Nyko FrontMan guitar compatibility chart

25 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Jul 22nd 2008 9:57PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Peripherals, Business

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During E3 we spoke with third-party peripheral manufacturer Nyko about its line of FrontMan guitars and which games the different versions were compatible with. We did a quick and dirty post on what we were told during the E3 madness, but Nyko just sent over the chart above, which, admittedly, is much easier to understand.

For first-party guitar compatibility, check out our Guitar Hero / Rock Band guitar compatibility matrix v2. We're sure to have v3 available as soon as we confirm Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Revolution guitar compatibility.

Tags: compatibility, compatible, guitar-compatibility, guitar-hero, guitar-hero-aerosmith, guitar-hero-iv, guitar-hero-on-tour, nyko, rock-band

(Page 1) Reader Comments

robothouse: Jul 22nd 2008; 10:02PM

Wow, talk about inconsistency.

Sora: Jul 22nd 2008; 10:30PM

I agree. Why isn't the Wii guitar RB compatible? And it'd make much more sense if they combined the PS3 and PS2 guitars...

Hafk: Jul 23rd 2008; 12:46PM

GH Wii uses the Wii Remote as the imput device. RB Wii uses an USB RF reciever as the imput device.

Sora: Jul 22nd 2008; 10:06PM

Hate to break it to you, but "embiggen" isn't a word. At least, it isn't registered on dictionary.com.

shadowarmy75: Jul 22nd 2008; 10:12PM

Embiggen is a very cromulent word. I'm surprised oyu don't know it.

Joystick Hero: Jul 22nd 2008; 10:21PM

Looks like someone doesn't watch The Simpsons.

Sora: Jul 22nd 2008; 10:29PM

I prefer South Park.

J.Goodwin: Jul 22nd 2008; 10:39PM

I'm missing the relevance of the Xbox 360 tag.

Tom18230: Jul 22nd 2008; 10:56PM

Clearly you don't watch The Simpsons.

J.Goodwin: Jul 22nd 2008; 11:16PM

Not anymore, hasn't been good in years.

Dan J: Jul 22nd 2008; 11:08PM

I imagine the lack of Wii compatibility is due to the newness of RBWii... they probably didn't have any way to test compatibility before they shipped.

Also, the GH3Wii guitar uses a Wiimote, while the RB Stratocaster doesn't... since the Frontman does use one, that probably explains the incompatibility.

Jhongerkong: Jul 22nd 2008; 11:32PM

OT but is there any way to hook up wired PS2 controllers to a PS3?

Hafk: Jul 23rd 2008; 4:37AM

Yeah, but things like the star power and whammy bar do not work, and you can't use PS2 guitars for the PS3, or PS3 guitars for the PS2.

They should release a system patch that lets you use PS3 guitars for the older PS2 games. Doubt it will happen, though.

Jhongerkong: Jul 23rd 2008; 12:24PM

What about when using a regular controller or a dance pad?

[.sm0ke.]: Jul 23rd 2008; 12:06AM

This shit is getting out of hand.

Hafk: Jul 23rd 2008; 12:11PM

BAW a third party guitar that works with rock band and guitar hero on the PS3 BAW BAW BAW Nobody would want that!

[.sm0ke.]: Jul 23rd 2008; 7:57PM

I mean that there are too many plastic instruments. Even if it IS compatible with both, chances are you've already got the Les Paul, Explorer, SG, and/or Stratocaster lying around. Never mind drums and all that.

Chase: Jul 23rd 2008; 12:48AM

What the fuck, Nyko?

Nuclear Chauffeur: Jul 23rd 2008; 2:05AM

I'm still wondering if they work good. I don't want a laggy, unresponsive piece of crap.

Ralph: Jul 23rd 2008; 8:36AM

RB Wii controllers don't work because they use a RF receiver plugged into the Wii USB port. GH Wii controllers use the Wii remote to communicate.

Rich: Jul 23rd 2008; 1:07PM

Is it too much to ask for one fucking company to make one fucking guitar to work with every fucking console?

DCBlack: Jul 23rd 2008; 1:14PM

Yes?

DCBlack: Jul 23rd 2008; 1:11PM

I'm anticipating yes to RB2, GHWT, and no to RR.

Nga: Jul 27th 2008; 8:09PM

Help! I have the Front Man PS3 guitar, and I can't get it synched to play with my Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Anyone know if they're compatabile, and if so, how to hook up?

Big_L: Jul 31st 2008; 7:20PM

Do you know whats better than this?

This http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13876

Works with all Guitar Hero and Rock Band, on PS2 and PS3.

Tested by me personally

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