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Guitar Hero rocks onto the Nintendo DS E-mail
by Mike Bantick   
Friday, 21 March 2008
Guitar Hero: On Tour brings a portable Guitar Hero experience to the Nintendo DS.

Activision have announced that this [southern] winter, Guitar Heroes can make the jump from consoles and PC to the portable fun of the Nintendo DS.

Guitar Hero: On Tour features a new peripheral for the hand-held device.  The Guitar Grip fits over the top of the DS to provide the coloured ‘fret’ buttons, whilst players strum using a pick shaped stylus.

“We are continuing to introduce new and exciting ways to bring music to audiences with Guitar Hero,” said Dusty Welch, head of publishing for Activision/RedOctane.  “The Guitar Hero Guitar Grip redefines how games can be played on handheld systems and the integration of the microphone and touch screen gameplay on the DS, further illustrates Guitar Hero’s leadership in delivering the most unique and creative quality hardware and software on the market.” 

“We’re designing Guitar Hero: On Tour from the ground up to take full advantage of the DS platform by integrating signature gameplay with fresh new content and DS specific features,” said Karthik Bala, CEO of Vicarious Visions.  “We’ve taken all of our learnings on the DS platform to date and pushed it to the limits to create a truly innovative Guitar Hero experience.”

Fans can also join together to play co-op mode using a local wireless network, or battle each other in a Guitar Duel using new Battle Items unique to the DS platform.  For example, players must blow into the microphone to extinguish a pyrotechnics effects gone wrong, or use the touch screen to autograph a crazed fan’s shirt in the middle of their set.


 
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