Bundle Up for the Band with Nintendo DS Band Hero

Band Hero is built on the premise that just because the Nintendo DS is portable, that doesn't mean you can't have the full band experience in the palm of your hand. So it's not just some cartridge plugged in that displays graphics and video game music; try cracking your knuckles and getting ready to perform like it's 2099.

Sure there's a wide variety of top 40 hits on the Band Hero song list. Sure, the songs are chosen for their affinity to playability with multiple instruments. And, WiFi is there to link up other players so you can be your own band and pick whether to play guitar or bass or drums or sing. But, what gives you power that you didn't have before is the actual controls that you'll be using, such as the guitar grip. Which get attached to the Nintendo DS so that you're rocking hard.

The Band Hero Bundle has the game cart, natch, but there's also hardware controls so you can shred a guitar or beat those skins senseless. The guitar grip appropriately enough clutches the Nintendo DS so that your holding it while working the buttons as the game takes off - can't you feel the beat? Of course you're not going to be using that Game Boy Advance slot while Band Hero's doing its thing, so no big surprise that the grip gains its power over the DS through the GB slot.

The drum kit for Band Hero is even cooler - the pads go over the controls and give your fingers the ability to turn into sticks hitting and keeping the beat going. It's resting on the D-Pad and face buttons but you knew that, right? I guess we're all pretty used to mashing those colored buttons from Guitar Hero already, but I got to say that having this kind of control right here in the hand works awfully well.