After the player has successfully hit a selected series of notes, he or she will gain "Star Power" which doubles their score until the meter has run out. While holding a long note, the player can also use the touch screen to apply a whammy effect by moving the stylus across the on-screen whammy bar or anywhere on the screen. As notes scroll down on the note highway, the player must press the correct fret button and strum the touchscreen at the same time to successfully score points. The "note highway" and the performance of the chosen character in the band are shown on the opposite screen.
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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. A wriststrap is attached to the underside to provide support while playing. This is one less than the normal five frets, included an orange-colored one, managed by other Guitar Hero controllers. Four fret buttons are located on the side of the unit near the cartridge slot. The Grip is designed for the DS Lite, but features a small adapter that can be removed for use in the first, original Nintendo DS model. The Guitar Grip is required to play the game and comes as part of a bundle that can be purchased for each installment. The core gameplay remains unchanged from the other games in the series. See also: Gameplay in the Guitar Hero series The local wi-fi capabilities of the DS are used for multiplayer mode, and allow a player to use songs from one installment of the series in competitive modes with a player with a different installment. Each game features more than 25 songs, with some variation in track lists depending on the region of release, and multiple single-player modes. The Guitar Grip provides a strap to hold the game unit while providing the player with four fret buttons the player uses the fret buttons in combination with using the stylus to simulate strumming on the touch-sensitive screen of the DS. While the console versions of Guitar Hero use a separate guitar-shaped peripheral, Vicarious Visions developed a "Guitar Grip" unit that slips into the Game Boy Advance port on the DS or the DS Lite to be used with the games the Grip is incompatible with the Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DSi XL, and any Nintendo 3DS. Three games in the series have been released since June 2008: Guitar Hero: On Tour, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades, and Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits.Īs with other games in the Guitar Hero series, the player is challenged to play through the lead or bass guitar portions of rock songs by matching colored notes that scroll on screen towards the player in time with physical actions to score points and keep the virtual crowd pleased. The series is developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision. Guitar Hero: On Tour is a series of music video games based on the Guitar Hero series for the Nintendo DS handheld game system. The cover of the first game, Guitar Hero: On Tour