Play Guitar Hero – On Tour Online

Guitar Hero: On Tour is a 2008 rhythm game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Activision. Players hold the DS sideways with the Guitar Grip, a four-button fret peripheral in the GBA slot, and strum the touch screen with a pick stylus. It has over 25 songs, a career mode, and wireless co-op and Guitar Duel multiplayer.

How To Play Guitar Hero: On Tour

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

Release date NA: June 22, 2008
EU: June 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

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