If you’re a parent and you feel like Rock Band or Guitar Hero is just a little too “grown up” for your kids, lighten up, because they’re gonna rebel like crazy in their teens if you don’t… or you can wait til this holiday season when Disney releases Ultimate Band.
Ultimate Band is a rhythm-based music game that’s being designed right now for the Nintendo Wii and the DS. Disney has already stated that they are working with some of the biggest bands in the music industry. I’m pretty sure that doesn’t mean Killswitch Engage and Ozzy Ozbourne though.
One of the cool features about this though, is that the DS version will allow players to create their own songs with the touchscreen and stylus. The Wii version will also play to the strengths of the system, incorporating the Wii-mote functionality but details for that haven’t been announced yet. So keep an eye out towards the end of the year.