Guitar Hero: On Tour FAQ by isaac180296 _______ __________________ _______ _______ ( ____ \|\ /|\__ __/\__ __/( ___ )( ____ ) | ( \/| ) ( | ) ( ) ( | ( ) || ( )| | | | | | | | | | | | (___) || (____)| | | ____ | | | | | | | | | ___ || __) | | \_ )| | | | | | | | | ( ) || (\ ( | (___) || (___) |___) (___ | | | ) ( || ) \ \__ (_______)(_______)\_______/ )_( |/ \||/ \__/ _______ _______ _______ |\ /|( ____ \( ____ )( ___ ) | ) ( || ( \/| ( )|| ( ) | | (___) || (__ | (____)|| | | | | ___ || __) | __)| | | | | ( ) || ( | (\ ( | | | | | ) ( || (____/\| ) \ \__| (___) | |/ \|(_______/|/ \__/(_______) ___ _ /___\_ __ | |_ ___ _ _ _ __ // // '_ \ | __/ _ \| | | | '__| / \_//| | | | | || (_) | |_| | | \___/ |_| |_| \__\___/ \__,_|_| **[1]Contents** [1] Contents [2] Contacting me [3] Version History [4] Legal Details [5] Introduction [6] European Songlist [7] Guitar Hero Terminology [8] Career Mode [8.1] Song List [8.2] The Characters [8.3] The Guitars [8.4] Earning Cash & The Store [9] Guitar Battles [10] Still to Come... [11] The End **[2]Contacting Me** You may send suggestions, questions and so on to me using the following e-mail address: isaac180296@hotmail.co.uk Please do not send spam or non-sensical messages, and put 'Guitar Hero: On Tour', or something similar as its title. **[3]Version History** Version 1.00 - First version **[4]Legal Details** This file may only be reproduced for personal, private use. It may not be used on any web site other then GameFAQs without my written permission. Copyright (c) 2009 Isaac Brown Currently, only GameFAQS may use this FAQ. **[5]Introduction** Hello, and welcome to my FAQ for Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS. This is my first FAQ, so I hope it is informative and useful. Although it may seem that a handheld version of the massively popular Guitar Hero games wouldn't be very good, it actually is. You use the Guitar Grip (which is slotted into the DS' GBA game slot), to press the buttons that appear on screen, while at the same time strumming on the representation of a guitar on the touch screen. Although the Orange button has been taken out, the difficulty has been adjusted accordingly. You should note that that the DS is held sideways, and you hand is slid into thestrap on the back of the Guitar Grip with can be tightened and loosened to fit the size of your hand. You also get a piece which will let you attach the guitar grip with the game. Although this FAQ is fairly short, you may want to use the Ctrl+F keys to make it easier to find the section you want to look at. So, without further ado, I will begin. **[6]European Songlist** This game has two separate songlists. One for English speaking countries like England and North America, and one for none-English speaking European countries. Here are the songs that have been added in the European game, and also those that have been taken away. Added: Rock the Knight Héroes de Silencio - Avalancha Mademoiselle K - Ça Me Vexe Beatsteaks - Monster Tokio Hotel - Monsoon This version loses the songs by Los Lonely Boys, Doobie Brothers, Daughtry and Rick Springfield. **[7]Guitar Hero Terminology** In this section I will list various terms you may be wondering about and what they mean. Lefty Flip - This flips both screens upside-down, so that left-handed players may press the buttons with their right hand and strum on the touch screen with their right. Color Flip - Flips the gem colours to match 'Lefty Flip' from previous Guitar Hero games. Strumming - This is moving the stylus from left to right or vice-versa on the touch screen. You must strum on every note, except hammer-ons and pull-offs, which will be explained later in this section. Chords - Chords are where two or more notes have to be played at the exact same time. Just hold both of the buttons and strum once. Multiplier - When you play ten notes in order the amount of points you get for each note is doubled, then tripled for another undisturbed streak of ten notes, and finally quadrupled. If you strum where there is no note, or miss a note, your streak will be broken and your multiplier will dissapear. Star Power - You may have noticed some star shaped notes on the screen. These are called 'Star Power Sequences'. If you miss one in the sequence, all the rest will turn into regular, circular notes. However, if you hit them all, there will be a bolt of blue lightning, and the 'Star Power Meter' on the right of the touch screen will get partly filled with blue. When you have hit enough of these star-shaped notes, the text 'Star Power Ready' will appear on the top screen. If you fill up the meter completely, the text 'Star Power Full' will appear. To activate it you can do any of the following things: Shout into the mic, Blow into the mic, Press the Select Button, Touch the Star Power Meter with the stylus. Once Star Power is activated, the blue will slowly drain from the meter. In that time, any multiplier you have will be doubled. So that way you can get a maximum of 8 times the points you would normally get. Hammer-ons - You may have noticed some notes that you think look a bit different to the normal ones. The tops of normal notes are white with a black outline. The tops of these notes are just white. These are called hammer-ons. For these notes, you have to strum for the regular note before it, and then simply press the correct-coloured button for the hammmer-on. Hammer-ons go up the Guitar Grip, meaning they get higher. Pull-offs - These are very similar to hammer-ons, except the regular note that you have the strum will be higher, and you will have to have to go down the Guitar Grip for the white topped notes, making them go lower. 100%-ing - This is hitting every single note in a given song. FC-ing - This is similar to "100%-ing", except there is less room for error. When getting 100%, you can still strum out of place to break your streak, and bring down your multiplier. If you FC a song, you cannot do this. It's basically the better, more perfect version of getting a 100% on a song. Whammy Bar & Whammying - You may have noticed a stick-like thing sticking out of the guitar to the right of the strings. This is called the whammy bar. On long notes, you can shake it to get extra points and raise star power. To do this, you can either move the stylus left and right quickly on the touch screen, or simply strum the note, and then keep the stylus on the side of the screen you end up on for a second, and then move it to the other side and hold it there. **[8]Career Mode** For the career mode, you will be asked to name a band. You will then get offers for gigs, where you will play five songs to a crowd. In between each gig, you will receive letters from you manager, and recieve various sponsorships. You will also be able to view criticism on your albums. This section is split into different sub-sections. Before I start, I will tell you about the different difficult settings. Easy mode- Only makes use of the first three buttons, and has a slow pace. Medium mode- Makes use of mainly the first three buttons, but occasionally the blue one. Hard mode- It gets a bit faster here, with quite a few more notes appearing on screen. Expert mode- Get ready for some fast strumming, this has a fast pace and sometimes more than 1000 notes in a song. Not recommended for beginners. **[8.1]Song List** In this section, I will list all the songs that you can play in this game. There are 26 songs, including one bonus song. I will list all the songs, which section of the Career Mode they appear in, and various other details. --*Subway*-- Name: Do What You Want Performed by: OK Go Year: 2005 Length: 3:11 Number of Notes - Easy: 206 Medium: 308 Hard: 411 Expert: 554 Name: All The Small Things Performed by: Blink-182 Year: 1999 Length: 2:54 Number of Notes - Easy: 173 Medium: 330 Hard: 630 Expert: 656 Name: Spiderwebs Performed by: No Doubt Year: 1995 Length: 5:21 Number of Notes - Easy: 331 Medium: 501 Hard: 919 Expert: 1011 Name: Are You Gonna Be My Girl Performed by: Jet Year: 2003 Length: 3:39 Number of Notes - Easy: 264 Medium: 333 Hard: 559 Expert: 603 -Encore Song- Name: We're Not Gonna Take It Performed by: Twisted Sister Year: 1984 Length: 4:31 Number of Notes - Easy: 262 Medium: 404 Hard: 619 Expert: 704 --*Rooftop*-- Name: All Star Performed by: Smash Mouth Year: 1999 Length: 3:27 Number of Notes - Easy: 190 Medium: 336 Hard: 539 Expert: 680 Name: Breed Performed by: Nirvana Year: 1991 Length: 3:11 Number of Notes - Easy: 293 Medium: 478 Hard: 824 Expert: 903 Name: Jessie's Girl Performed by: Rick Springfield Year: 1981 Length: 3:20 Number of Notes - Easy: 191 Medium: 312 Hard: 558 Expert: 562 Name: Hit Me With Your Best Shot Performed by: Pat Benatar Year: 1980 Length: 2:58 Number of Notes - Easy: 169 Medium: 311 Hard: 465 Expert: 494 -Encore Song- Name: This Love Performed by: Maroon 5 Year: 2002 Length: 3:45 Number of Notes - Easy: 149 Medium: 244 Hard: 407 Expert: 704 --*Parade*-- Name: Heaven Performed by: Los Lonely Boys Year: 2004 Length: 4:14 Number of Notes - Easy: 326 Medium: 434 Hard: 639 Expert: 896 Name: Helicopter Performed by: Bloc Party Year: 2005 Length: 3:45 Number of Notes - Easy: 336 Medium: 471 Hard: 677 Expert: 870 Name: China Grove Performed by: The Doobie Brothers Year: 1973 Length: 3:23 Number of Notes - Easy: 255 Medium: 385 Hard: 571 Expert: 654 Name: Rock and Roll All Nite Performed by: Kiss Covered by: Line 6 Year: 1975 Length: 3:42 Number of Notes - Easy: 197 Medium: 277 Hard: 383 Expert: 455 -Encore Song- Name: What I Want Performed by: Daughtry Year: 2006 Length: 2:53 Number of Notes - Easy: 245 Medium: 312 Hard: 590 Expert: 613 --*Greek Arena*-- Name: Jet Airliner Performed by: Steve Miller Band Covered by: Wavegroup Year: 1977 Length: 3:38 Number of Notes - Easy: 335 Medium: 419 Hard: 859 Expert: 909 Name: Black Magic Women Performed by: Santana Covered by: Line 6 Year: 1970 Length: 5:24 Number of Notes - Easy: 354 Medium: 446 Hard: 567 Expert: 698 Name: Stray Cat Strut Performed by: Stray Cats Year: 1981 Length: 3:21 Number of Notes - Easy: 259 Medium: 285 Hard: 442 Expert: 489 Name: La Grange Performed by: ZZ Top Covered by: Line 6 Year: 1973 Length: 3:45 Number of Notes - Easy: 301 Medium: 482 Hard: 647 Expert: 799 -Encore Song- Name: Youth Gone Wild Performed by: Skid Row Covered by: Wavegroup Year: 1989 Length: 3:26 Number of Notes - Easy: 277 Medium: 393 Hard: 477 Expert: 579 --*Battleship*-- Name: I Don't Wanna Stop Performed by: Ozzy Osbourne Year: 2007 Length: 4:08 Number of Notes - Easy: 467 Medium: 587 Hard: 748 Expert: 884 Name: Anna Molly Performed by: Incubus Year: 2006 Length: 3:53 Number of Notes - Easy: 436 Medium: 513 Hard: 777 Expert: 1123 Name: Knock Me Down Performed by: Red Hot Chili Peppers Year: 1989 Length: 3:53 Number of Notes - Easy: 353 Medium: 515 Hard: 884 Expert: 1165 Name: Pride and Joy Performed by: Steve Ray Vaughan Year: 1983 Length: 3:43 Number of Notes - Easy: 422 Medium: 513 Hard: 767 Expert: 889 -Encore Song- Name: I Know a Little Performed by: Lynyrd Skynyrd Year: 1977 Length: 3:39 Number of Notes - Easy: 402 Medium: 441 Hard: 651 Expert: 764 --*Bonus Song*-- Name: I Am Not Your Gameboy Performed by: Freezepop Year: Unknown Length: Unknown Number of Notes - Easy: 278 Medium: 411 Hard: 546 Expert: 594 Please note: This song is not actually part of the career mode, and cannot be played on said mode. It must be unlocked to play on Guitar Battle, Quickplay and Practice. How to unlock: Win every song, on any difficulty, on Guitar Battle. **[8.2]The Characters** You must choose a character to play your gigs with. You can change this character at any time, so don't worry if it turns out you don't like the one that you picked. Here is a list of the available characters and some information about them: --*Gunner Jaxon*-- Bio:- A man of few words, he lets his guitar do the talking for him. Formerly "Augustus Edward Jaxon", Gunner never fitted into the mould his parents had picked out for him. Given the choice to be an athlete or a lawyer, he chose option C... rock stardom. Not caring what other people think, the only feedback Gunner likes comes from his amp. For a quiet guy, he sure keeps the volume high. His band members say that he needs blaring music in order to sleep at night. Available outfits:- -Random Junk- In-game description: "Gunner Jaxons 'Random Junk' outfit... you got a problem with that?" Appearance description: He wears blue jeans with two green patches and two red patches. Attached to them is a metal chain. His shoes are navy blue and white. He wears a blue jacket and a greeny-grey t-shirt with a white logo of some sort on the front. -Whatever- In-game description: "Whatever..." Appearance description: He wears dark blue jeans with a metal chain. His shoes are very dark grey, with black laces. He wears a brown t-shirt and a dark green jacket. -Flannel Hero- [Default outfit] Appearance description: He wears jeans with a metal chain. His shoes are grey and white. His t-shirt is light grey with a orange circle on the front. His jacket is black with horizontal red stripes on it. --*Pandora*-- Bio:- Pandora is the princess of goth. When she was a kid, she told a ghost story so scary, she was kicked out of the girl scouts and earned a merit badge for creeping people out. Her path to the dark side was complete when she got her first guitar, which she named "Ms. Screams" Pandora lures in large crouds and then opens up a storm of dark guitar wailing, sick chords, and pestilence. Available outfits:- -Bad Apple- In-game description: "Pandora rebels against the norm in her 'Bad Apple' outfit." Appearance description: She wears a grey miniskirt with a sleeveless dark red jacket. Under that she wears a white shirt, the sleeves ending at her elbows. She appears to be wearing a black tie. Her socks go up to her knees and are white with two red stripes. Her shoes are plain and black. She has black hair, black eyeliner, mascara, and black lipstick. -Midnight Lace- In-game description: "Dress to impress with Pandora's 'Midnight Lace' outfit." Appearance description: She wears black, knee-high boots and purple tights. She wears a blue, purple and white lace skirt and elbow-high fishnet gloves. Her make-up is the same as in the previous outfit. -Leathers- [Default outfit] Appearance description: Her black boots stop a few centimetres from her knees, ad do her black gloves from her elbows. She wears light grey or white leather dress with gold buttons running up the front of it. The bottom of it stops at the same length of a mini-skirt and has black trim. The back of it forks out into with a split down it. Her hair and lip-stick are both dark blue, and her eye-liner black. --*Johnny Napalm*-- Bio:- "Johnny Napalm is the most angry, disrespectful, intense, and controversial guitarist today. Once the music starts, all his aggression suppressed by society's laws comes out on his strings. He has been labelled a lost cause, a menace to society, and anarchist, and a guitar legend. Johnny can incite a riot (and often does) with his mind-blowing solos and aggressive chords. His chaotic guitar playing excites audiences and keeps people screaming for more." Available outfits: -Ink- In-game description: "See Johnny's excessive use of tats in this 'Ink' outfit" Appearance description: Johnny is shirtless and his torso is covered in tattoos, black and blue in colour. His spiky mohican is blue and green. He wears blue jeans with a black belt with a silver buckle and a metal chain. His jeans have some patches on them. His shoes are grey and black. His eye and ear are pierced. -Anarchy- In-game description: "The 'Anarchy' outfit says everything you need to know about Johnny Napalm." Appearance description: He wears slightly reddish jeans with a black belt and metal chain. His shoes are plain black and he has a black vest with a white logo on (most probably a skull). His mohican is blue. -Formal Wear- [Default outfit] Appearance description: Johnny is shirtless and has a black tattoo on his chest. He has a white and red wristband on one wrist, and a plain black one on the other. His blue jeans have an orange patch on one knee, a metal chain, and a black belt. His shoes are grey and black, and his mohican is brown. --*Memphis Rose*-- Bio:- "Memphis is a blonde bandit known for stealing shows and stealing hearts. She goes where the music is hot and makes it even hotter. Her parents tried to raise a southern belle, but Memphis' rebel spirit and rip-roaring passion for southern rock keep her out at night playing 'til the cows come home. Her fast strumming, fierce plucking and occasional wink drive audiences wild! Memphis is known as the only rock star to blow kisses while playing a guitar solo." Available Outfits: -Cowgirl- [Default outfit] Appearance description: Memphis has a sleeveless white top with an armband on her left arm. She has a brown belt with a gold buckle and her light blue jeans have a tear on the right knee and a rose on the left thigh. Her shoes are brown. -Recruit- In-game description: "Memphis Rose's "Recruit" outfit for a day of paintballing to some hardcore tune" Appearance description: Memphis has a grey and black sleeveless shirt with a necklace and a red armband on her right arm. She has a black hat on and camoflauge trousers. -Biker Gal- In-game description: "Memphis Rose's black leather "Biker Gal" outfit" Appearance description: Memphis wears a black leather sleeveless jacket, black leather trousers, a black leather belt and her black hat. --*Judy Nails*-- Bio:- "Judy's first real love was rock, and ever since then she's only dated fellow musicians and geologists. she's got more attitude and raw talent than any other girl in alternative rock. Wherever Judy goes, loud noise and screaming crowds follow - sometimes from obsessive fans that just got her signature, and sometimes from nosy reporters that just got their fist in their face." Available outfits: -Crimson- [Default outfit] Appearance description: Judy is wearing a short red top with what looks like a skull in the spades sign on. She has a pink bra *cough*, a punk necklace and grey jeans. Her boots are dotted with red, and one of her arms has a fishnet sleeve on it. Her hair is pink. -Flashback- In-game description: "Judy's "Flashback" outfit from the first concert where she smashed her guitar" Appearance description: She wears a short grey top with a skull on, scarlet hair and denim shorts. She also has purple tights with tears on the knees and white socks. -Pirette- In-game description: "Aarrrmed with the "Pirette" outfit, Judy is the definitive female pirate" Appearance description: Her short top is pink this time, with elbow length fishnet sleeves. Her hair is a sort of hot pink, she has translucent tights which are cut off at her thighs, and black boots with pink laces. --*Axel Steel*-- In-game bio: "Axel Steel is one of the legendary monsters of rock. He shreds his guitar like it's cheese. Driven by heavy metal, metal-core, thrash metal, power metal and of course good old fashioned metal, some say Axel is so metal that he's bullet proof. When Axel isn't rocking out, he likes to watch zombie movies and ride his motorcycle." Available outfits: -Shirt- [Default outfit] Appearance description: Axel has a sleeveless denim jacket, with what seems to be a leather jacket underneath. His has denim jeans, and big grey boots. -Other shirt- In-game description: "Axel's "Other Shirt"" Appearance description: Axel wears a black denim/leather jacket with a red shirt on underneath. His jeans are a slightly darker shade and his shoes are darker too. -No Shirt- In-game description: "When Axel can't decide between his shirt or his other shirt, he just goes with "No Shirt"" Appearance description: He wears the same jacket, but this time has no shirt. He also has a skull neck -lace and his jeans are a darker colour. **[8.3]The Guitars** Here is a list of all the guitars in the game, as well as their colour schemes. --*Les Paul*-- Cherry Sunburst Classic Violet Burst --*SG*-- Cherry Standard Daytona Blue --*Flying V*-- Classic White Worn Cherry --*X-Plorer*-- Ebony Custom Rising Sun --*Firebird*-- Natural Sunburst Ebony --*Moderne*-- Natural Pale Yellow --*ES-335*-- Birdseye Maple Custom Cherry --*Les Paul Dbl. Cutaway*-- Blue Rootbeer --*Vanguard*-- Black Orange --*Synapse*-- Black Blue [8.4] Earning Cash & The Store Every time you do a gig, you get money for it. Money can be spent in the store. The store has lots of new items for you to purchase. The option to buy these items is unlocked by achieving various things in the career mode. Here are the items available and how to unlock them. --*Guitars*-- ES-335 - Earn 5 stars on a CD in medium mode. Les Paul Dbl. Cutaway - Complete every song on hard mode. Moderne - Earn 5 stars on every song on a cd in easy mode. Synapse - Earn 5 stars on every song on a cd in Expert mode. Vanguard - Earn 5 stars on a song on expert mode. --*Guitar Colour Schemes*-- Blue (synapse) - Earn 5 stars on every song on expert mode. Custom Cherry (ES-335) - Earn 5 stars on every song on medium mode. Custom Rising Sun (X-plorer) - Earn 5 stars on a song on easy mode. Ebony (Firebird) - Earn 5-stars on a song on medium mode. Orange (Vanguard) - Complete every song on expert mode. Pale Yellow (Moderne) - Earn 5 stars on every song on easy mode. Rootbeer (Les Paul Dbl. Cutaway) - Earn 5 stars on every song on hard mode. --*Alternate Outfits*-- No Shirt (Axel) - Complete every song on a cd on expert mode. Other shirt (Axel) - Complete every song on medium mode. Random Junk (Gunner Jaxon) - Complete a song on easy mode. Whatever (Gunner Jaxon) - Complete a song on hard mode. Anarchy (Johnny) - Earn 5 stars on every song on a cd on hard mode. Ink (Johnny) - Complete every song on easy mode. Flashback (Judy) - Complete every song on a cd on medium mode. Pirette (Judy) - Complete a song on expert mode. Biker Gal (Memphis) - Complete every song on a cd on hard mode. Recruit (Memphis) - Complete a song on medium mode. Bad Apple (Pandora) - Complete every song on a cd on easy mode. Lace (Pandora) - Earn 5 stars on a song on hard mode. **[9]Guitar Battles** This is the two-player (although you can play it one-player, using a character from the game as your opponent) bit of the game. You face your opponent (who must have a separate ds and guitar grip), and you both play the same song, trying to hit as many notes as possible. The winner is decided by who has the most points at the end of the song. However, as well as this there are items that can be collected and used by your opponent and yourself. To get these, you have to hit a series of "power gems", a bit like star power notes. When you hit all the notes in this sequence, you will be rewarded with an item that you can use to distract your opponent (or protect yourself). Here are the items you can get in this mode: - Broken String A random string will snap, and the opponent must drag the broken ends together before that note can be played again. - Signature An excited fan shoves an item in front of the opponent's view until they sign it. - Pyrotechnics Fireworks go wrong and light the opponent's touch screen on fire until he blows it out with the microphone. (Note: This includes when the microphone is set to "off".) - Hyperspeed The speed at which the notes travel doubles for the opponent. - Camera Flash Multiple fans take flash photos, temporarily blinding the opponent. - Screen Flip The opponent's DS screens temporarily switch places. - Amp Overload The opponent's music will temporarily be muted. - Steal Item The player can choose one of the opponent's powers to steal. - Difficulty Up The opponent's difficulty level is temporarily raised one level. - Difficulty Down The player's difficulty level is temporarily lowered one level. - Bomb Notes Randomly selected notes appear as bombs that should NOT be played. - Shield Temporarily blocks the opponent from attacking you. **[10]Still to come** Some things that I may include in the next version are a section with the lyrics to the songs and Frequently asked questions. **[11]The End** Thank you for reading my FAQ, and I hope it was of some use to you. Hopefully I can fix any errors in the future, and format it a bit. Isaac Brown 2009