Guitar Hero: On Tour

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Guitar Hero: On Tour
Tweet Topic Started: Apr 27 2008, 07:59 PM (735 Views)
David140	Apr 27 2008, 07:59 PM Post #1
Relax your gluteus max Posts: 901 Group: Slippy Member #6,589 Joined: December 25, 2007	Developer: Vicarious Visions Publishers: RedOctane, Activision Platform: Nintendo DS Genre: Music Rating: E10+ Release Dates: NA: June 22, 2008 EU: July 17, 2008 AUS: June 26, 2008 This has got to be good... Guitar Hero for the DS. Who knew the day would come?! I read an issue of Nintendo Power a few days ago at the library and I was very, very surprised, yet eager! So I decided to do some research on this game. I would have never expected to see a Guitar Hero for DS... at least, not this early... This game might turn out to be a complete disaster, or possibly just might be one of the greatest DS games released in a long time. Unfortunately, I think this game will have a bit of a problem at first... One being size. Isn't Guitar Hero meant to be played on a Guitar...? But that's not my point. It might feel awkward holding it at first, but I am sure people will get used to the grip. I sure hope the game will be what they want it to be...! The controls might sound simple, but I'm sure we will have to play quite some time before we get completely used to them. Another thing, you must be wondering "how will we be hitting the notes?" or "What is the grip you are talking about?" Well, maybe this will help... A "Guitar Grip" will be provided. It is a four-fret adapter that will be used as an attachment into the GBA slot. There will be a wrist strap provided along with the adapter. The graphics... From what I've seen, they look great on the DS. I don't think graphics were a big focus in the making. I believe most people look at the notes when they are playing, not your character rocking out in the background. As for the amount of songs... not too many, but enough. As long as it keeps the players occupied, it's fine. Over 20 licensed songs and over 25 licensed soundtracks are provided. Some tracks such as... Spiderwebs - No Doubt All the Small Things - Blink-182 Do What You Want - OK Go Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister I believe one Nirvana song will be playable. Not sure which one, though. From what I've read and heard, the touch screen will be used to strum. When you come across a long note, you can use the touch screen for using the whammy effect. The way this works is by moving your stylus or thumb across the touch screen. Here's what I found interesting though... Star Power. We all know what Star Power is and how it works, right? On the DS, it's a bit unique. Once you have Star Power ready to go, yell "Rock Out" into the DS microphone. Haha, yes I know it's a bit corny. Deal with it. The game comes with its own guitar pick-shaped stylus, used for strumming with your free hand. Of course there will be a Career Mode. The game will allow you to choose from six different characters. Who knows, maybe some characters will be returning from previous games... Anyway, the further you get into career mode, you will unlock more options for your characters appearence. You can play the game through wireless for two player co-op mode and competitive play. Competitive play is similar to Guitar Hero III's Battle Mode. Too bad there is no wi-fi, at least, not that I know of... Competitive Play is basically a game mode in which one player can create a distraction for a short period of time for the other player by successfully hitting certain notes of the song. The distractions in this game can be removed with unique ways, one of them being having to blow in your DS mic to put out virtual flames on their guitar. Guitar Hero: On Tour is compatible with the DS Lite and the original DS. Try not to break your DS if you get frustrated, it's not a guitar.
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LK	Apr 27 2008, 08:26 PM Post #2
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David140	Apr 27 2008, 08:33 PM Post #3
Relax your gluteus max Posts: 901 Group: Slippy Member #6,589 Joined: December 25, 2007	Yeah, from what I know about it. Sorry, is that a problem? I'll remove my rating if it makes you happier.
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popcikle	Apr 27 2008, 09:24 PM Post #4
Wii want Pikmin 3! Posts: 2,501 Group: Pikachu Member #9,428 Joined: April 4, 2008	that looks kinda fun.
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Delirium	Apr 28 2008, 07:03 AM Post #5
Posts: 10,085 Group: Active Ancients Member #680 Joined: June 24, 2005 Coins 10	Four frets = suckage.



SyluxJr	Apr 28 2008, 10:19 AM Post #6
Bongo Bongo Posts: 7,418 Group: Mewtwo Member #8,116 Joined: February 19, 2008	That was an alright review. :thumbsup: Dang, if Mariofreak's my story writing rival, does this mean your my review rival?



David140	Apr 28 2008, 11:36 AM Post #7
Relax your gluteus max Posts: 901 Group: Slippy Member #6,589 Joined: December 25, 2007	SyluxJr Apr 28 2008, 07:19 AM That was an alright review. :thumbsup: Dang, if Mariofreak's my story writing rival, does this mean your my review rival? Haha, nah. This is probably my first and last review. Maybe...
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WillQ	Apr 28 2008, 12:34 PM Post #8
Hello little fella! Posts: 2,147 Group: Peach Member #6,793 Joined: January 1, 2008	Delirium Apr 28 2008, 07:03 AM Four frets = suckage. Well it will mainly be aimed at kids so it needs to be a bit more simple



Delirium	Apr 28 2008, 03:14 PM Post #9
Posts: 10,085 Group: Active Ancients Member #680 Joined: June 24, 2005 Coins 10	NintendoWarrior Apr 28 2008, 12:34 PM Delirium Apr 28 2008, 07:03 AM Four frets = suckage. Well it will mainly be aimed at kids so it needs to be a bit more simple Are you just guessing that or is that the goal of this product? The other Guitar Hero's definitely weren't suitable for kids only because of the major...hitting of notes and shit. If this is anything like the cell phone game of Guitar Hero, it most likely will be for kids.



Shieldbou	Apr 28 2008, 04:22 PM Post #10
/ Posts: 5,120 Group: Former Staff Member #1,634 Joined: April 22, 2006	Part of the fun was holding a plastic guitar. The add-on sort of defeats the point if you get me.



sniping_dreamer	Apr 28 2008, 08:40 PM Post #11
NOT BACK Posts: 3,191 Group: Ganondorf Member #8,343 Joined: February 26, 2008	I fear that left-handed people may have problems playing this. Also, 4 frets is the lose. I understand it's for the size of the thing overall, but the difficulty level looks like it's gonna be a bit easy. The soundtrack is pretty large IMO, if you mean there's 45 songs in the game. Games like Osu!/EBA contains only about 15-20 songs. Then again, they have the storyboards...but still.
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David140	Apr 28 2008, 09:20 PM Post #12
Relax your gluteus max Posts: 901 Group: Slippy Member #6,589 Joined: December 25, 2007	I also feel that left-handed players will have trouble...
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WillQ	Apr 29 2008, 01:24 AM Post #13
Hello little fella! Posts: 2,147 Group: Peach Member #6,793 Joined: January 1, 2008	Delirium Apr 28 2008, 03:14 PM NintendoWarrior Apr 28 2008, 12:34 PM Delirium Apr 28 2008, 07:03 AM Four frets = suckage. Well it will mainly be aimed at kids so it needs to be a bit more simple Are you just guessing that or is that the goal of this product? The other Guitar Hero's definitely weren't suitable for kids only because of the major...hitting of notes and shit. If this is anything like the cell phone game of Guitar Hero, it most likely will be for kids. Well i meant most people who have a ds in england are kids that i know of.



Shieldbou	Apr 29 2008, 09:00 AM Post #14
/ Posts: 5,120 Group: Former Staff Member #1,634 Joined: April 22, 2006	I'm left handed- there could easily be something done to make it more lefty-friendly, simply turn the DS over and the colors displayed the right way. So it appears on the screen upside-down. You get me?



Truncator	Apr 29 2008, 05:37 PM Post #15
Yoshi Posts: 1,424 Group: Yoshi Member #6,015 Joined: November 30, 2007	Shieldbou Apr 29 2008, 09:00 AM I'm left handed- there could easily be something done to make it more lefty-friendly, simply turn the DS over and the colors displayed the right way. So it appears on the screen upside-down. You get me? This has been implemented on at least the past two Guitar Hero games, so I don't see why this one wouldn't be the same.



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