Guitar Hero: Nightwish is a 2030 rhythm game developed by Harmonix and published by Activision. It is the TBA installment in the Guitar Hero series and the fourth to focus on the career and songs of one symphonic metal band, Nightwish, following Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008), Guitar Hero: Metallica (2009) and Guitar Hero: Van Halen (2009). The game was released in retail for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch 2 systems on TBA, 2030, in North America, and in TBA, 2031 for PAL regions. However, as part of a promotion with Guitar Hero 5 (2009), the game was shipped to Guitar Hero 5 purchasers in North America prior to its retail release. The game features 25 songs from Nightwish along with 14 additional songs from selected artists that have been inspired by the group. The gameplay UI from Guitar Hero: Van Halen was carried over.
The game has received mostly mixed reviews from critics, most of which consider the game's quality to be greatly inferior to its predecessor, Guitar Hero: Nightwish, and other games of the series. The reviewers criticized the lack of former Nightwish members Sami Vänskä, Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon and Marko Hietala; the limited tracks selected from Nightwish's discography; the selection of other tracks included in the game; and the general lack of features introduced in the previous band-centric games and Guitar Hero 5.
Development[]
TBA
Gameplay[]
Guitar Hero: Nightwish is similar to the preceding band-centric game, Guitar Hero: Van Halen, featuring support for five players in a single band on Guitar, and Bass, Drums, Vocals and Keyboards. The game is based on the engine originating from Guitar Hero 5, such as drop-in/drop-out play.
Only the current members of the band—Tuomas Holopainen, Emppu Vuorinen, Troy Donockley, Floor Jansen, Kai Hahto and Jukka Koskinen—are playable avatars in the game for the Nightwish songs; former band members Sami Vänskä, Tarja Turunen, Anette Olzon and Marko Hietala are not included. The band appear as they did in 2010 but, by completing challenges in the game, players can unlock their older appearances from the "spandex era […] with the big hair and tight pants".
Soundtrack[]
| Year | Song title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "Angels Fall First" | Nightwish |
| 2007 | "Ameranth" | Nightwish |
| 2000 | "Bare Grace Misery" | Nightwish |
| 2005 | "Blue Orchid" | The White Stripes |
| 1975 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen |
| 2003 | "Breaking The Habit" | Linkin Park |
| 2007 | "Bye Bye Beautiful" | Nightwish |
| 2000 | "Come Cover Me" | Nightwish |
| 2005 | "Dance, Dance" | Fall Out Boy |
| 2008 | "Dez Moines" | The Devil Wears Parda |
| 2005 | "Do You Want To" | Franz Ferdinand |
| 2015 | "Élan" | Nightwish |
| 1997 | "Elvenpath" | Nightwish |
| 2002 | "Ever Dream" | Nightwish |
| 2005 | "Feel Good Inc" | Gorillaz |
| 2003 | "Girls And Boys" | Good Charlotte |
| 2020 | "How's The Heart?" | Nightwish |
| 1986 | "Livin' On The Prayer" | Bon Jovi |
| 2011 | "Last Ride Of The Day" | Nightwish |
| 2007 | "Meadows Of Heaven" | Nightwish |
| 2020 | "Music" | Nightwish |
| 2013 | "My Songs Knows What You Did In The Dark" | Fall Out Boy |
| 2004 | "Nemo" | Nightwish |
| 2020 | "Noise" | Nightwish |
| 2015 | "Our Decades in the Sun" | Nightwish |
| 2001 | "Over The Hills And Far Away" | Nightwish |
| 2020 | "Pan" | Nightwish |
| 1998 | "Passion And The Opera" | Nightwish |
| 1966 | "Paint It Black" | The Rolling Stones |
| 2003 | "Seven Nation Army" | The White Stripes |
| 2000 | "She Is My Sin" | Nightwish |
| 1998 | "Stargazers" | Nightwish |
| 2011 | "Storytime" | Nightwish |
| 1998 | "Swanheart" | Nightwish |
| 2002 | "Sweetness" | Jimmy Eat World |
| 1998 | "The Riddler" | Nightwish |
| 1990 | "Wind Of Change" | Scorpions |
| 2004 | "Wish I Has A Angel" | Nightwish |
| 2000 | "Wishmaster" | Nightwish |
Song is a guitar solo by Emppu Vuorinen.
Group Members[]
Nightwish band members[]
- Tuomas Holopainen – keyboards, piano, synthesizers (1996–present), male vocals (1996–1998)
- Emppu Vuorinen – guitars (1996–present), bass (1997)
- Troy Donockley – uilleann pipes, tin whistle, low whistle, guitars, bouzouki, bodhrán, male vocals (2013–present; session / touring member: 2007–2013)
- Floor Jansen – lead vocals (2013–present; touring member: 2012–2013)
- Kai Hahto – drums, percussion (2019–present; session / touring member: 2014–2019)
- Jukka Koskinen – bass (2022–present; session: 2021–2022)
Former Members[]
- Sami Vänskä – bass (1998–2001)
- Tarja Turunen – lead vocals (1996–2005)
- Anette Olzon – lead vocals (2007–2012)
- Marko Hietala – bass, male vocals (2001–2021), acoustic guitar (2006–2021)
Gallery[]
Logo[]
Game Covers[]
