The game doesn't feature a turntable peripheral, so don't expect a direct translation of the console game. Instead, it's a touch-screen recreation: as notes flow down the on-screen turntable, you tap, stroke or scribble the stylus on the lower screen to follow along with the mash-up beat. You tap when a ball hits the beat line, you slide left or right when you have arrows telling you move the slider, and you scribble up and down to "scratch." All in time to the beat. While the in-game graphics were certainly on par with console versions – a testament to the power of the 3DS processor – the stereoscopic 3D effects were a bit on the weak side.
At least during the game. At the start of the track, the camera swooped in to show the DJ at the table, and the DJ Hero logo flipped right into the viewer's face. What the game showed was the high quality, multitrack audio that the system can produce. It sounded great coming through the headphones.