Guitar Hero: On Tour with Grips (NDS) (Nintendo DS)

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The Nintendo DS Headset is the official headset for the Nintendo DS. It plugs into the headset port (which is a combination of a standard 3.5mm (1/8 in) headphone connector and a proprietary microphone connector) on the bottom of the system. It features one earphone and a microphone, and is compatible with all games that use the internal microphone. It was released alongside Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in Japan, North America, and Australia. Guitar Hero' To Return This Fall With 'Guitar Hero Live' ". April 14, 2015 . Retrieved April 15, 2015. Ahead of Activision's 2010 fourth quarter financial report in February 2011, Activision disbanded its Guitar Hero business unit and announced that it would cease development of the planned 2011 Guitar Hero game. [16] [17] Activision cited "continued declines in the music genre" to explain its decision. [18] The closure also affected the DJ Hero series, as Activision stated that there were no plans to publish a music game during 2011. [19] Activision's vice president Dan Winters later clarified that the company was "just putting Guitar Hero on hiatus" and that they were "just not making a new game for next year, that's all". [20] [21]

Guitar Hero was created from a partnership between RedOctane, then their own company that produced specialized video game controllers, and Harmonix, a music video game development company who had previously produced Frequency, Amplitude, and Karaoke Revolution. RedOctane was seeking to bring in a Guitar Freaks-like game, highly popular in Japan at the time, into Western markets, and approached Harmonix about helping them to develop a music game involving a guitar controller. Both companies agreed to it, and went on to produce Guitar Hero in 2005. [1] The title was highly successful, leading to the development of its successful sequel, Guitar Hero II, in 2006. While the original controllers for the first Guitar Hero game were designed by Ryan Lesser, Rob Kay, Greg LoPiccolo, and Alex Rigopulous of Harmonix and built by the Honeybee Corporation of China, subsequent iterations and future controllers were developed inhouse at RedOctane. [2] Sale to Activision and development by Neversoft (2006–2009) [ edit ] Saltzman, Marc (2009-01-17). "Guitar Hero investment pays off". Toronto Star . Retrieved 2009-01-17.The Nintendo DS, or simply DS, is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and released by Nintendo. The device went on sale in North America on November 21, 2004. The DS, short for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld gaming: two LCD screens working in tandem (the bottom one featuring a touchscreen), a built-in microphone, and support for wireless connectivity. Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP. The Nintendo DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other over Wi-Fi within a short range without the need to connect to an existing wireless network. Alternatively, they could interact online using the now-defunct Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Its main competitor was Sony's PlayStation Portable as part of the seventh generation era. It was likened to the Nintendo 64 from the 1990s, which led to several N64 ports such as Super Mario 64 DS and Diddy Kong Racing DS, among others. Hillis, Scott; Gina Keating (2008-03-12). "Activision's Guitar Hero violates patent: Gibson". Reuters News . Retrieved 2008-03-12. Vicarious Visions defied the doubters and proved the haters completely wrong. You CAN bring Guitar Hero to the DS, and you can make it FUN in the process. United States Patent: 6018121 – Method and apparatus for simulating a jam session and instructing a user in how to play the drums" . Retrieved 1 January 2017.

While holding a long note, the player can also use the touch screen to apply a whammy effect by moving the stylus across the on-screen whammy bar or anywhere on the screen. [1] After the player has successfully hit a selected series of notes, he or she will gain "Star Power" which doubles the player's score until the meter has run out. This is activated by yelling or blowing into the Nintendo DS's microphone, by pressing any of the face buttons on the Nintendo DS, or by tapping the Star Power meter on the touchscreen. [1] Compatibility [ ]Parish, Jeremy (2010-02-26). "The Decade That Was: Essential Newcomers". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29 . Retrieved 2010-02-26. a b c d e Shau, Austin (2008-11-25). "Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades". GameSpot . Retrieved 2008-12-07.