Guitar Hero: On Tour

[[Image:GuitarHeroOnTour.jpg|thumb|250px|The Guitar Hero: On Tour's bundle cover art.

Developer: Vicarious Visions

Publishers: RedOctane, Activision

Platform: Nintendo DS

Release Date: NA June 22, 2008-- AUS June 25, 2008-- EU July 18, 2008

Age Rating: 10+ Because of Song Lyrics]]

Description
Guitar Hero: On Tour is a music video game for the Nintendo DS system, based on the Guitar Hero series of video games. The game is developed by Vicarious Visions and published by RedOctane and Activision, and was released in North America and Australia in June 2008, and in Europe in July 2008. Two versions were released in Europe, one for primarily English-speaking countries, and one for the rest of Europe, with some changes in the song list.

As with other Guitar Hero games, the player attempts to follow the lead guitar portion of a rock song as note patterns scroll by on the game's screens. The player strums each note by dragging the stylus across the touchscreen while holding down the fret buttons. A special Guitar Duel mode against the computer or human opponent over local wifi incorporates other features of the Nintendo DS in order to remove distractions created by the opponent in order to keep playing the song.

Difficultys/Levels
There are four different difficultys on Guitar Hero: On Tour.

Easy: Very slow and only uses 3 of the four buttons, Green, Red and yellow.

Medium: Quite slow and introduces the blue button and is generally harder than easy but not as hard as hard.

Hard: Fast and use all the buttons and alot harder than medium.

Expert: Extemely fast, use all four buttons and very hard to master.

Periphal
To adapt the gameplay to the Nintendo DS, the game comes with a special peripheral, the "Guitar Grip", that is slightly smaller than the Nintendo DS Lite and fits into the Game Boy Advance cartridge slot on the unit. The unit is designed for the DS Lite, but features a small adapter that can be removed for use in the older Nintendo DS models. Four fret buttons are located on the side of the unit near the cartridge slot. A wriststrap is attached to the underside to provide support while playing. The player holds the unit in a vertical book orientation (similar to Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword or Hotel Dusk: Room 215), and uses a special guitar pick-shaped stylus to strum on the touchscreen of the DS with their free hand. The design of the Guitar Grip and other gameplay mechanics went through many iterations by Vicarious Visions before the final design was reached.