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Jam Sessions (Nintendo DS) | 
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| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £2.83
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 2146
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: musical-instrument-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.7 x 0.8
EAN: 3307210259875
ASIN: B000QDRB3K
Release Date: September 28, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Portable guitar has some let downs, but a great learning aid! October 14, 2008
Lindsey Lawrence (Neath, south wales)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a musician having studied for five years and achieving BA. I have always love the guitar and been envious of others being able to play one so easy. I bought Jam sesions second hand as i'd heard mixed reviews about it. The first point to be made is this is not a game. It has been said many times but people still think it's a game! It turns the ds into a tool, so hard core gamers are out.
First, what i liked. I liked the set up menu, which states where everything is. I like the backgrounds and strings you can chose (some are said to be unlockable but they were all there), and the range of popular songs are great- Avril Lavigne to Coldplay. I was pleased i mastered Coldplay's yellow! These can be easily youtubed if you're not sure how they go, which is convinient! I loved how there was a real guitar sound- it was beautiful! It really did sound like an accoustic! One of my fave bits is the ear training. My only regret is i didn't discover this last year as it would have come in handy! Others have also complained about the sound level- this is meant to be played in a quiet area, and if you need it louder, there are cables available for you to hook it up to an amp, and it sounds fab though one of those! There are also sound effects which can be added, which will please guitarists who like effects. Some have also complained about how long you can record on it for, but remember it is a cartridge so it can only hold so much info at one time, and it is meant to be a notebook for ideas, so perfect for riffs and licks, but not so good for full songs.
Okay, the downsides. Like i said before, this isn't a game, so it will put some people off. Some have said there are no objectives but i disagree in one way- you have to complete one level before moving onto the next in ear training, which means you have to go through all of it. What you learn is great and i found myself recognising chords.However, it would have been nice if it only allowed you to do so much a day, so you had something to look forward to (but i may feel like this because everything was unlocked on mine in the first place). There should be an erase option, so if you decide to sell it, you don't have other's people's progress and you can discover the lockables yourself (again, coming from a second hand game!). One of the main problems was the songs- most were in spanish so most would have never heard of them. I understand why they have them on there- to work on strumming, but two or three would have been enough, not 15! Also, i could easily scroll down to the end of the song, strum one chord and get applause- not the ideal thing really! More popular songs would have been a better turn on. I did ahave a slight problem with the strumming- when going up sometimes, it wouldn't pick it up which is a bit of a pain.
Overall, it's a fantastic idea. I would recomend this tool for people who are learning and play guitar and for those studying music as it will really help with chord identification. For other gamers, i don't think this will be suitable. If you are thinking of getting it, get it second hand and save some money. If there will be a sequal, i will wait a while, and hope that they resolve the problems in this game.
 ROCK ON February 1, 2008
P. Olphin (England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
HI IM GEORGE I AM 12 YRS OLD IF YOU JUST WANT IT TO MAKE UP TUNES AND HAVE FUN GET THIS IT IS ROCKS DONT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT VOLUME!!!
IF YOU HAVE VOLUME PROBLEMS GET AN AMP JACK FOR AN AMP I ADVISE MARSHALL OR PEAVEY
HAVE FUN AND ROCK ON
GEORGE
 Define 'Jam'.. January 8, 2008
Sian Raven
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought the game with the belief that you would be playing guitar along to recognisable music tracks as well as being able to create your own.
I was disappointed to find that the majority of song tracks were in Spanish, and of those that weren't, only a couple were recognisible.
Also I presumed there'd be a backing track to play along with, instead you're expected to play it solo, and this makes some of the tracks confusing as you're not always sure where you're meant to be in the tune.
When you play the tunes you're not graded on how well you've done, in fact you could make a complete mess of it and still get the 'congratulations' screen at the end.
There are many ways this could have been done better, and was a bit of a let down. I'll be trading it in soon.
 This is no "Guitar Hero" - It's a real instrument ! December 1, 2007
Mr. S. Poore (Reading, England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is not "Guitar Hero" on a DS. In fact this is not even a game. There might be a few songs to play along with (not that you'll ever have heard of most of them) but this section of the package is light-weight and poorly implemented.
No this is a real instrument! It might sound a bit quiet - but connect it up to a real amp, get a few songs with the chords written out, and you'll be playing along like a real Guitar Hero.
Effects like Distortion and Phasing are hidden away in there for different sounds.
Not convinced? Just search on YouTube for videos of people playing this thing at live gigs!
 60seconds is a Jam Session??? October 8, 2007
Mr. M. G. Watts (UK)
4 out of 14 found this review helpful
Just got this game on the understanding that you can record yourself playing and recording your own material.....seem that your compositions can only last 60 seconds and the volume is poor against other guitars, Item will be in ebay VERY soon.
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