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Guitar Hero: On Tour

Guitar Hero: On Tour is a series of music video games based on the Guitar Hero series for the Nintendo DS handheld game system. The series is developed by Vicarious Visions and distributed by RedOctane and…

65 22 June 2008 ESRB E10+

Guitar Hero: On Tour is a music developed by Vicarious Visions, released 22 June 2008 on Nintendo DS.

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What Guitar Hero: On Tour is

Guitar Hero: On Tour is a music game developed by Vicarious Visions and released in 2008. It was published by Activision Publishing Minneapolis Inc.. It is available on Nintendo DS only. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Guitar Hero: On Tour is a series of music video games based on the Guitar Hero series for the Nintendo DS handheld game system. The series is developed by Vicarious Visions and distributed by RedOctane and Activision. Three games in the series have been released since June 2008: Guitar Hero: On Tour, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades and Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits. As with other games in the Guitar Hero series, the player is challenged to play through the lead or bass guitar portions of rock songs by matching colored notes that scroll on screen towards the player in time with physical actions to score points and keep the virtual crowd pleased. While the console versions of Guitar Hero use…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Guitar Hero: On Tour holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 484 rated music games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Guitar Hero: On Tour launched on 22 June 2008, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, GRID (2008) and Battlefield: Bad Company. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Persona 4, GRID (2008), Battlefield: Bad Company.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Guitar Hero: On Tour come out?
Guitar Hero: On Tour was released on 22 June 2008 for Nintendo DS.

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