Guitar Hero: On Tour

video game series

Guitar Hero: On Tour is a music video game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by RedOctane and Activision. It's the first Guitar Hero game made for a handheld game system. To play, players use Slot 2 (the bottom loading slot of the DS) to attach a device with red, green, blue, and yellow buttons on it. The player uses those four keys to play the game.

Guitar Hero: On Tour
Guitar Hero: On Tour's accessory plugged into the Nintendo DS' second slot.
Developer(s)Vicarious Visions
Publisher(s)RedOctane, Activision
SeriesGuitar Hero
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release

Genre(s)Music
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay change

The gameplay of Guitar Hero: On Tour is like the other Guitar Hero games where the player strums and hits the fret buttons when the notes appear on the screen.

Soundtrack change

Guitar Hero: On Tour has two track lists. One's for North America, the UK, and Australia, and the other's for non-English speaking countries in Europe. Both have five songs that the other does not have.[2] They both have 26 songs including one bonus track.

Year Song title Artist Master recording? NA/UK/AUS Tier European Tier
1999 "All Star" Smash Mouth Yes 2. Rooftop 2. Rooftop
1999 "All the Small Things" Blink-182 Yes 1. Subway 1. Subway
2006 "Anna Molly" Incubus Yes 5. Battleship 5. Battleship
2003 "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" Jet Yes 1. Subway 1. Subway
1995 "Avalancha" Heroes del Silencio Yes N/A 4. Greek Arena
1970 "Black Magic Woman" Santana No 4. Greek Arena 3. Parade (encore)
1991 "Breed" Nirvana Yes 2. Rooftop 2. Rooftop
2006 "Ça Me Vexe" Mademoiselle K Yes N/A 3. Parade
1973 "China Grove" Doobie BrothersThe Doobie Brothers Yes 3. Parade N/A
2006 "Do What You Want" OK Go Yes 1. Subway 1. Subway
2004 "Heaven" Los Lonely Boys Yes 3. Parade N/A
2004 "Helicopter" Bloc Party Yes 3. Parade 3. Parade
1979 "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Pat Benatar Yes 2. Rooftop 2. Rooftop
2007 "I Don't Wanna Stop" Ozzy Osbourne Yes 5. Battleship 5. Battleship
2004 "I Am Not Your Gameboy" Freezepop Yes Bonus song Bonus song
1977 "I Know a Little" Lynyrd Skynyrd No 5. Battleship (encore) 5. Battleship (encore)
1981 "Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield Yes 2. Rooftop N/A
1977 "Jet Airliner" Steve Miller Band No 4. Greek Arena N/A
1989 "Knock Me Down" Red Hot Chili Peppers Yes 5. Battleship 5. Battleship
1973 "La Grange" ZZ Top No 4. Greek Arena 4. Greek Arena
2004 "Monster" Beatsteaks Yes N/A 2. Rooftop
2007 "Monsoon" Tokio Hotel Yes N/A 3. Parade
1983 "Pride and Joy" Stevie Ray Vaughan Yes 5. Battleship 5. Battleship
1975 "Rock and Roll All Nite" Kiss No 3. Parade 3. Parade
1985 "Rock the Night" Europe Yes N/A 4. Greek Arena
1995 "Spiderwebs" No Doubt Yes 1. Subway 1. Subway
1981 "Stray Cat Strut" Stray Cats Yes 4. Greek Arena 4. Greek Arena
2004 "This Love" Maroon 5 Yes 2. Rooftop (encore) 2. Rooftop (encore)
1984 "We're Not Gonna Take It" Twisted Sister Yes 1. Subway (encore) 1. Subway (encore)
2007 "What I Want" Daughtry featuring Slash Yes 3. Parade (encore) N/A
1989 "Youth Gone Wild" Skid Row No 4. Greek Arena (encore) 4. Greek Arena (encore)

Reception change

Guitar Hero: On Tour got mostly good reviews with 81% at Game Rankings[3] and 76/100 at Meta Critic.[4] It was praised for being a challenging and fun game.[5] Some reviewers complained about hand cramps from playing.[6]

On Tour was the second best-selling games of June 2008, having sold 422,000 copies.[7] It's Activision's fastest-selling DS game.[8]

References change

  1. Guitar Hero: On Tour page on the official Nintendo website
  2. Bramwell, Tom (2008-06-26). "Guitar Hero: On Tour European track list". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  3. "Guitar Hero: On Tour Reviews". Game Rankings. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  4. "Guitar Hero: On Tour (ds: 2008)". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  5. Harris, Craig (2008-06-22). "Guitar Hero: On Tour Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  6. Thomas, Aaron (2008-06-23). "Guitar Hero: On Tour Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  7. Plunkett, Luke (2008-07-17). "Metal Gear Solid 4 Tops Software Sales For June". Kotaku. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  8. Faylor, Chris (2008-07-03). "Guitar Hero DS Sets New Sales Records". Shacknews. Retrieved 2008-07-03.

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