Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits (DS)
© 2009 RedOctane/Activision
This third Guitar Hero title for the Nintendo DS has no surprises. You start by inserting the included Guitar Hero Guitar Grip into your Nintendo DS game port (the large one, for Game Boy Advance cartridges). Keep in mind that this game is not compatible with the DSi, which has no Gameboy Advance game slot. Like the Guitar Hero guitar peripherals, the grip has four color-coded buttons. Once the game is started, you turn the DS long-wise and strum on the touch screen using either the stylus or an included pick. Content includes 28 songs from Coldplay, Fall Out Boy, Tenacious D, The Strokes, Weezer and others. New to this version is the ability to build up your fan base song-by-song through "Fan Requests", such as jamming to an entire song in Hyperspeed or battling it out in a Guitar Duel with active Bomb Notes. The game also features five new venues, and for the first time, you can choose how to take your band from the underground music scene to worldwide rock stardom with the non-linear gameplay progression. The portability of the game is nice; even the graphics live up to the hype of console Guitar Hero games. Our testers found that their hands would cramp after more than 15 minutes of game play. When on harder game play modes, you need to keep the DS still in order to avoid mistakes.
Nintendo DS
Teaches: fine motor coordination, rock music
CTR Rating: 86%