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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!
I'm starting to really want one. I was hoping to avoid the early adopter burn, but Nintendo seems to rope me in every time.
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.
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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!
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"The first-party titles will include: Super Mario 64 DS, Pokémon Dash, Big Concert! Band Brothers, Touch! Made in Wario, and Intuitive Stroke."
No Intuitive Stroke release in the US? Why don't we ever get the cool games? I want my first-party nintendo pr0n, damnit!
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"Yoshi's Touch & Go"?
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I wonder if a DS Player might be in the works for the GameCube? I know that's a longshot, especially considering how the dual screens would have to be set up on a TV screen, but one can hope, can't one?
Man... FFIII. I hope there's a North American release, dammit.
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If they announce an NA release of this one, it'll guarantee that I preorder the system.
until i saw some screen shots. anything in 3D at that resolution is going to look like ass, as is seen in the metroid prime: hunters screen shot. 320x240 (or whatever really small rez we can expect) never looked good for any first person shooter.
i thought the pictochat (i think thats right) was going to be cool too, but text entry is via an on screen keyboard, so entry will be slow and tedious.
i just dont think its going to end up being that great of a product. 2d games where a map, or stauts or the like are important will be greatly improved with the second screen, but thats about it.
if i were still in undergrad, i might be more tempted to get one for the sake of high tech note passing or what have you, but at the same time, my campus had wifi and using my laptop worked much better.
FF3 US was FF6 JP.
They're referring to the JP FF3, for the NES (Famicom)
The DS port will likely have greatly upgraded graphics; the shots of FF3's port to the WonderSwan reminded me of FF6's graphics quality.
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."
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Wow, that's pretty damn cool.
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Not all of the FFs released in Japan were released in America:
Japan/States
NES
FF1/FF1
FF2/Not released
FF3/Not released
SNES
FF4/FF2
FF5/Not released
FF6/FF3
PS
FF7/FF7
and all PS versions are numbered the same.
Later on FF5 was released in the States on PS.
Most FF fans will call the games by their Japanese numeration.
In a press release today, Nintendo announced that pretty much every game anyone would want will be available at launch. When asked what this would mean for future launches, a spokesperson told reporters, 'Instead of trickling out good releases once or twice a year, we're just going to release them all at once.'
In other news, the PSP is still delayed, due to unreasonable ambition and poor planning, including low battery life and a poor selection of launch titles. Sony spokespersons remain optimistic despite the facts.
Reports are now coming in that Nintendo of America has been sighted travelling in the direction of the bank; witnesses in several areas reported laughing, however it is not clear whether Nintendo was laughing all the way, or merely a good portion of the way, to said bank.
--Dan
That is pretty cool. If there was no mistake in communication, the important things we can glean from this are:
I bring up that last point because it sounds as if they are expecting you to bring the DS to a location (a movie theater) to get the data, rather than being able to get it over the internet through any hotspot. While that may tie into their plans of drawing people in to their movies, it seems to ignore the fact that the content could be delivered without doing so.
Anyway, cool news and thanks for the link!
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I'm looking forward to particpating in the homebrew community of this device. I've been a lurker in the history of the GBA and GBC, but the launch for the DS looks like a great window between having a hackable system and falling victim to the other consequences.
Anyone know of a site dedicated to DS hackery? It would be cool to see who makes the first VoIP hack, or just a walkie talkie mod.
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Almost, but not quite. We didn't originally get FF2, as you said, but like FF5, that's changed. Final Fantasy Origins for the Playstation has a revamped version of both FF1 and FF2. In fact, you can play every Final Fantasy (excluding FF3 and a few oddballs, like Mystic Quest and Crystal Chronicles) on the PS2.
That's why it's interesting to see FF3 as a DS launch title... the US hasn't gotten to play that one yet, so it's probably going to be a big seller. If history's any indication, this could be great for Nintendo. FF7 was the reason a lot of people bought a PS1, and the same thing seemed to happen again with FF10.
I hope this isn't like the hand-cramping size of the Game Boy Advance SP, clearly designed with smaller fingers in mind.