Band Brothers DX, the latest in the Band Brothers series from Nintendo, was released last week in Japan. The latest installment has some new and significant features that the last game didn’t have.
New Modes
The are two new modes to the game:
Sing:
Connectivity with the Wii
As for the performance mode, the coolest enhancement has to be the ability to connect to the Wii. Band Brothers DX comes with a special code that lets you download a piece of software called “Daigasso! Band Brothers DX Speaker Channel” on your Wii. By using this software, the sound will be played through the speakers of your TV or stereo system connected to the Wii. In other words, it’s like the DS is channeling its sounds through the Wii. Up to 8 players can play together and have the performance be played back from your Wii’s sound set up. That’s pretty neat.
Stay tuned from unboxing pictures and videos when I get a copy of the game.
- This time the game utilizes the mic to let you karaoke. It doesn't seem like you will be able to record your singing probably due to the memory.
- The game comes with 30 songs, and you can download up to 100 more songs from the Internet using a wi-fi connection.
- Tools to let you create a melody
- Auto arrangement / accompaniment features
- You can also “give” songs to other people that have the game. The interesting thing is that you literally give the song away meaning you cannot keep a copy. It doesn’t really make sense and is limiting, but I guess it’s probably for copyright reasons. For example, if you replicated a copyrighted song, this stops the song from being copied and passed on.
- If you did an arrangement for an existing copyrighted song, Nintendo allows you to submit it. If Nintendo likes it, the submitted version of the song will be available for others users to download.
Connectivity with the Wii
As for the performance mode, the coolest enhancement has to be the ability to connect to the Wii. Band Brothers DX comes with a special code that lets you download a piece of software called “Daigasso! Band Brothers DX Speaker Channel” on your Wii. By using this software, the sound will be played through the speakers of your TV or stereo system connected to the Wii. In other words, it’s like the DS is channeling its sounds through the Wii. Up to 8 players can play together and have the performance be played back from your Wii’s sound set up. That’s pretty neat.
Stay tuned from unboxing pictures and videos when I get a copy of the game.
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