FWIW, There's a lot of new bands sounding like the old classic Metal bands, they are `tagged` as NWOTHM (New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal), such as:
Not really, you can now use a Steam Deck or similar to replace the original pad, yet, you'll need to have the Steam Deck though
https://github.com/vanilla-wiiu/vanilla
- White Wizzard
- Tailgunner
- Skull Fist
- Wolf
- Enforcer
- 3 Inches of Blood
- Lucifer
- and many others