A Music Game! Rolling Stone: Drum King
Another music game is in the works. I’m serious. To be flat blunt, this is getting insane, and it’ll be very interesting to see how this one does. The release date is set for next spring, which falls after the onslaught of music-related titles to be released in the next 5-8 months. Only time will tell if there is still a market for this genre come next year.
Anyway, Rolling Stone: Drum King is the subject today, and is in development by 505 Games. The project was announced a while back as We Rock: Drum King, but now it seems the fancy folks at 505 have roped Rolling Stone into the strawberry fields of music gaming. A Wii exclusive, Drum King will turn your Wiimote and nunchuck into drumsticks and have you hammering away at the air like Arnie Grape in no time.
Even less cool than the present state of the music gaming genre is the fact that all the tracks on Drum King are covers, so you won’t be finding any tunes the way you’re used to hearing them. Worse yet is there are covers by groups like Smash Mouth and Good Charlotte; bands with songs of which people don’t want to hear the originals, let alone covers. That’s not to say there aren’t any decent tracks on the disc, however. Here’s the official list, followed by a trailer from Amazon:
All Star – Inspired by Smash Mouth
Banquet – Inspired by Bloc Party
Be My Baby – Inspired by The Ronettes
Blister in the Sun – Inspired by Violent Femmes
Born to Be Wild – Inspired by Steppenwolf
By the Way – Inspired by Offcuts
Can’t Get Enough – Inspired by Bad Company
Can’t Stand Losing You – Inspired by The Police
Cissy Strut (instrumental) – Inspired by The Meters
Click Click Boom – Inspired by Saliva
Direction – Inspired by Starting Line
Feel Good Inc. – Inspired by Gorillaz
Fight the Good Fight – Inspired by Triumph
I Fought the Law – Inspired by The Clash
In Too Deep – Inspired by Sum 41
Let There Be Drums – Inspired by The Ventures
Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous – Inspired by Good Charlotte
Mickey – Inspired by Toni Basil
No One Knows – Inspired by Queens of the Stone Age
On Top of the World – Inspired by Boys Like Girls
Pull Me Under – Inspired by Dream Theatre
Saturday Superhouse – Inspired by Biffy Clyro
She Sells Sanctuary – Inspired by The Cult
Song 2 – Inspired by Blur
Spoonman – Inspired by Soundgarden
Stay With Me – Inspired by Faces
The Take Over, The Breaks Over – Inspired by Fall Out Boy
The Final Countdown – Inspired by Europe
We Will Rock You – Inspired by Queen
Remember, kids – drumming rules!
