Band Hero DS to feature new grip peripheral

If you’re wondering how “Band Hero” (can they get any closer to the name Rock Band than this?) will work on a hand-held like the DS here’s a little bit of ingormation to bring it into focus: The DS version of the game will come with a special finger activated drum grip peripheral to control lead guitar, bass, drums, etc. Like Guitar Hero On Tour, this add-on peripheral will use the DS Lite’s GBA cartridge slot, according to Kotaku, which means it won’t work with the DSi .. because it no longer has such a slot.

Band Hero is set for release on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360 and DS.

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Guitar Hero Returns to DS with Modern Hits

With the pending release of the GBA port-less DSi looming just around the corner, it looks like Activision wants to milk the portable Guitar Hero experience for all it’s worth before the game’s custom fret peripheral is forced to go the way of the dodo. Earlier today, the company announced the upcoming release of Guitar Hero: Modern Hits for the Nintendo DS. The new game will feature a set list comprised of more than 25 master tracks from various artists including Coldplay, Fall Out Boy and Weezer.

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