Disney Star Guitarist, Guitar Hero-ish Game Played with a Real Guitar

For all of those wannabe guitarists, mashing color-coded buttons on a plastic guitar, which has nothing to do with any type of real instrument playing, Disney has some good news. Soon you’ll be able to throw down those plastic toys, which resembles something found in the toddler section of your local kid store, and take up a real guitar. Disney has announced Disney Star Guitarist, an educational and challenging game that uses a real guitar as a controller.

The game, made with the help of Washburn Guitars, will incorporate the same falling notes styled game play that is used by Guitar Hero and Rock Band, keeping track of your progress based on the number of notes the player hits, and supposedly helping the player learn to play actual songs on a guitar.

Disney Star Guitarist will be available on for PC and Mac gamers, although no release date has been set yet. It will be packaged with a special set of strings, which can be strung on any standard guitar. The package, including software and strings will run gamers about $200, not to mention players will have to have a standard guitar for the included strings. A hefty price, one that many may find a bit out of their price range.

The game is sure to excite music enthusiasts, gamers, and those looking to learn a new instrument. It remains to be seen though as to whether the game alone will actually be able to teach someone how to play a guitar.

As someone who has never played before, I’d imagine the game alone may not suffice and actual lessons may be needed as well. It’s also a bit of a disappointment that the game will not be released for consoles as of yet, which I’m sure is dependent on the game’s success for the PC and Mac.

No matter what, the game sure to garner a lot of attention, capitalizing on the success of Guitar Hero, and is sure to be as entertaining. The question though is still up in the air as to whether a game alone could teach someone the difficult task of playing an instrument.