We knew it was coming, as Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS was announced months ago. What we didn’t know, until today, was how it would be coming. I was kinda hoping for the USB to DS adapter so that we could all look awkward awesome wearing our GH guitars around town to shred on the go.  Sadly for us, IGN has revealed that the portable iteration of the franchise will instead come with a Guitar Grip attachment our handhelds.  No picture here yet, (check it out here: http://ds.ign.com/articles/860/860511p1.html) but it basically looks like four fret buttons plugged into the GBA slot. So you hold the DS like a book, ala Brain Age and Ninja Gaiden DS, hit notes with your system-holding hand and strum with your stylus-holding hand on the touch screen. If that seems dangerous to you and your DS, be thankful that Red Octane is adding a handstrap to that package to keep your portable from falling off a three story building.

I hope Activision has some big pockets for all the money they’re about to make, because this game is going to be huge when it releases this summer.