It’s about friggin time!

Karthik Bala, CEO of Vicarious Visions, recently talked with IGN about his company’s work on the Wii version of the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour. And the best news: it sounds like they’re doing plenty of hard work to make this game seriuosly kick ass. As Bala puts it, “We’re a bunch of Nintendo fanboys who want to push what can be done on the Wii and debunk some of the myths about what the system can and can’t do.”

A Wii remote injection means that the drums are wireless in the same way that GH3’s guitar was - though the mic for World Tour will plug into the USB port. The coolest news, though, is the potential for downloadable content. As Bala puts it:

DLC is something we’ve been looking at since GHIII. It was the most requested feature by Wii players and the team has really worked hard to deliver on this promise. I know there has been detractors who say the Wii can’t do DLC for various technical reasons – and they are dead wrong. The system is quite capable.

Gamers can save songs and content direct to the Wii’s internal (albeit limited) memory, or even save direct to an SD card. Yes, that’s right, someone’s actually using the damn SD card slot for a good purpose! Stop the presses!

While the 360 and PS3 versions may have slightly better graphics and other, more advanced online features, it’s extremely comforting to see a third-party using the Wii as something other than a cash cow dumping ground for shovelware. Vicarious Visions, you have our thanks.

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