The first thing you’ll notice when you open the box is the hand grip piece, it’s got 4 primary colored buttons and is quite unusual looking.  It fits in the Gameboy portal of you DS Lite, it also come with an attatchment for those of you that have an older DS.  It’s very comfortable to hold onto and very easy to

The very good thing is that it’s plug and play!  At first it’s a little overwhelming to know what to play, as there are a lot of options.

What to do first? 

The tutorials are very good, but if you’re like me, you like to get right in there and play!  Learn by doing I always say.  That’s where the ‘training’ section was really good for the kids and I.   The training will let you get through the song no matter how many mistakes you make!

Another alternative for those that want to get started right away will be to do the “quickplay” option.  The only problem boy2001 had was that he didn’t like that it said “song failed”.  A little disheartening when you’ve been pouring your heart out you know, so that’s why I would suggest ‘training’ for kids until they are a little more familiar with the game.  After he got a few of those messages he lost his heart for playing a little but he’s back into it now that I got him into ‘training’.

Playing against eachother!

Choose the multi-player mode.  Decide who is going to be the host and who is going to join.  Both people need grips and games in.  We haven’t gotton up to the more devilish aspects of the multi-player mode as we keep it on easy – medium but there are ways to sabotage your opponent. 

And the winner is…

At the end of the round, the winner is declared, it doesn’t show percentages to know by how much so you better bring your A game if you want to be THE Guitar Hero on Tour! 

A nice aspect is that you get access to the other persons Guitar Hero.  So if you’ve got nearby friends, be sure you’re buying different versions of Guitar Hero for the DS and you can share the songs.  The only thing is the person may have an advantage of knowing the songs better than you because they’re practicing on them!

Guitar Hero is very fun and great for all ages once someone knows what to do that is!  Enjoy your new game and let me know what you think! 

Mom Central co-ordinated this review and sent us two games to test, great thanks.

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Boy2001 was beyond thrilled when I told him he’d be reviewing GoPets Vacation Island! on his Nintendo DS!  I guess most kids would be, right? on top of a new game he got extra time to play, usually he doesn’t get to play during the week unless there’s a day off from school.  It was a real treat. 

 At first he was totally lost with the game.  It took him about an hour to figure out what he needed to do and the concept of taking care of the pet.  He likened Vacation Island! to his Tamagochi (which he still loves off and on).  He understood the concept of collecting shells and being able to buy stuff for his pets.  He also understood the social aspect of adding friends a la Facebook, Mashable, Gather which really surprised me, guess he’s been observing more than I thought!  There is a wireless feature to the game which we didn’t have time to get into, can you believe he’s still got a week of school because of all the snow days?!

From a mom’s perspective, I like the fact that there are some little games that keep him busy for just a few minutes at a time.  I also like the idea of taking care of something and even considering the financial aspects of keeping a pet (spending shells).  Boy2001′s favorite part is cooking the food at the amusement area.  Kids choose a recipe, then they are given a virtual stovetop and wok, they have to follow the recipe as it appears on the screen.  Controlling the flame, slicing and dicing the food images and adding them to the wok with condiments but the most important part — the stirring, he really enjoyed doing that so the food wouldn’t burn (a common complaint when mommy cooks!)

He really enjoyed reviewing GoPets Vacation Island! it was a very positive experience.  The only bad thing he did mention was that he didn’t like the bow on his pets tail because it looked too girly.  I didn’t investigate how to get it off but I’m sure it can so I’m thinking it’s just slightly over his head age wise… Something tells me he’s going to get lots of summer vacay time with the GoPets and be a pro by the time school’s back in session!

*I will provide an update in a few days about the wireless feature* with a link here.

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