Oh sweet Zombie Jesus. Rock of the Dead, a new game being developed by Epicenter looks like a glorious mash-up between Typing of the Dead, the beloved Dreamcast typing/zombie shooter and Rock Band. Throw Neil Patrick Harris into the mix and it’s a perfect game already. No, I don’t even need to play it. In my head, right now, it is perfect. *sniff*

Image courtesy of IGN

IGN has the scoop on this one. More after the jump.

From IGN:

When Epicenter, developer of the sleeper first-person shooter Real Heroes: Firefighter visited the IGN offices earlier today, the guys pulled no punches in describing its next game. “Picture Typing of the Dead but with Guitar Hero guitars instead of a QWERTY keyboard,” they told me. And what unfolded up on the big screen was exactly that: a Typing of the Dead-inspired action game where you take out zombies and other undead critters by strumming on the Activision (or Harmonix Rock Band) guitars to “shoot” them into submission.

Chalk this one up for the “Why didn’t anyone think of this before?” department. There are several million Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitars out in active use on the Nintendo Wii, and Rock of the Dead targets those peripheral owners with something that’s not just a music game.

I am in full agreement here. This is a head-smacking, pure moment of brainstorm brilliance. We’re Dreamcast aficionados here at Pixel Verdict, and Typing of the Dead is a near-unanimous ‘must buy’ for that console. Replacing the keyboard with a guitar controller is simply genius.

Neil Patrick Harris will be lending his vocal talents, along with Dr. Horrible co-star and nerd goddess Felicia Day, and this will be a budget priced title, estimated between $30-40. On paper, it’s perfect. So what’s the catch?

Alas, it looks like a Wii title exclusively at the moment, which is unfortunate. Most of us have many plastic instruments sitting about the house… but for other consoles. I don’t know anyone who has Guitar Hero or Rock Band for the Wii.

(via IGN )