New Wii title from THQ seeks to mash up Guitar Hero

THQ has announced a new game for the Wii which turns the Mashup musical genre into armed combat.

Band Mashups for the Wii, expected in stores in April 2008, is based upon the combinative musical genre known as mashups. These are songs made up of two or more existent songs, usually of quite divergent syle, and mixed together to form a new hybrid song.

For example, one popular mashup combines 50 Cent's "In Da Club" with Nine Inch Nails' "Closer," resulting in a familliar, yet new and even ironic track.

The gameplay itself is also a mashup of the popular Guitar Hero-style "scrolling fretboard" with RPG-style party combat, all done with the Wii's trademark motion-based control.

Featuring 30 tracks from five different musical styles: Rock, Country, March, Funk/Hip Hop, and Latin, the musical styles face off, yielding up to 150 new mashups. If it all sounds confusing, you just might have to see it for yourself.

THQ has recently exploited Nintendo's unique controller schemes with titles like Drawn to Life for the DS, where the user draws much of the game's scenery himself. A Wii version of that game was also announced this week.