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Xbox 360 DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable
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| Xbox 360 DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable |
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| Manufacturer: Activision Inc. |
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| List Price: $99.99 |
| Sale Price: $94.48 |
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Product Description |
The makers of Guitar Hero introduce an entirely fresh and innovative way to experience music and rhythm gameplay. DJ Hero features an amazing variety of music across genres – tracks that you love and reflect who you are. Using an authentic turntable controller, you will spin and scratch more than 100 songs into unique mixes and become the life of the party. Get ready for a whole new phenomena in music. 
Become the ultimate DJ.
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Innovative turntable controller.
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Multiplayer challenges.
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Like the music that inspired it, DJ Hero allows players to experience music in a new revolutionary way through through its game-specific controller. Included with the DJ Hero software, the DJ Hero controller is a combination turntable and mixer that immerses you into authentic DJ culture allowing you to scratch, cross-fade, and beat match. The turntable half of the controller features three color-coated buttons used to direct action during gameplay and a realistically rotating turntable. The opposite end of the controller contains the mixer controls in the form of a lateral fader allowing for switching between tracks and mixing, a knob for additional effects and a button for capturing "euphoria," a star power-like point bonus. In addition, the mixer portion of the controller detaches to accommodate left-handed players and contains an out of the way compartment holding a D-pad and conventional controller buttons for easy console navigation. Taken together, both halves of the controller allow players to customize their mix with a variety of effects and samples transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party. Gameplay
Gameplay in DJ Hero is reminiscent to games in the Guitar Hero series. Musical prompts stream towards players on one of three color-coded ribbons; red and blue which correspond to the two tracks that the player is able to simultaneously or individually manipulate, as well as a red one between these two, used to insert samples. In addition to hitting individual notes and samples, players are also challenged to scratch on command by pressing the appropriate button for the track and sliding the turntable up or down as indicated on the ribbon. The game also provides players with a chance to turn back the clock on earlier action via its "Rewind" feature. This ability is monitored via the rewind meter that levels higher with successful play, and and when full allows the player to rewind the song to fix errors in their earlier performance. The reward for precision is the build up of points, which can be temporarily doubled via euphoria power with the push of a button on the mixer end of the controller. Rule the Hottest Parties
In the tradition of Guitar Hero, which brought gamers into the world of rock ‘n’ roll, DJ Hero places players in the DJ booth at some of the hottest clubbing scenes from around the globe. Party in venues reminiscent of real world locales from around the globe including an ultra plush and sexy Hollywood Hills style mansion, to an open air beach club in Ibiza. Play Modes
Although DJ Hero contains engrossing single player game options, including a career mode, much of the action in the game surrounds its wealth of multiplayer modes. These include both online and offline multiplayer competitive and cooperative modes: including DJ vs. DJ, DJ + DJ and DJ + Guitar. Set List
The DJ Hero set list is constructed of 100 songs, crafted into more than 80 two-song DJ mixes. These mixes are the product of both the creative talents of internationally known DJs such as DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip, DJ AM and Daft Punk, and the game development team. All songs used are new to the Guitar Hero family of games and are pulled from a wide array of genres, including pop, grunge, soul, R&B, techno, hip hop, and house. | |
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Product Details |
- The ability to battle your friends or jam together at home or online with two turntables or one turntable and a Guitar Hero guitar controller.
- Game bundle including software for Xbox 360 and the exclusive DJ Hero turntable/mixer controller that allows players to scratch and mix their way to hero status.
- Variety of unique musical content featuring in the form of 80+ DJ mixes pulled from multiple genres including Hip Hop and Dance music fused with Rock, Pop and R&B.
- Variety of multiplayer co-op and competitive modes including DJ vs. DJ, DJ + DJ and DJ + Guitar.
- Engaging and easy to pick-up rhythm based gameplay in the Guitar Hero tradition.
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Customer Reviews |
 DJ Hero: Supporter - Reasons Why |
| Review Date: October 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. N. Gillespie, Chicago, IL USA |
Okay I won't waste your time if you are not into music games and you think a person should learn the real thing I can't help those people. But if you are interested in a different music game, like music games, and would appreciate a normal point of view (non-critical one) please read on.
So the I was unsure if I could play DJ Hero, I have no idea what I am doing, never been to a club in my life, but I can play this. I am okay at Guitar Hero play hard on guitar and drums, but scratching is another matter. But the controls are easy, start on beginner if you are unsure. The notes and gameplay make more sense when hearing actual music. Watching game play videos online didn't help me feel like I could do it. The tuturials are easy and really get you normalized to the settings. The game doesn't (for me) cramp up my hand like the guitar does, I don't need to sit in a certain position to best play (even though a flat surface would be good). The game is good.
Now if you want to learn real DJing this won't help you, it WILL though help you appreciate what DJ's do. I mean to think of the beats like they do. Who would know to mix songs like that, and the exactness you have to have in order for a record to sound good is verys specific. I must say I thought DJ just stood there and looked cool, but they have to pay attention and really listen to what they are doing. They are artist and I appreciate them now after playing the game.
If you like Guitar Hero only because of the rock songs, you might not enjoy this as much because it is Hip Hop R&B and Techno song based. It does have a club / urban feel to it, I like it. I like all types of music. Guitar Hero and Rock Band has songs that I remember in High School, these have songs I remember before that and after mixed nices. If you have a good sound system, you feel you are in the club and it will be important to play the song right.
But this may be an early note and maybe because I didn't fail yet, but I DONT SEE A FAILING SYSTEM - there were a few times I thought that I should have been booed off the stage of the DJ on the game would through the disk across the room but I didn't get that, I made it through each song.
So far I love the game, I refused to go online right now and get super embrassed at my non-DJing skills, but the play is simple, enough not to frustrate you where you aren't haven't fun, there are higher levels for you who figure they need impossible to even get a thrill. It is worth your money though if you think you can enjoy it.
And let me add, not everyone is musically inclined, not everyone has time or the money to learn real instruments and DJ skills and such. So please let us enjoy the games because DJ Hero (along with other music games) open our eyes to what is out there, new music, styles, and appreciation for the real things. Don't be a hater be a supporter. |
Another Accessory to buy, but it's fun.
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| Review Date: December 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: E. Byers, San Diego, CA |
I had a Demo kit to review, which includes a wired turntable (essentially the same as a wireless one without the module, and instead of a usb cable), and a demo disc.
When I first heard of this I thought it was kind of a lame idea. If you think playing plastic toys in front of the TV, then you might think it still is lame, however it turns out to be a nice unique concept.
If you're familiar with guitar hero/rock band/any of the others, it's basically the same concept. You have three buttons to push on the turntable, you can scratch the turntable in either direction, and you can move the slider to one of three positions. When you put this on hard, it gets very tricky. The other unique thing is that you are actually 'mixing' two songs together, doing mash-ups, which can be interesting in their own right.
Supposedly you can use a guitar with the table as well for two people, and with guitar hero 5 (and maybe a few others) you're able to use the table with it, so there is plenty of things to do with it. |
Great Fun!!!
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| Review Date: December 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: A. R. Turner, IL, USA |
| My 13 year old son got this for xmas and he has not put it down since he opened it. He said it was "way cooler" than he thought it would be. So happy I bought this gift. The song choices are awesome. Someone put a lot of time into mixing the perfect songs together. Old school songs mixed with newer stuff makes it great to listen too. He is already on the hard level and says "it is not as hard as he thought it would be, but it is a challange". |
Lots of fun for the whole family
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| Review Date: October 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: S. Hackett, |
We played the demo of this in Best Buy about two weeks before it came out. We played it for about 45 minutes and I pre-ordered as soon as we got back. It came yesterday, so this is a review of the full game ($120 version) after 1 day of playing for about 4 hours.
Unlike the demo, it offers 5 levels of difficulty; beginner, easy, medium, hard and expert. My 8 year old son can score up to 3 stars on easy and I can score up to 3 stars on hard, so it's a very good balance and range of difficulty. Beginner and easy don't even use the crossfader. The tracks are also family friendly with bad words dropped out. Some may not like that, but I appreciated it. The tutorial was also very good and gets you going quickly.
The track list is amazing and the mixes are super. They did a great job of mixing genres too, throwing together some songs I never would have expected to sound so good side by side. The timing of the button pushes and such is difficult at first but it gets a lot easier as your ear starts to hear the patterns in the mixes. Some people have said the learning curve is steep but I disagree... I found the drum kit in WT to be much harder to get the hang of.
The only downside of the $120 version is not having a good stand for the device. I had to set up a card table which is kind of inconvenient. I hated holding the thing in my lap too, it's just too unsteady.
All in all, the game is a lot of fun. The music is great and it's something that both the kids and I can all sit together and play, and no one is frustrated or left out. There's not too many games that fit that criteria. $120 is kind of steep, but for something that we can play as a family that we all enjoy, I'm good with that. And Daft Punk too... what more do you need? |
Really close to Spinnin' on the 1's & 2's!!!!
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| Review Date: October 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: M. Santiago, DC |
Got the game the day it came out!!! and have been playing it ever since.... and i do have a life! :)
It's a great game. I was concerned about the set up being comfortable, but when you're first learning the game, you'd be more comfortable sitting on your couch, placing the turntable on the coffee table and following along. They say you can play the game on your lap, but I wouldn't feel secure with that.
The mixes are great, a lot of old school music and and a fair amount of recent hits! very impressive....
And what can get better than a DJ Tutorial from Grand Master Flash!!!!
Nuff said! |
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