DS Launch Titles Officially Revealed

Thanks to Gamespot for a breakdown of the official DS Launch Title lineup. The selection includes lots of big names, including The Sims, Madden, Mario, Metroid, Pokemon, and Spider Man 2. The system will also feature a remake of Final Fantasy III (jp), one of the most outstanding games ever to be released for the famicom system.Update: 10/07 20:57 GMT by Z : Gamesindustry.biz has a story on this as well, adding details and stating that there will be a DS Zelda title as well!

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Not a gadget

[l1nuxpunk]

The DS actually seems to be pretty reasonably priced, and the line-up of games that it's getting released with looks great. The one thing that could've plagued the DS would've been gadgetry, that is, really expensive stuff that only people with money to waste would buy. And at these prices, it doesn't look like that's going to happen.

Great Launch!

[astrokid]

Any Mario practically guaruntees a healthy launch, and the addition of the Metroid demo sounds like a very good idea.

I skimmed the article and it seems like the Pokemon game is for launch in Japan only, it also seems like it's possibly a kart game (Pokemon Dash?) as opposed the popular RPGs that we've been seeing a lot of.
If the pokemon game was a launch game over in America I can't imagine what kind of hysteria that would create, especially since the system is being released around Black Friday.

Wow. Go Nintendo!

More Launch News!

[astrokid]

from the article linked below:

To utilize the wireless communication capability of the DS, Nintendo plans to offer a new service enabling users to download extra data such as new characters from the new Pokemon movie, to be released next summer, Iwata said.

"You just need to bring the DS and one of the Pokemon software for Game Boy Advance and you'll be downloading some unique Pokemon data while you watch the movie."

HERE

Wow, that's pretty damn cool.