Just finished Ace Combat 8 and now I want to have this dude in a Diner with these other dudes in a bar monologuing about stuff
DigitalCatcher
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Just an aspiring CS Major/ Game Modder Plan to use this account for documenting stuff.
![Excerpt from a Shacknews article
"How Guitar Hero Came to DS When Nobody Asked: Shack's Hands-on Preview and Interview"
By Chris Faylor
May 30, 2008 11:00 AM
Shack: So you were never asked to make Guitar Hero on the DS?
Karthik Bala: No. People thought it was ludicrous. I don't blame 'em. It was never in the plan to do that. Quite frankly, when we presented our first prototype to Nintendo, they were really surprised. They were like, "Wow, this is ...different." [laughs]
They got behind it, because Nintendo loves to innovate and do surprising things. So they came on board to help us, try and solve a lot of the tough problems. Once we built the initial electronics and the design of the peripheral, the RedOctane guys--who are really great hardware engineers--they came in to sculpt the device and look at the form factors and stuff like that.
Nintendo came in and brought their experience at developing peripherals and hardware. The plastics that are used [on the Guitar Grip] are actually the same that are used on the DS Lite. It feels like an extension of the DS itself. They brought those sensibilities and stuff.
It's a very collaborative project. Everybody started to coming on board and we didn't know where this crazy bandwagon was gonna go, but they were very supportive.
Shack: Any plans for more Guitar Hero games on the DS?
Karthik Bala: We'll see how it goes with the first one. Nobody expected it to come this far. I wouldn't rule anything out at this point, and frankly, the team had a blast working on it.
Guitar Hero: On Tour arrives on Nintendo DS this June. Priced at $49.99, it will come packaged with the Guitar Grip peripheral as well as a spacing unit to enable compatibility with the original DS.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3vywkeieawqwm5xfeztews3t/bafkreiby3hvycu65dd7fkhlozsyewvlepa5xwcjardipiupdqlwl52u3km)
![Excerpt from a Shacknews article
"How Guitar Hero Came to DS When Nobody Asked: Shack's Hands-on Preview and Interview"
By Chris Faylor
May 30, 2008 11:00 AM
Shack: So you were never asked to make Guitar Hero on the DS?
Karthik Bala: No. People thought it was ludicrous. I don't blame 'em. It was never in the plan to do that. Quite frankly, when we presented our first prototype to Nintendo, they were really surprised. They were like, "Wow, this is ...different." [laughs]
They got behind it, because Nintendo loves to innovate and do surprising things. So they came on board to help us, try and solve a lot of the tough problems. Once we built the initial electronics and the design of the peripheral, the RedOctane guys--who are really great hardware engineers--they came in to sculpt the device and look at the form factors and stuff like that.
Nintendo came in and brought their experience at developing peripherals and hardware. The plastics that are used [on the Guitar Grip] are actually the same that are used on the DS Lite. It feels like an extension of the DS itself. They brought those sensibilities and stuff.
It's a very collaborative project. Everybody started to coming on board and we didn't know where this crazy bandwagon was gonna go, but they were very supportive.
Shack: Any plans for more Guitar Hero games on the DS?
Karthik Bala: We'll see how it goes with the first one. Nobody expected it to come this far. I wouldn't rule anything out at this point, and frankly, the team had a blast working on it.
Guitar Hero: On Tour arrives on Nintendo DS this June. Priced at $49.99, it will come packaged with the Guitar Grip peripheral as well as a spacing unit to enable compatibility with the original DS.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3vywkeieawqwm5xfeztews3t/bafkreihbkqyqe36lcyc55delddaiaihnx67anhigluxgb7fqcabxltggcq)