description Guitar Hero: Smash Hits Overview
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits is a 2009 rhythm game developed by Beenox and published by Activision. It re-records a selection of songs previously featured in Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, and Guitar Hero III, expanding them from guitar-only arrangements into full-band charts for guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. It was released for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.
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Which Guitar Hero games supplied songs for Smash Hits?
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits draws songs from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, and Guitar Hero III. It revisits well-known tracks from those earlier games in one collection.
Who developed Guitar Hero: Smash Hits?
Beenox developed the game, and Activision published it in 2009. It was released during the period when the Guitar Hero series was expanding beyond guitar-only play.
What instruments are supported in Guitar Hero: Smash Hits?
The game reworks songs for a fuller band experience, including guitar, bass, drums, and vocals where supported by the hardware. The exact controller setup depends on the platform version and the instruments available to the player.
Is Guitar Hero: Smash Hits the same as a normal Guitar Hero greatest-hits disc?
It is a compilation, but the tracks were adapted for the expanded instrument format rather than simply copied as guitar charts. That lets songs originally associated with earlier Guitar Hero entries support the later band-style gameplay.
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