Guitar Hero on tour for Nintendo DS Lite A
Product Features
The Guitar
Grip will plug into the Game Boy Advance slot at the bottom of the
Nintendo DS system. Players put their hand through the strap of the
Guitar Grip for a firm hold on the system, and then position the system
in its vertical book form. The peripheral has a storage area for a
specially designed stlyus pick, which is used to strum the guitar
strings on the touch-screen. As the notes slide down the screen,
players strum the strings while pressing the corresponding fret
buttons, all to the rhythm of the song that's being played. According
to the video released by Activision, the microphone comes into play
during songs -- we're guessing it'll be used as control to activate
Guitar Hero's "Star Power" mode to increase the points multiplier.
The idea for the
peripheral came during the prototyping phase of getting Guitar Hero
working on the Nintendo DS. "We began prototyping ideas for Guitar Hero
on DS in early 2007," said Karthik Bala, CEO of Vicarious Visions. "We
quite frankly didn't know whether it would be possible to bring the
core essence of the franchise to handheld and have it actually work. It
was 20-something gameplay prototypes that were built, all trying
different mechanics and uses of the hardware. Some were pretty cool,
others were total disasters.
