Gameplay modes include quick play, career mode, and multiplayer mode (up to 4 players can play together), and any combination of instruments can be played in multiplayer mode.
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First ever portable full band experience (guitar, bass guitar, drums, vocals).
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Bundle comes complete with guitar grip, all-new drum skin peripheral, and vocal support for singing.
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Drum controller is an easy to attach and remove silicone skin with larger buttons for an improved gaming experience.
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A wide variety of classic anthems and modern Top-40 radio hits, including 30 of today's hottest Pop & Rock hits (70% of songs from last 9 years,) with songs chosen based on playability with multiple instruments.
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15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
A really cool game....like the drum skin....Dec 03, 2009
By E. Coleman
"mayhem13"
I had needed a Guitar Hero Grip...that was my main reason buying this bundle. It comes with your standard guitar hero grip. No different then the one included in the very first Guitar Hero On Tour DS Game. It also comes with a sleeve to change the old guitar hero with the new band hero sleeve in the guitar grip. Also comes with the stylus pick. The DS Game. Instruction booklets. You know the usual. The two big things with this DS game that sets it apart from all other Guitar Hero/Rock Band DS games. You have the drum skin for playing drums and the microphone will allow you to sing vocals. The Microphone is a little inaccurate but the game makes up for it by having a higher margin for error when singing. The drum skin is nice. Only works and fits with the DS Lite! I found it fun and a nice change to the series. The guitar features of the game work just like any Guitar Hero game on the DS. There is also Wi-Fi compatibility with the Band Hero WII Game. If you have the Band Hero WII game you can use the Band Hero & DS system to act as a live playlist editor for the Wii Game. A nice add-on, although not really very important option.
I found it to be a really good DS game. Fans of GH DS games should love it and love the changes. The tracklist is a little more pop and lighter family friendly rock then Guitar Hero and Rock Band games. But many of songs are still fun to play even so.
I recommend Band Hero DS to any Guitar Hero fans, especially fans of the Guitar Hero DS series of games.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Guitar Hero, now with SingingApr 05, 2010
By No Name Band Hero is just like the previous DS Guitar Hero games but now they have included singing and "drums". I bought this game so I could sing on the road. The game is not very accurate in picking up your voice. I normally sing Expert on Rockband for the Xbox 360. But on Band Hero for the DS, singing the same exact songs on Expert was a lot more difficult because it just didn't register my voice correctly. Also, if you normally don't sing very loudly, you will have to hold the DS very close to your face. I didn't have to do this, but other people had to, and it makes you crosseyed trying to read the lyrics that close. Also, you activate star power by pressing a button. No more screaming "woo" into the mic. The drums are kind of lame. Its like Rockband Unplugged for the PSP in that you press up, down, a, and b to the corresponding notes on the screen. Its the least fun part of the game for me. Unlike previous Guitar Hero games, all the songs on this game are unlocked from the very beginning. I like this feature a lot. I hated how the previous Guitar Hero games forced you to play songs that you hated, not once, but repeatedly. It was very aggravating having to play Lenny Kravitz 3 times in a row because the game wouldn't unlock new songs unless you got more fans. Thankfully, this is not the case this time around. The only downside is that there is no incentive for doing good. In fact, you get rewarded for failing songs. Unlike Rockband or Guitar Hero, the song keeps playing even after you fail the song. Then the game rewards you for "Getting 1 star on a song". And you end up unlocking something because you failed a song. Another thing worth mentioning is that the drum skin and guitar grip will only fit on the DS Lite. So those of you who own the original fat DS will not be able to play. The previous Guitar Hero games included an adapter to fit the original fat DS but Band Hero does not. If you have the guitar grip from a previous Guitar Hero game, you can use it for this game. The drum skin is also not necessary because you can just press the buttons without it. So owners of the original fat DS can still play this game, as long as they already have the guitar grip from the other games. Band Hero is a fun game but only in small doses. Yes, your hand will cramp because the guitar grip is uncomfortable. But since there is no need to unlock songs, you can just pick the song you want to play and jam out for a few minutes. No need for marathon rock sessions.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
GREAT GREAT GREAT PRODUCTOct 15, 2010
By R. Isabel Espinoza Herrera This is a very good purchase, you get the guitar grip and the drumset, some of the songs i wasn't familiar with, but that's my own fault :) there's a whole load of awards, that's the great and not so great part of the game, but that's a game design thing. All in all, I'd totally recommend this.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
greatJul 10, 2010
By bookfinder
"bookfinder"
If you like Guitar hero you will like this game. This game however like many other games is only made for the Nintendo ds lite. If you look on the box it even says so. However, when I got mine their were 2 game cartridges. 1 I put in my dsi, which allows me to use the drums. The drums are compatible with the dsi, but nothing else. I tried my dsi xl with the drums, but as the dsi xl is twice the size of the ds lite and the dsi it doesn't fit. :( The only thing is that my ds lite is so old that the screen goes out frequently which results in me missing notes. However, I ordered a new ds lite yesterday :) I do have 1 complaint though, but it isn't really a complaint. I just assumed that since this was band hero that the guitar grip should have the band hero design instead of the guitar hero sign. Their is a paper to change it, however you have to unscrew everything to change it which isn't really worth it... Also, even though this has the guitar hero grip, if you are just buying it for the guitar hero grip you are wasting your money. Their was a link I stumbled on when browsing amazon earlier, and you can buy guitar hero grips separately, or by themselves. Do not buy this unless you also want to use drums and vocal. Or if you want different or new songs. Sorry... I saw a comment somewhere that someone bought this just to replace their guitar hero grip, and I thought that was wasteful. I haven't found a link in case something happens to the drums, but I am sure their is one here somewhere. If their is one for the guitar then their is one for the drums... normally...
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great game with a small song choiceJan 18, 2010
By Francine M. Turflinger I found some videos on youtube that made the game sound fun. So I asked for as a christmas present. When I got the game, I was very excited to play it. When I started playing I had heard of some of the songs and some of them I started to like. The only problem that I can find with this game is the small selection of songs. It only has 30 songs (which I'm pretty sure isn't many, but I only have rockband games besides this). This game is the only reason I haven't traded in my ds for a dsi. Its great fun.
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