The Guitar Grip is required to play the game and comes as part of a bundle that can be purchased for each instalment. The core gameplay remains unchanged from the other games in the series.
The Guitar Grip in an original platinum Nintendo DS model and the pick stylus. It featured a strum stylist and 4 G R Y B buttons similar to the standard Guitar Hero guitar controller but without the fifth orange fret. Guitar Grip is a peripheral for the Nintendo DS that was first released as part of the first Guitar Hero game for the Nintendo DS, Guitar Hero: On Tour, released on June 22, 2008.
*Slot-2 extension required on original model
