Pete_LeGrant June 23, 2008 DS 0 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

Guitar Hero: On Tour is now available! Activision’s press release says:

> SANTA MONICA, CA – June 23, 2008 – After playing to sold-out crowds

> in living rooms around the world, the blockbuster video game Guitar

> Hero is hitting the road with Guitar Hero: On Tour for Nintendo
> DS ,Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced. Available now
> at retail outlets nationwide, Guitar Hero: On Tour brings a new
> dimension to handheld gaming and gives fans the ability to shred
> along to their favorite tunes with complete portability.
>
> Packaged with the revolutionary Guitar Hero Guitar Grip
> peripheral that fits snugly into Nintendo DS, and a unique Guitar
> Hero pick-stylus, Guitar Hero: On Tour delivers a unique experience
> by challenging handheld gamers to rock out and prove their
> shredding skills on one of the most diverse set lists ever offered
> in a Guitar Hero game, including master track hits from Nirvana, OK
> Go, No Doubt, blink-182 and Bloc Party.

Now you can work on your chops on the road! Awesome. Man, back in my day, the only thing on which I could practice was my desk in high school–which earned me a few detentions for the crime of class disruption . (Dad wouldn’t let me have a drumset back then–but he did always buy my soccer gear.)

Will there be a Rock Band edition for DS? That would be nuts. Your band could challenge other bands on the school bus.

I love the concept of musical video games. I bet it has inspired many kids to become real musicians, and that’s a good thing.

-Pete LeGrant