Nintendo DS News

New Guitar Hero branded Nintendo DS bundle announced

By Hector Cortez Jun 12, 2008, 20:23 GMT

Nintendo today revealed the new Silver/Black Guitar Hero branded Nintendo DS, available exclusively as part of a limited-time bundle with Guitar Hero: On Tour.

Nintendo today revealed the new Silver/Black Guitar Hero branded Nintendo DS, available on June 22, 2008 in North America as part of a limited-time bundle with Guitar Hero: On Tour.

Using the Guitar Hero Guitar Grip peripheral and a custom-designed Guitar Hero pick-stylus, Guitar Hero: On Tour brings the franchise to the portable masses. Featuring a wide variety of music, including tracks from blink-182, No Doubt, Jet, Nirvana, Bloc Party and many others, players can rock out in career mode, join together in co-op or go head-to-head in a “Guitar Duel” using Battle Items unique to the DS.

"This one-of-a-kind bundle makes Nintendo DS even more appealing to our ever-growing audience of players,” said Cammie Dunaway of Nintendo. “Like Nintendo DS itself, the Guitar Hero franchise has attracted millions of new players to the world of video games.”

“We are thrilled to be the first third-party publisher to partner with Nintendo on this unique offering,” said Dusty Welch of RedOctane. “With the Guitar Hero-branded Nintendo DS and our Guitar Hero: On Tour game and peripheral, this amazing bundle delivers gamers a complete Guitar Hero experience they can enjoy anytime, anywhere.”