Guitar Hero vs Rock Band

Okay. I have fallen in love with Rock Band and Guitar Hero. I bought the band set for Guitar Hero on the Wii. Here is the problem. The instruments are totally incompatible with the other game. Rock Band needs Rock Band instruments and Guitar Hero needs Guitar Hero instruments. This makes sense except that on the Xbox or PS3 they are compatible across both games. Sometimes I regret getting the Wii. Xbox is almost as cheap, but it has better games, better graphics, better hardware and more disk space. The PS3 has the Blu-ray and is a great system, but it is the most expensive.

Here is another secret. The Guitar Hero instruments each need their own Wii remote. Assuming you have two Wii remotes already, you need to spend $80 for a four-person band. I think Rock Band only needs one Wii remote for the microphone. That is the trap of the much lower price for the band set. I admit that the drum set for Guitar Hero is better if you like a bigger challenge.

To me, Rock Band has the better vocals. I use the same Guitar Hero microphone on the Rock Band game and I can actually hear myself sing. In Guitar Hero your voice doesn't come through. Note that the USB microphone is the only thing that is compatible for both games. The drums and guitars are incompatible on the irritating Wii system. If you like to download songs, you probably will need an SD card when you run out of disk space. Other than that I have no complaints about the Wii.

This guitar which is compatible with both Wii Guitar Hero and Wii Rock Band might help with the pain. Only the drums would need separate versions if the guitars and mic were game-independent.