Greetings,

I know I said my first meaty post would be about the smash-bros-like trophies in Second Life created by a group a McMaster University, but I also tried to stress that I would be writing impulsively. So when I saw the picture of Guitar Hero: On Tour (Kudos for not using a DS pun like most other games), I couldn't help but think...





Will the DS version of Guitar Hero be a relative breeze for veteran players? Will the game only be as hard as the "medium" difficulty found in all previous games?




Dissecting the video doesn't give us much information. From what we can see, you stroke your stylus across the strings of the guitar, but does it matter which strings you touch? Some parts of the video give that impression but until we get our hands-on it's hard to tell by such small visuals.

One gameplay element that the video displays pretty clearly is what I can only assume is a battle-mode. The guy's guitar bursts into flames, and as he blows into the microphone (presumably to put them out, and not just because he likes looking like a wanker) he looks at her with a "you're going to get it when we get home woman" look in his eye. Frankly I totally disliked the battle mode in Guitar Hero 3 and seeing this makes me weep.

I'm going to wait for them to announce a price before I let my panties twist. I loved Guitar Hero 1 and 2, liked guitar hero 3, but I've moved on to Rock Band; my devotion to GH isn't strong enough to drop more than 50 bucks for a DS version.

PS, 1000 shout outs to power-glove for pointing out the easily visible buttons that I blindly could not find. Thanks!