The release date for the Nyko Frontman for Wii and PS3 seems to keep moving. When the Wii version of the Guitar Controllers came out on the 15th at Amazon, they were almost immediately "unavailable", same thing at Buy.com. The only other dates I could find were from DDRGame, which say the Frontman Guitar Controllers come out March 24th. DDRGame is a reliable seller of Guitar Hero merchandise and they allow you to preorder the Nyko Frontman for Wii or PS3 so I trust their date a bit more. Plus it's the same date Amazon now has for the Nyko PS3 Frontman.
The official Nyko site says that the controllers will be released in April, so the end of March beginning of April seems to be around the time the real release date will be.
Also be sure to check out the official Guitar Hero Guitar Controllers which are now on sale at RedOctane. This is great because finally you can get a separate Guitar Controller without having to buy an extra bundle.
I wonder why they didn't release the official guitar controllers sooner especially on systems like the Wii where it was in extremely high demand.
I also created a new Guitar Hero Guitar Controllers section so people can specifically find places online to buy Nyko Frontman Guitar for Wii or PS3 and the Official Guitars for all systems.
Guitar Hero 3 Rock Band Compatibility on Nyko PS3 Frontman:
Last thing, some people are wondering. Is the PS3 Frontman Wireless Guitar compatible with Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band? The answer is, yes.
I got the official word back from an e-mail I sent to Nyko asking about the compatability, they said:
"The PS3 Frontman Guitar Controller is compatible with "Rock Band" on the PS3 and PS2, and Guitar Hero on the PS3 only.
It is not compatible with PS2-gen Guitar Hero games on the PS3 via backwards compatibility. The PS3 Frontman is only compatible with PS3-gen Guitar Hero games on the PS3."
So you can't play the Playstation 2 games on Playstation 3 through backwards compatibility with the new Nyko Frontman Guitar, but you can switch over to play Rock Band on the PS3 or PS2 which is nice to finally have.
Buy Nyko Frontman Wireless Guitar for Wii
Buy Nyko Frontman Wireless Guitar for PS3
If you're looking for a controller that plays the older games check out some of the Guitar Hero Guitars for PS2 and Guitar Controllers for PS3.
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