Ultimate Band (Disney $49.99) Apparently Disney’s marketing people didn’t get my memo suggesting that naming their programs the “ultimate” was serving up low hanging fruit for critics such as myself. “Ultimate”? Really! Really? No, not really.

Guitar Hero: On Tour (Activision $50) is a valiant attempt to bring faux-instrument rock gaming to the mobile platform. It almost works, and the technology used is certainly innovative. A special accessory fret board plugs into the Nintendo DS supplying the traditional color buttons that are depressed to play the notes and chords. You “strum” the guitar with a special stylus dressed as a pick.