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| Guitar Hero: On Tour | 
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| From: Activision Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $43.99
You Save: $6.00 (12%)
Buy New/Used from $42.77
Avg. Customer Rating:  (30 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.5 x 2.1
MPN: 95327
Model: 400009415834
UPC: 047875953277
EAN: 0047875953277
ASIN: B0013ZEMUK
Release Date: June 22, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Included is the 4-Button hardware peripheral which fits smoothly into the DS | | • | Shred to new tunes | | • | Choose from 4 different gameplay modes | | • | Rock out with six characters including two rockers that are exclusive to the DS version | | • | Pick from a vast collection of Gibson guitars and musical venues |
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Product Description
Utilizing the revolutionary Guitar Hero Guitar Grip peripheral that fits snugly into the Nintendo DS, and a unique Guitar Hero pick-stylus; Guitar Hero: On Tour brings a new dimension to handheld gaming and gives fans the ability to shred along with their favorite tunes with complete portability. It allows gamers to take the rock-solid Guitar Hero experience wherever they go. The soundtrack features the most diverse set list of master tracks ever offered in a Guitar Hero game, including classic rock, alternative and pop favorites. Fans can prove their shredding skills on the most diverse set list of master tracks ever offered on a Guitar Hero game, including classic rock, pop and alternative favorites such as Nirvana, OK Go and No Doubt
Amazon.com
Handheld gamers can now unleash their inner rock star with Guitar Hero: On Tour for Nintendo DS. You can enjoy the unique Guitar Hero experience and show off your shredding skills with a diverse set of tracks that encompass classic rock, alternative and pop hits. The game comes with the revolutionary Guitar Hero Guitar Grip that fits into the DS and brings new thrills to handheld gaming.
| Key Features
- Includes Guitar Hero: On Tour, Guitar Grip controller, Guitar Grip skin sheet, Guitar Grip strap and Guitar Hero keychain
- Choose from six awesome characters and unlock five new venues
- Outfit your character in various styles and select the axe color of your choice
- Rock out to master tracks featuring songs popularized by Nirvana, OK GO and No Doubt
- Specifically designed for the unique capabilities of the Nintendo DS
Synopsis
Guitar Hero: On Tour offers gameplay that is easy to play yet difficult to master. Jam to your favorite tunes in Career mode and keep improving your skills. Join together with other players in Co-op mode using a local wireless network, or battle another player in a duel using new Battle Items ? blow into the microphone to extinguish pyrotechnics that go wrong, or use the touch screen to autograph a crazed fan's shirt.
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Unique Nintendo DS Capabilities
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Rock Out to Popular Songs!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 come on... July 4, 2008
Hello.
first off this is a good product. but it is NOT WORTH THE 50$.
The probs with this game:
cartrage hard to replace: i got this just yesterday at another game shop. i had fun with it for the first 1 min. i found it hard to replace the cartrage for the button thingy (i have a ds orig)
graphics: the graphics are not great, but its a ds, so i didn't expect much.
Strumming: i can play on expert just fine on the versions for the tv. but im stuck on hard! the strumming is way to hard to do, and you can hardly do anything fast without either losing your streak or messing up a bunch.example: i was on the first song on expert, and i couldent hit all the notes because it was to hard to strum and it was way fast. this is not a prob of difficulty level and/or my skill level.
buttons are to small: self explanitory. i would also like it if there were 5 buttons, not 4.
this game is SHORT: it took me about 3 hrs to get to the last venue on hard.
what is up with the difficulty: this game is fun and better to play on easy and med, but after that it just is not right...
i started on exp(scence u know i can play it) and the first song was waaay to fast, and i couldent hit all the notes because it was to hard to
sturm
i am taking this game back to the store as soon as i can. what a waste of money.
oh, p.s. yes this is kind of fun for ,as i said, the firsttime you play it or untill the 3 venue(about and hr and 1/2 of playing)
but its fun for a small while. not owrth it. avoid this game untill 5 years from now when it will be like 5 bucks on here or something.
save your money. i thought while i was getting more and more bored with the game "man the time i take playing this i could be learning how to AUCTALLY leard how to play guitar."
 Fantastically Fun for All Ages July 4, 2008
Guitar Hero On Tour brings the fun of Guitar Hero strumming to the Nintendo DS. I am really amazed at what they packed into this small handheld unit, even with its few quirks.
The game comes with a four-button attachment that lets you push the buttons, much as on the guitar controller for the larger consoles. The unit is made for the DS Lite, and tells you to unscrew parts if you have a regular DS. To test this, we tracked down a small screwdriver (a normal one won't fit) and unscrewed the screws. Then one of the screws wouldn't screw back in on the regular connector. After some fiddling I finally had to tape that screw down in place to get it to work. Not a great sign.
On to gameplay. It's a little awkward to hold your hand around the DS unit and get your fingers onto the buttons. One of the very first screens that appears is a warning about hand cramps - to only play for short periods of time! Hah, how many gamers do that? I see a LOT of cramped hands in the future for this game. If your hand isn't JUST the right size, it will be too long, too short, too fat, too thin for this setup. They could have included various foam inserts or something to help out.
On to gameplay. There are five venues with five songs apiece, and four difficulty levels. I whipped through easy in a few hours, no problems. I then popped into the free-play mode to test out songs on the harder levels. I only started running into any trouble once I hit expert. Now, I've been playing all the other games for quite some time, so I'm well versed with button pushing. I imagine newbies will find the easy levels challenging. Those of you who are Guitar Hero fans, though, know that you'll have to wade through a fair amount of non-challenging gameplay to get up to the more fun levels.
The songs? Here you go: Do what you want, All the small things, Spiderwebs, Are you gonna be my girl, We're not gonna take it, All star, Breed, Jesse's Girl, Hit me with your bst shot, This love, Heaven, Helicopter, China grove, Rock and roll all nite, What I want, Jet airliner, Black magic woman, Stray cat strut, La grange, Youth gone wild, I don't wanna stop, Anna molly, Knock me down, Pride and joy, I know a little.
What's funny about these games is how different people love and hate different songs. Some people might say "I really hate playing XXX and YYY!!" while someone else would say "The only reason I play is to sing along with XXX and YYY!" So they have to do their best to balance the songs out. For example, I really love La Grange, Stray Cat Strut, Pride and Joy and This Love. That's just me. I'm sure other people hate those songs :) Something for everyone!
Ironically in most guitar hero games it's the fingering I have to work on in the hard songs - but here the strumming was killing me. I never have problems strumming!! Getting the little pick to "strum" on the screen would always either miss the right screen area or hit the main screen when I was trying to tag the star power area. I didn't feel like screaming at the mic to activate the star power (which is muffled under your hand).
Also, the DS unit is moving wildly while you're strumming unless you hold it down against something - in my case I held it against my stomach. Anything solid will do.
The DS speakers are a bit tinny, but it sounds much better through headphones. Invest in a good pair to enjoy the music. Not Bose stereo quality sound, but it's still quite fun.
It's also quite intuitive. I sprang the Kiss song on my boyfriend who is a guitar player and had played the console games, but had never seen this DS version before. I didn't give him any instructions at all. He didn't blink an eye and played right through the song with almost a perfect score, figuring out immediately how to play and strum. The only thing he didn't get was activating the star power - he was shaking the DS unit :)
Highly recommended for pretty much anyone. The gameplay is easy to figure out, the songs are fun, and you can take it anywhere. Yes, the console versions are better with the full guitar, and the larger song lists, and better sound quality - but remember, this is specifically portable. For a portable version I don't know that they really could have gotten much better. Better grip options is pretty much all I can come up with as a suggestion for next time.
Nice game! July 4, 2008
I just got my guitar hero on tour. At first I wasnt very used to the small buttons and everything. after a short time practice, I picked things up. I played like 4 or 5 hours. I unlocked all the songs on easy mood. Now I'm playing medium mode and battles. It was a lot fun!I absolutely love it.
But yeah, it causes pain on the wrist if play for a long time. So take a little break once in a while.:)
A 40-something's take: Great alternative to the full-size July 2, 2008
I'm not the "Guitar Hero pro" like some of these other helpful reviewers; I'd played the 'real' Guitar Hero only once, this past New Year's Eve, when a couple's teen son brought his XBox + GHero to our home and we all played during our small party. Although I wasn't that great at it, it was a lot of fun, and I was instantly hooked, and very nearly bought GH for our PS2...until I came to my senses and realized that, since my husband didn't like it (so we'd never play it together and I'd have to be in a different room/TV during our few short evening after-work hours together), I'd probably rarely play it.
This little DS version is the perfect solution; I can pick it up & pop in the headphones, and play a little while on my own, whenever.
I received it only recently so have played it only about 8 hours but it's nearly as fun as the full-size version (at least for a novice like me).
However, unlike the full-size version, it's very hard to find a comfortable position in which to hold it. It's not a simple matter of wrist position, as the little booklet advises; instead, it's the fact that the console and its buttons are straight across, while your fingers are not. So if you have it comfortably set for your first 3 fingers, your pinkie's gonna miss those blue notes, and if you adjust for your pinkie, you'll soon find your hand or wrist cramping while your other fingers struggle to feel natural. And if you try to re-adjust mid-game, you risk dislodging the game from the DS slot (thereby stopping the game), because it's not a tight "snap" fit in the GBA slot.
Still, it's fun and for a novice like me will be challenging for some time to come. (The playlist has lots of songs that I like, such as Spiderwebs by No Doubt, This Love by Maroon 5, All Star by Smashmouth, etc....although in the first run-through of the first 3 levels, I actually did better on songs with which I was totally unfamiliar -- if you read music you'll probably experience the same thing.) Like the 'real' game, you can go back and Quickplay or Practice any song you've unlocked.
This is an ingenious little take on GH; I just hope the designers can go back to the drawing board and refine the GH device so that it fits the hand more naturally (and can be flipped for 'lefties'). If they can do that, it would eliminate the problem of the device slipping from the gameslot.
The Pessimists Optimist! June 29, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
C'mon folks, it's not perfect, but given what we have to work with, this game is awesome! I'm a big guy with big hands and fingers and I have no problems hitting the notes up to the medium level. It gets a little more interesting after that, but I have the same issues with the regular sized GH game. So it's more my skill level than a flaw in the design of the game.
Stop complaining and have fun with it, after all isn't that why we use the DS in the first place?
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