We Rock: Drum King hasn't been getting the greatest of reviews over in the U.K., and now out of nowhere comes Rolling Stone: Drum King, which was made by the same developer, 505 games. A long term strategy to use the Rolling Stone name, or a quick ploy to avoid the bad reviews?
IGN writes: "Believe it or not, the success of Rock Band and Guitar Hero has been spawning a never-ending amount of clones and copycat games over the years. Can you imagine that? We've seen everything from a full-blown Konami effort with Rock Revolution, the respawn of Samba De Amigo by SEGA, and Battle of the Bands by THQ. Out of all those "me too" efforts though, I can't say I've personally played one worse than 505's Rolling Stone: Drum King for Wii. Guitar Hero inspired look? Sounds good, sure. Crappy cover band? Oh no… that's not a good start. Wii-mote and nunchuk-only controls? We're not sure how you'd really… Wait… Emulated off of Wii Music's drum set mode? Oh screw this… "
Guardian writes: "Drum King should have inherited a clear template for success after Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Unfortunately, despite reasonable looks it plays with all the believability of the Cadbury gorilla."
According to several retailers, it appears that 505 Games is bringing its game Wii-exclusive drumming game, called We Rock: Drum King in Europe, to North America this year.
Re-dubbed Rolling Stone: Drum King (that's the music magazine, not the band), the title eschews the use of a drum peripheal, instead going a different route -- the game will require two Wii Remotes for air drumming. You know, like actual drum sticks, except they're just Wii Remotes.
The game is developed by ARC System Works, and was announced for European release awhile back, with a 30-song track list that included such songs as Saliva's "Click Click Boom," Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" and an instrumental version of DJ Shadow's "Organ Donor."
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