Best Wii Game Music Keyboards
Crafted after classic professional keyboard designs, its versatile layout—capable of use on a tabletop or strapped over the shoulder like an electric guitar — incorporates an ergonomic sensibility that provides comfort to the casual gamer or seasoned musician. Empowering you to rock outside the realm of videogames, the Wireless Keyboard also functions as a MIDI controller and boasts a two-octave, non-weighted, velocity-sensitive keybed ranging from C3 to C5. Keyboard grip is contoured and incorporates an ergonomic sensibility that provides comfort to the casual gamer or seasoned musician. All-new Keyboard instrument for Rock Band 3.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I have prior music experience with guitar and similar instruments, and some basic theory/vocal/keyboard training from when I was in college (much of which I've forgotten). I've wanted to learn keyboard for a while, and RB3 moving into the realm of more realistic instrument play is a welcome change for me. I found that I was able to jump right into career/quickplay at a medium pro level (mostly single notes with some 2-note intervals on more advanced songs). Other than that I am finding where notes are primarily by feeling around (locations of black keys give you some guidance). Game-play is a lot of fun if you are willing to take the time and energy to learn, or you must be satisfied with easy or non-pro mode."
"Price wise, you can’t beat that, a normal hand held Keytar will cost at least a couple of hundred dollars and more for the ones that actually play music rather than being just a Midi Interface."
"this only works with rock bad 3- no other rock band games are compatible with the keyboard- I thought this would allow us to add a 5th player to the game but it does not, you just loose one of the other instruments :( this is by far the hardest instrument to learn and play this game with!"
"At time of purchase I rationalized that interest level (or lack there-of) in 2015 was the reason for lower price and went ahead."
"Added the batteries, plugged it in and kids were playing rock band 3 with it on wii u within minutes."
"Be aware, however, that most of the older downloadable song content (especially for Rock Band 1 or 2) lack keyboard options in scoring/software development, so the system automatically blocks keyboard access by showing "No Keyboard" available for those songs."
"NOTHING worked."
"Then when I started playing some more, the video froze again and after about 3 minutes I had no other option that to turn off the Wii and restart. They basically told you how to put the batteries in, hook on the shoulder strap and sync the device (via a USB dongle that has to remain plugged into the back of your Wii while using this controller)."
Best Wii U Game Music Controllers
Look on the back of Wii U game packaging to see which games use the Wii U Microphone. Please note - Not compatible with Wii system or games.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Compatible with Nintendo Wii (not just Wii U), PS3 - I was using the mic to play Joysound and it works pretty well."
"to activate overdrive...because...there's just nothing left to say. I haven't had any problem with ambient noise activating overdrive, but because we're careless and talk and laugh during interludes, that'll do it."
"We got it for Karaoke Joysound: WiiWare Edition (Japanese Wii)."
"That is an exact measurement.... the kids are able to romp around the entire room while singing it was an excellent purchase."
"Using this for rockband on a playstation 4."
"It was a very good product."
"Can't beat it for the price."
"The mic picks up sound easily enough and is easy to use but if you're expecting gutair hero live to keep picking up the song it doesn't."
Best Wii U Game Music Controllers
Look on the back of Wii U game packaging to see which games use the Wii U Microphone. Please note - Not compatible with Wii system or games.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Compatible with Nintendo Wii (not just Wii U), PS3 - I was using the mic to play Joysound and it works pretty well."
"to activate overdrive...because...there's just nothing left to say. I haven't had any problem with ambient noise activating overdrive, but because we're careless and talk and laugh during interludes, that'll do it."
"We got it for Karaoke Joysound: WiiWare Edition (Japanese Wii)."
"That is an exact measurement.... the kids are able to romp around the entire room while singing it was an excellent purchase."
"Using this for rockband on a playstation 4."
"It was a very good product."
"Can't beat it for the price."
"The mic picks up sound easily enough and is easy to use but if you're expecting gutair hero live to keep picking up the song it doesn't."
Best Wii Game Guitars
Rock out as hard as you want with the Xtreme 2 Wireless Guitar Controller for Wii. No additional batteries required, guitar powered by the Wii Remote.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I love that this guitar is wireless.However, be aware that you do have to put the wii remote into the guitar; that's what makes it "wireless" because it uses the sensor of the remote."
"The locking mechanism seems like it should be spring-loaded, but the springs came loose and are now rattling around in the bodies of all three guitars, which is slightly annoying. We had previously borrowed a couple of the actual Activision guitars to play, so I can offer some comparisons. Unlike some other reviewers, I feel that the strum bar is quieter, which is nice for those times when we can't crank the music up to cover the clicking noise."
"If I had known prior, I would have just purchased two of these guitars and not bothered with the one I purchased prior."
"these guitars are pretty much ehat I expected... knock off cheap made versions. we have to recalibrateeverytime we take our guitars to a friend's house and again when we bring them home."
"The only downsides are the noise made by the strap (it squeaks as it rotates around the knob where it connects to the guitar, which is annoying when you're playing and moving around), and the instruction "manual" (really just a single sheet of paper) that was clearly not written by a native English speaker."
"This part seemed poorly made and I've never seen that on a guitar hero guitar before."
"The back cover clips broke the first time we put the wii remote into the back area."
Best Wii Game Microphones
Official Rock Band Microphone, compatible with PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox360. High-performance microphone: Accurately reproduces the sound of your voice.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"It sometimes go out of wack when the clapping parts in a song show up(like you hit it but it doesn't register no matter how hard you smack it) and the game doesn't register you as singing onkey when you know for a fact you are but other than that it works great!"
"Grandchildren LOVE using this great mike to perform with the WII games."
"Works well with Rock Band."
"I purchased this mic to replace my broken Rock Band mic and it works perfectly."
"Smaller than the microphone that I originally have with my Rockband game."
"However, prior to purchasing this microphone, all I had for her to use was my headset plugged into the controller."
"Too much delay and sensitivity out of this microphone for rb4 ps4."
"Worked initially mostly OK with just a second or so delay."
Best Wii Game Drums
Mad Catz Rock Band 2 Triple Cymbal Expansion Kit provides the means for you to drum like the pros do with velocity- sensitive Crash, Ride, and Hi-Hat cymbals (also compatible with Rock Band 3 drum kits). Compatible with Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3 Drum kits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"While the cymbals add a lot of flash to fills and free-form playing by being mapped to their own sounds (Yellow - Hi-Hat, Blue - Ride, Green - Crash), giving you eight total sounds in those modes, that flash doesn't carry over to the songs themselves. The volume of striking the cymbals is kind of a turn-off, too: now that Harmonix has delivered a much quieter drum kit, adding the cymbals suddenly makes it about as loud to hit as the RB1 kit had been. It's not bad if you've got the volume up, but if you're playing at night and trying to keep the noise down, you may find yourself hearing the tap of your sticks against the cymbals and little else."
"I've seen several reviews here that says that the cymbals slips when it was hit too hard and sometimes the cymbals double-hits when hit too hard. Cymbals Double-hit: I noticed that one of the three cymbals I got was too sensitive. After trying this and testing with songs with lots of cymbals (Dead on Arrival) I noticed that I never missed a note again when hitting the sensitive cymbal."
"These cymbals definitely make playing the drums a lot more fun. Even when I play Beatles Rock Band (which has no support for Pro Drums), I still use these cymbals because they're just so fun. I'd strongly recommend making your own dedicated stands for the cymbals or maybe buying some real cymbal stands, if you can figure out a way to make that work."
"These are hands down the best things I've added to my Rock Band drums outside the silencers."