Portable Guitar Fun (Guitar Hero On Tour (DS))

Member Name: robertjb

Product:	Guitar Hero On Tour (DS)
Date:	25/08/09 (17 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Portable, tracklist is fun, easy to play, good multi-player

Disadvantages: accessory can slip out, not enough songs

If you have ever wondered how Activision could squeeze any more money out of the Guitar Hero franchise, it would always have been through the Nintendo DS. Millions of people own the DS but how does the gameplay transfer to the hand-held?

Instead of being able to hold a guitar the DS version comes with an accessory which plugs into your gameboy advance slot. You then hold the DS by the strap attached to the accessory and hey presto. To play any notes in the game you have to hold down the correct coloured button, then use the included guitar plectrum to touch the bottom screen of your DS.

The tracklist on the game is quite good:

Blink-182 - "All The Small Things"
Bloc Party - "Helicopter"
Daughtry - "What I Want"
Freezepop - "I Am Not Your Gameboy"
Incubus - "Anna Molly"
Jet - "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
Kiss - "Rock And Roll All Nite"
Los Lonely Boys - "Heaven"
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "I Know A Little"
Maroon 5 - "This Love"
Nirvana - "Breed"
No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
OK Go - "Do What You Want"
Ozzy Osbourne - "I Don't Wanna Stop"
Pat Benatar - "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Knock Me Down"
Rick Springfield - "Jesse's Girl"
Santana - "Black Magic Woman"
Skid Row - "Youth Gone Wild"
Smash Mouth - "All Star"
Steve Miller Band - "Jet Airliner"
Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Pride And Joy"
Stray Cats - "Stray Cat Strut"
The Doobie Brothers - "China Grove"
Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"
ZZ Top - "La Grange"

There is also a decent multi-player mode in the game which is good fun and adds to the replay value.

My only real dislike of the game was that the accessory sometimes became loose and caused the game to crash but it's a rare occurrence. Overall the game is a whole lot of fun and is a bargain at £9.99, though remember don't buy this game if you own a DSi as it will not work!

Summary: Great addition to the Guitar Hero family