It always touches a warm spot in my heart when developers provide us with new and exciting ways to use products that we already own. Such is the case with Activisions upcoming iteration of Guitar Hero for the Nintendo DS. The game will be entitled 'Guitar Hero: On Tour', and will ship with a pretty impressive peripheral.
Activision stirred up quite a bit of rumors and anticipation over a year ago, when they revealed that they were interested in branching the Guitar Hero franchise onto the Nintendo Wii. How could a game that requires a guitar to be played on the home consoles, be translated to a hand held gaming system? I think it's fairly safe to say that usage of the touchscreen alone would not prove adequate enough for such a game. Leave it to the internet community to come up with some zany conceptions. Click the pictures for a larger view.
Surprisingly, the actual peripheral is rather creative and functional. The Guitar Grip will plug into the Game Boy Advance slot, and allow players to slip their hand through a strap and finger away at the chords. The game will play in the vertical book position, and will include a guitar-pick shaped stylus for strumming on the touch screen.
What will be interesting to me, is how the music will sound. So far, more than 20 licensed songs have been confirmed. However, it should be noted that the game is obviously on a cartridge, so don't expect CD quality tunes. Also, single player and local multiplayer modes have been confirmed, but no word yet on online play. I know I will be keeping a watchful eye for this awesome looking game.
