blind Shrimp” just bought a new bus and I may never see him again! Guess I’ll just have to become a groupie.
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