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DS Game Port Wishlist
LATRINE! writes "Brittlefish has posted a wishlist of games that would make great ports to the Nintendo DS. While this isn't a comprehensive list, the idea of Starcraft on the DS is very exciting." From the article: "The Nintendo DS has given developers a chance to put forth new and innovative games. And with the addition of the touchscreen it has enabled developers to create game ideas that were previously impossible (or at best awkward) on any kind of console. Games like Nintendogs and Trauma Center are proof that new things are happening. One of the great possibilities the Nintendo DS offers is it's ability to emulate a mouse, and thus be able to handle PC ports that are mostly mouse-driven, but so far no ports have been done that utilize the DS hardware well." Any games you folks would like to see on two screens?
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The Picross series didn't get its due over here, getting a port to the Game Boy late in its life, and a limited release at that. Japan got a whole *slew* of releases, including the really really good Super Famicom version. That one was great - every time you thought you almost had all the puzzles finished, *bam* - you unlocked a bunch more. And it's *fun*!
Also, as I stated in the blog comments, Yoshi's Cookie could use a return to the limelight. Better multiplayer and user-customizeable puzzles. I'd also like to see Pipe Dream, but Nintendo's already working on a title of similar gameplay in Japan right now.
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Does anyone else see the Nintendo DS has a potential Educational Tool? Why can't companies create Language software for children/adults that want to learn another language.
Honestly, the only PC ports I was hoping for were all brought over with the wonderful ScummVM DS.
I think that RDFK would make a good port to the DS.
The developer of the program actually considered it, but couldn't get nintendo to give him an SDK since he wasn't with a major game firm.
Recently, however, valve has taken his game, and will be releasing it on steam so maybe he will get a chance if the game sells well.
Now I'm not sure how to do this. I doubt the DS can simulate the all the townspeople. But the gestures for petting/spanking, and casting spells is perfect for the touch screen (could try camera control/navigation also, but it already has a plus pad). Plus wireless online creature to creature interaction.
The islands and the challenges would have to be scaled back. Probably need to be some simplified puzzle-mission version of the original without the town building strategy elements.
Admittedly, this is closer to Nintendogs with a proper AI: reward AND punishment; reinforce any action, not just the premade animations; and a world more lively and self sustaining than a barren apartment.
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King's Quest and Quest for Glory (my personal favorite Sierra games) were a good start, but there are many better games that should be there.
First and foremost Legend of Zelda: OOT for obvious reasons, and it probably wouldnt be that hard to control since they got Mario 64 working. I have not purchased a DS yet, but I would get one the instant a OOT port was announced.
Diablo 2. Starcraft would probably work better because the DS is perfect for RTS games, but the stylus is also perfect for the point-and-click style of Diablo. Diablo 2 still has a suprisingly large online community and many of them being addicted as they are, would love to be able to play D2 on a portable. Of course, this would be all but useless if it was not online
Perfect Dark. There have already been mentions of Rare making DS games and im sure they would be able to perfect the First-person shooter using the stylus and the DS, they way they did on the console with Goldeneye and PD so many years ago.
The final and perhaps most desperately needed port- Super Smash Brothers. I have been trying to figure out why Nintendo has never come out with a portable version of SSB, and i still don't know why, but the DS would be perfect for it. The wireless would be great for having multiplayer battles with friends. The top screen could show the whole used playing field as it does in the console Super Smash Brothers games, while the bottom could show a more focused view on your character (something that would even be useful on the console games when everyone is spread out, yet it would infeasible on a TV screen)
The Metroid Demo proved it was possible, but no one has made a really good FPS yet. I won't buy EA's ruination of GoldenEye, but the real Goldeneye / Perfect Dark would be pretty nice to have. Quake, Unreal, CS, anything would be nice, as Metroid keeps getting delayed.
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Where's the DS's most obvious yet most missed PDA software?
I'm not talking anything extremely fancy, but why are they taking so long with launching this sort of software? I understand that Nintendo wants to stay dedicated to gaming, but the lack of regard for their market is incredible. The DS itself is basically a powerful clamshell PDA. While it is a gaming machine, adding support for these features would have been trivial. It's like they went out of their way to make the system as gimp as possible. This I guess should come as no surprise, since it is Nintendo calling the shots.
While I do believe that gaming machines should be use to game with, I think that not including these sort of features is a terrible waste of potential. Imagine the kind of image they could have crafted for their system if they took the time to develop these tools for launch, or at least shortly after.
At least for me, one of the major selling points was the unit's wireless capabilities. The mere possibility that I could potentially have a portable web device that did AIM made me cream myself. The touchscreen for the device gives it a leg up on the PSP for input. However, I was crushed to hear Nintendo's statements of non-interest in any sort of PDA style programs.
I guess I'll be lucky to be getting a PDA-style cart, much less a much needed firmware revision. It would have been too awesome if they could have built all that shit in from the very beginning. It would have been way too cool to have a pocket console that could browse the web, sign onto AIM, and play awesome games.
Of course most of the features rest upon the ability of the user to be in an open wireless network. I've come to realize I'm in the presense of those more often than I'm not these days.
Well I guess I have to be satisfied with built in novelty chat client and an interface that can't even set the clock without rebooting the machine. I just hope that the wireless revolution they're planning on launching is well thought out and not a pile of novelty shit that most Japanese companies produce.
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I'd kill for a copy of Populous on the DS! The hand of god would finally be my hand!
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What about lemmings? The snes version sucked, but with a stylus, it seems like an obvious choice...
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AfterLife has got to be ported. Sure with Populous, you can play God, but in AfterLife, you can play Satan. :)
And the DS is a platform that cries out for the different variations of SimCity. No SimCity 4, though. It's starting to get that "EA owns me" feel.
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Not strictly DS or strictly XCom, but there is always Rebestar Tactical Command, made by the same people for the GBA. Aliens included.