Disney Interactive Studios has come up with a rhythm game, where you can play with all the available musical instruments and create your own themes. The Ultimate Band is meant for everyone who enjoys music and admires rock stars. This game developed by the Fall Line Studio offers great entertainment with its motion control options. Unlike other rhythm games, the Ultimate Band is not composed of tiers that need to be locked at every stage of the game. It is simple, but exciting, for the players to control the musical instruments of all types that are identical with the rock music. The game includes a frontman, a drummer and a guitar for making your gameplay a totally rocking experience.

To start your musical journey, you have to first select a gender, which will determine the tracks for you as a singer. The next interesting thing to do is to select the clothes and accessories for your musician. There are a whole lot of funky and stylish clothes at your disposal in Ultimate Band (Nintendo DS). All you need to do is to pick up the ones that you like to the most for customising the performer’s looks. If the appearance created by you is appealing enough to attract fans, then you will receive a number of fan mail. Yes, Fan mail! This is actually based on an in-game system of e-mail, which allows you to interact with fans.

The Ultimate Band is a completely captivating game, where you are provided with all that you need to get the feel of a rock star. It will be ready to rock your DS screen the first week of November.

Tags for this review: game, instruments, music, rock star

If you are still untouched by the craze of playing music games, then Rock Revolution, a new game by Konami, might finally win you over. Konami intends to bring back the rock rhythm games to various consoles including your favourite DS Lite.

A player can create his own melodies by using the stylus to play the instruments while inputting his voice through the DS microphone. To give you the feel and approach a real rock singer, Rock Revolution lets you play with drums, guitars and sing your heart out to match the rhythm. It is actually like getting a complete rock package in a video game. Moreover, an image of a guitar will accompany you onscreen when you are playing the instrument. Using the stylus, you can move the guitar to the inner circle for the guitarist to play it. In the case of a bass, you have to play any one of the four strings that horizontally appear across the screen.

Like a real-life story of a rock star, the game will let you taste success after putting in some hardwork. Your rock band begins in the basement of a friend’s house and slowly proceeds to the main stage. You will follow a list of some great tracks like “Detroit Rock City” and “Spoonman” as you progress through different levels. If you are too lazy to actually play the songs, you can enjoy them on the Rock Revolution Media Player.

A fine variety of songs and engrossing gameplay lets you spend some time in testing your musical skills, or live your own secret ambition.

Tags for this review: guitar, konami, music, rock revolution, rock star