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One of my biggest worries about the upcoming Guitar Hero: World Tour are the peripherals that Neversoft will unleash to the public. Most notably, I am worried about their new drum kit, which will have six inputs (this includes the foot pedal). You see, I already have the Rock Band bundle and with the kit’s five inputs I am pretty much at a quandary whether to go ahead and buy a second drum set. The worry here is that it will double my expense, eat up more space in my living room and ultimately piss off my wife.

It’s a good thing that Neversoft has announced that ALL instruments will be compatible with Guitar Hero: World Tour. According to the company, the game will automatically sense whether a six- or five-input device is plugged into the console and it will automatically remap the song to compensate. This is a nifty feature and a great service to rhythm game fans.

A small caveat though is that this announcement is only applicable to the Xbox 360. We’ll have to wait for Sony to announce whether this will also apply to them. Hopefully, it does because I don’t have an Xbox 360.