| Developer: | Broadsword Interactive |
| Publisher: | XS Games |
| Genre: | Music game |
| Modes: | Single-player & Multiplayer |
| Platforms: | Wii, PlayStation 2 |
PopStar Guitar is a music game for the Wii and PlayStation 2 developed by British studio Broadsword Interactive and published by XS Games.
In PopStar Guitar, players embark on a journey as a budding guitarist with aspirations of becoming the ultimate pop music sensation. Throughout the game, players develop skills to help them achieve their goal of success on the main stage of a worldwide Battle of the Bands competition, which will bring them international stardom.
The career mode will see the player starting as a member of a garage band before touring across the 25 different in game venues before performing at the Battle Of The Bands.[1] The game features 12 playable characters (6 male/6 female) to choose from, and players are able to customize their look and the instruments they play.
The game is played similar to other music games with players trying to press buttons as they follow scrolling notes onscreen. The PlayStation 2 version supports guitar controllers for play, while the Wii version will come packaged with one AirG controller shell allowing players to play air guitar-style using only the Wii Remote and Nunchuk.[2]
The game features a line-up of 60 songs, which includes original mastered tracks from pop and rock artists.[3] Half the setlist are songs credited as "Indie". These songs include:
| width=250 | Song ! | Artist | width=70 | Master recording? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "When I'm Gone" | ||||
| "It's Not My Time" | ||||
| "Dirty Little Secret" | ||||
| "Move Along" | ||||
| "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" | ||||
| "Sugar, We're Goin Down" | ||||
| "Makes Me Wonder" | ||||
| "Wake Up Call" | ||||
| "Shut Up and Drive" | ||||
| "All The Small Things" | ||||
| "Welcome to My Life" | ||||
| "Misery Business" | ||||
| "S.O.S" | ||||
| "See You Again" | ||||
| "Our Time Now" | ||||
| "Girlfriend" | ||||
| "Hot" | ||||
| "Before He Cheats" | ||||
| "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Want to Be in Love)" | ||||
| "Since U Been Gone" | ||||
| "Face Down" | ||||
| "Hero/Heroine" | ||||
| "Anna Molly" | ||||
| "Suddenly I See" | ||||
| "The Saints Are Coming" | ||||
| "How's It Going to Be" | ||||
| "1985" | ||||
| "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" | ||||
| "Honestly" | ||||
| "It's Not Over" | ||||
| "In Vain" | ||||
| "Renovators Boogie" | ||||
| "All She Left Me Was The Blues" | ||||
| "So Cool" | ||||
| "Hear Me Talkin'" | ||||
| "Sweet Rock N Roll" | ||||
| "Wonder" | ||||
| "Broken Wings" | ||||
| "Across The World" | ||||
| "When The Rain Comes Down Again" | ||||
| "The Best Of The Worst" | Mitch Allan | |||
| "Go (aka Go Your Way)" | The Kin | |||
| "High And Dry" | ||||
| "Setting Sun" | ||||
| "Glitterbug" | ||||
| "Since You Walked Out My Door" | ||||
| "Heaven Helps Us All" | ||||
| "White Lightning" | ||||
| "All I Really Want" | ||||
| "Car Crash" | ||||
| "Guilty" | ||||
| "Don't Say Anything" | ||||
| "See You Around" | ||||
| "One Last Time" | ||||
| "Better Off" | ||||
| "Start a Fire" | ||||
| "Are You Afraid" | ||||
| "Too Far Gone" | ||||
| "On The Rocks" | ||||
| "Control" |
IGN called the Wii version of the game "a wholly unnecessary piece of shovelware" that was "clunky, fugly" and with a "bottom-of-the-barrel" soundtrack, though they believed the AirG peripheral worked well. They gave it 3.5/10.[4]