Starting out in 2007, The Naked Brothers Band television show successfully has reached out to anyone below the age of 15 for three seasons and now has its own video game titled Rock University Presents: The Naked Brothers Band - The Video Game. As part documentary and part mockumentary around a fictional rock band, it’s only natural the video game would be set in the rhythm genre. Does The Naked Brothers Band - The Video Game hit all the right notes or does it deserve to be booed off the stage?

Allowing players to assume the role of one of The Naked Brothers Band members including Nat, Alex, Qaasim, David, Rosalina and Thomas, the video game is a good fan service to those dedicated to the show but does nothing for anyone who has never had the liberty to watch it. Players follow the band across the country on their tour to gather new fans and gain popularity. The tour mode isn’t exactly in-depth or extravagant as say Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but it never was intended to be due to demographics it’s trying to reach.

Players have the chance to play five instruments including the drums, keyboard, guitar, cello and the bass guitar. The most entertaining aspect has to be playing with a friend via wireless DS Multi-Card play. Two individual games are required to play with a friend so make sure to encourage a friend to pick up their own copy. With this being the first game based on the television series, it wasn’t bound to be that difficult so it’s an easy experience. The most challenging aspect is playing with your friends either competitively or cooperatively.

If you’d rather play by your lonesome, players can upgrade instruments, outfits, and can recompose their favorite Naked Brothers Band songs. Recomposing isn’t extraordinarily impressive, but at least the option is there. Other options include the ability to make your own music videos and run the show. When you are running the show, you can mess around with the pyrotechnics, lights and other special effects. It’s a nice diversion for 30 or so minutes, but players won’t be playing it until the break of dawn.

In total, Rock University Presents: The Naked Brothers - The Video Game is designed for younger gamers and achieves that. While a little more depth is needed to keep players interested in the long run, the tweens will have a good time if they’re a fan of the series. Never having watched more than 10 or so minutes of the show, the video game presents a reason to possibly watch it with my nephews.

Gameplay: 7.0
If you’ve ever played a rhythm game in the past (i.e. Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero IV: World Tour) you’ll feel right at home.

Graphics: 5.8
This isn’t anything to write home about due to how generic the avatars and clothing are.

Sound: 7.3
While the console versions have 25 songs, the Nintendo DS version has 15 songs that fans should adore.

Difficulty: Easy
Aimed for the younger demographics, players should have no trouble with figuring out how to play The Naked Brothers Band – The Video Game.

Concept: 5.0
Rhythm games aren’t new to this generation with dozens upon dozens being developed.

Multiplayer: 6.5
If you can find a friend to play with, you should be able to have an entertaining time.

Overall: 6.8
Rock University Presents: The Naked Brothers Band – The Video Game isn’t going to win any awards this winter, but it will win over fans of the show and a lot of the tweens who have no idea who AC/DC are or don’t understand the lyrics of Metallica.