# Rock Band Guitar Hero Wii
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-guitar-hero-wii/480461
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [January 9, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-guitar-hero-wii/480461 "2009-01-09T01:54:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-guitar-hero-wii/480461/1 "2009-01-09T01:54:28Z")
Quick question - can you use the Rock Band guitar, microphone, and drums when playing the new Guitar Hero World Tour game (on the Wii)?
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### Author:  [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-guitar-hero-wii/480461/2 "2009-01-09T02:12:38Z")
You can use the microphone, but not the others.
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### Author:  [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-guitar-hero-wii/480461/3 "2009-01-09T02:24:06Z")
I read that the Rock Band 2 and GH World Tour instruments could be used with each other, but not the original Rock Band instruments.
I don’t own either, so I can’t verify either way. But want both, and have been doing some research into it. Hopefully this is accurate because at some point I want to buy a full version of one and just the game of the other.
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### Author:  [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2009, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-band-guitar-hero-wii/480461/4 "2009-01-09T09:15:04Z")
Joystiq has a hand compatibility Matrix that shows what instruments work with which games (Wii’s near the bottom):
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