LEGO Rock Band Rumor Returns
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Earlier this year, we heard about a decidedly bizarre rumor concerning the possibility of a LEGO version of Harmonix's popular music franchise, Rock Band. As strange as it sounds, that rumor has returned, thanks to a leaked slide from a GDC presentation. Kotaku says that Dan Teasdale's presentation did include a slide for LEGO Rock Band; he had this to say at his blog: "So, it looks like Think Services put up a version of my slides that was sent for speech approval rather than the version that I actually showed at GDC." Unfortunately, the slide disappeared from the presentation before it went live, and it has also been removed from his blog. Everyone is trying to get some form of confirmation from either Teasdale or Harmonix but at this point, we have nothing but rumor and speculation. However, we would like to add that the return of a rumor like this is a good sign; it usually means there's some validity to the idea, even if we can't quite comprehend the reasoning behind the project. Sure, we get LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Batman and LEGO Indiana Jones, but LEGO Rock Band? ...really?
Anyway, we'll let you know if a confirmation arrives. In the meantime, just try to envision how the game might look, and if it would appeal to the die-hard RB fans...or the die-hard LEGO fans.
4/7/2009 Ben Dutka
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 12:32:53 PM
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HeXeN
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 11:29:59 AM
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PANICinc
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 11:35:17 AM
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Lego guitars.....what a freakin joke!
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Robochic
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 11:55:12 AM
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Highlander
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 12:19:35 PM
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Considering that Rockband already features on-screen avatars to play the instruments etc, how does giving them a Lego skin help? Or are they somehow going to turn Rock Band into a platforming game by adding a few squares of Lego?
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MarvelZombies
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 12:25:25 PM
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Edit: wikipedia says that BH stands for Band Hero...i would prefer Buddy holly though...
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Jed
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 8:33:43 PM
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556pineapple
Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 11:52:37 AM
Last edited by 556pineapple on 4/10/2009 11:54:07 AM
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Ultimate_Balla
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 4:37:11 PM
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Jian2069
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 5:54:40 PM
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this shouldn't/won't ever happen.
Harmonix made some of the greatest music games ever (GH1, GH2, RB1/2)... They're not stupid...
Unless EA/MTV is letting another developer borrow the name... Well yeah that sounds like something EA would do...
I am now 100% sure that the rockband series is dead.
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Riku994
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 7:28:26 PM
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Jed
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 8:30:23 PM
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Neurotoxiny
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 11:26:45 PM
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A Lego Guitar Hero quite obviously would be wayyy better... ;)
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twenty8nine
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 @ 1:44:31 AM
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I'm done buying new music games with the exception of some that I have tried that feature bands that I really like (Rock Band Queen anyone?).
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CH1N00K
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 @ 9:40:17 AM
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If they are going this route, then my guess would be that the music will be more kid oriented. I think it's too little to late though, if they were going to do this, they should have done it when Rockband first came out. A few people may buy this for their kids, but I don't see it being as popular as the other versions.
This almost looks like a market saturation thing, all the hype from music games is starting to dwindle away. (I hardly play our Rockband anymore, unless people come over to visit, I didn't bother get RB2) They made Rockband better when they released Rockband 2, but now they're grasping at straws.
It sounds like Harmonix were sitting around a table wondering how else they can get people to buy a game that has kind of hit a lull..They have no idea how to make the gameplay better for the genre, so they're looking for a gimmick to make it different. Same game, different look. Next we're going to see Mario Band Party for the Wii, Halo Band Wars for the 360 and Sackboy Band Battles for the PS3, with exclusive unlockable characters for each one..(Watch Darth Vader and Yoda rock out to Stairway to Heaven!)
Music games now are becoming like FPS'. There's only so much you can do, and everyone is doing it. Unless someone comes out with something new and mind blowing, we're going to start seeing more and more re-hashed versions of the original.
I'm not saying that the Music games are bad (or FPS') so relax, I'm just saying that you probably won't see anything groundbreaking from them for awhile.
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Robertson99
Friday, April 10, 2009 @ 9:31:27 AM
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coverton341
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 @ 11:15:46 AM