Feb 09 2009
Guitar Hero On Tour for Nintendo DS Review
A few weeks ago I tried Guitar Rock Tour for the Nintendo DS. It was not horrible, but it really got me wanting to try a real guitar peripheral game for the DS. The peripheral games cannot be rented through Gamefly (or if they can they do not come with the peripheral), so I had to buy it to try it. I had a gift card for Toys R Us and even though it was only enough for half the price of the game I decided to get it there since at least that way it was new and out of pocket it would not have been much cheaper or about the same if I bought it used.
I have only had it for a few days now, but I have played enough to be glad that I did buy the game. I really do not own many DS games and none are ones that I really like. Now I have at least one good game for road trips and such. I still find the controls a little uncomfortable and I think that is because I have small hands, but it is still tolerable and a much funner experience than the game without the peripheral.
The best thing about this game is that I actually know some of the songs and like them. Most music games I dislike the songs (such as all DDR games I have played) or they are only okay (such as the Rock Band ones that come with it). This one, though, I actually like a good portion of the songs and play with the sound on, which is extremely rare for me to do with a portable game.
Overall this is a really fun game, although I do not recommend it for kids because I think they may have even more trouble than I do with the controls due to small hands. Those older than 12 or 13 should not have much trouble, though. Also, the songs seem to be good clean ones as far as I can tell, so it is pretty kid friendly in this way. The graphics are not anything special, but then again with this type of game you really are too busy pushing buttons and strumming to notice anyways. I do really like that it comes with a little pick shaped stylus for strumming and it fits in a slot in the peripheral buttom thing. Now if only that also had a slot for the game cartridge, as that would be totally awesome.
