E3 - Nintendo Shows DS Details, Realistic Zelda

An anonymous reader writes "Following the earlier leak of Nintendo DS pictures, there are hands-on details regarding Nintendo's handheld console over at GameSpot - Cube-Europe also has a list of Nintendo's first-party DS games, including 'Animal Crossing DS, Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime: Hunters, a new Super Mario Bros game, Super Mario 64X4, and WarioWare Inc. DS'." Elsewhere, xDCDx writes "Nintendo just showed at their E3 conference a trailer of the new Zelda game for the Gamecube [there are also screenshots available], this time using a more mature visual look, rather than a cel-shaded one."

Comments

Re:dupey

[La_Boca]

of course i didn't read the actual news item, this is slashdot.

Re:Nintendo changed zelda before

[Pluvius]

You know that the Spaceworld 2000 demo you're talking about was a tech demo, right?

I've heard this argument before, and it doesn't hold water. There's a difference between making tech demos that obviously wouldn't make interesting games (the ping-pong ball XBox demo, for example) or tech demos that are of already-made games (the N64 FF6 demo) and tech demos that are indistinguishable from new game footage. There's also a difference between making a game that's only slightly different from the tech demo and making a game that's almost completely different from the tech demo.

Rob

Re:Zelda the way it should be?

[NanoGator]

"(Pull your pants up, your fanboyism is showing)"

Pull your pants down, your masculinity isn't showing.

GameCube is the most expensive console

[tepples]

FF:CC would be *impossible* to play multiplayer with regular controllers. Each player has their own inventory

Which can be mapped into a pop-up window at screenside, no?

Besides, any self respecting geek should have a GBA already.

If Nintendo keeps attacking flash cart vendors, what geek would be able to buy one in order to use a GBA as a music player or PDA? They'd buy an iPaq or Zaurus PDA instead.

Sure, blame Nintendo for innovating a new way to play video games, that'll teach them to try anything new.

Blame Nintendo for making the most expensive current console now that the PS2 is down to $150 and a GCN + GBA with non-defective display + cable is $210?

Nintendo exploiting Sonic?

[abbamouse]

I actually RTFA and this is the quote that grabbed me:
" The most notable demo starred Sega's own Sonic the Hedgehog. The demo proper was displayed in the top DS screen and featured Sonic running through a familiar island setting. You could control Sonic's movements by using the stylus on the lower touch screen. Tapping the screen made Sonic jump, while sliding the stylus across the power meter style image on the lower screen let you build up Sonic's speed. The more you slid the stylus, the faster an onscreen meter built up. Every time the meter filled, Sonic's speed would bump up to a higher level. Another component of the demo let you manipulate the camera on Sonic--you could switch between different angles on the fly by tapping icons on the touchscreen. The graphics in the demo looked good and ran at a smooth clip. Texture detail and polygon count were respectable but didn't quite match the quality of console hardware. The effects used as Sonic's speed leveled up were pretty slick and made use of a wide variety of color and particle effects."

This business of using someone else's trademarks (and copyrighted work) for commercial purposes just can't be a smart move, even if it was done in jest. Has there been some Nintendo-Sega agreement of which I am unaware?