Play Guitar Hero – On Tour – Decades Online

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades is a 2008 rhythm game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision. It uses the Guitar Grip fret peripheral and stylus strumming of the first On Tour game, with 28 master-recording songs grouped by decade. Wireless play lets owners of either On Tour game share songs and compete.

How To Play Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades

Control Action
Guitar Grip fret buttons (green, red, yellow, blue) Hold the fret matching the note colour
Stylus: strum across the touch screen Play the held note as it reaches the line
Stylus: hold on screen Sustain a long note
Stylus: move across the screen during a sustain Whammy effect
Fret button alone on a white-outlined note Hammer-on / pull-off without strumming
Shout or blow into the microphone Activate Star Power
Any face button, or tap the Star Power meter Activate Star Power (alternative)
Stylus / microphone / blow (Guitar Duel) Clear an opponent’s distraction attack
START Pause

About Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades

Release date NA: November 16, 2008
EU: November 2008
Developer Vicarious Visions
Publisher Activision (RedOctane)
Platform Nintendo DS / DS Lite (requires Guitar Grip; not DSi-compatible)
Genre Music / rhythm
Series Guitar Hero (On Tour sub-series)
Modes Single-player (Career, Quick Play); two-player local wireless co-op and Guitar Duel, including cross-play and song sharing with Guitar Hero: On Tour

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“` Sources: – [Rec0deD:88 Nintendo DS games list](https://rec0ded88.com/play-nintendo-ds-games/) – [Rec0deD:88 Game Boy Advance games list](https://rec0ded88.com/play-nintendo-game-boy-advance-games/) – [Wikipedia: Guitar Hero: On Tour (series, including Decades)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero:_On_Tour)This is the sequel to the game researched in the previous turn; the Wikipedia series page covered Decades, so the controls and site-verified links carry over with the entry-specific details swapped. “`html

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades is a 2008 rhythm game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision. It uses the Guitar Grip fret peripheral and stylus strumming of the first On Tour game, with 28 master-recording songs grouped by decade. Wireless play lets owners of either On Tour game share songs and compete.

How To Play Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades

Control Action
Guitar Grip fret buttons (green, red, yellow, blue) Hold the fret matching the note colour
Stylus: strum across the touch screen Play the held note as it reaches the line
Stylus: hold on screen Sustain a long note
Stylus: move across the screen during a sustain Whammy effect
Fret button alone on a white-outlined note Hammer-on / pull-off without strumming
Shout or blow into the microphone Activate Star Power
Any face button, or tap the Star Power meter Activate Star Power (alternative)
Stylus / microphone / blow (Guitar Duel) Clear an opponent’s distraction attack
START Pause

About Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades

Release date NA: November 16, 2008
EU: November 2008
Developer Vicarious Visions
Publisher Activision (RedOctane)
Platform Nintendo DS / DS Lite (requires Guitar Grip; not DSi-compatible)
Genre Music / rhythm
Series Guitar Hero (On Tour sub-series)
Modes Single-player (Career, Quick Play); two-player local wireless co-op and Guitar Duel, including cross-play and song sharing with Guitar Hero: On Tour

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