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Ten DS Games That Should Be Made

Posted by Zonk on from the power-to-the-pokemon dept.

marcellizot writes "Even though the DS is already blessed with a large and varied library of great titles, its hard not to wish for the games that should be, and the games that probably will never be. Nintendo's little white pandora's box of quirky interfaces seems destined to forever remain pregnant with possibility, no matter how creative the developers get. To vent their desires, Pocket Gamer has assembled a canon of forgotten gaming heroes and oddball fancies that would make a good fit for Nintendo's dual-screened play thing."

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  1. Just friggin port Starcraft already by Sciros · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The stylus and control pad are enough to play Starcraft on it. The second screen might not be all that useful, so they can just use it to track scores or units or research progress or whatever else you don't need to click on. With the DS letting you play anyone in the world via WiFi and the controls to make it work, Starcraft can experience a resurrection as a handheld game.

    I know I'd buy it.

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    1. Re:Just friggin port Starcraft already by DivineOmega · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I agree. Real-time strategy games are more possible on both the DS and Wii due to their controller's being able to so easily emulate the functions of a mouse. The lack of a mouse-like device I think is something that really holds back consoles from the RTS genre.

    2. Re:Just friggin port Starcraft already by bjourne · · Score: 3, Interesting

      That will never ever happen. Why?

      It would be to fun.

      If they released Starcraft for the DS, everyone would buy it. Everyone would play it forever and ever. They would then enjoy that game so much that they would not have to buy new games. Nowadays, studios do not make hard and challenging games because they do not want to keep people occupied. Instead they make games that last for X numer of hours, where X is the smallest number possible while still making the customer believe it got its moneys worth.

      You can keep on dreaming but there will never be any good RTS for the DS or a challenging chess game either for that matter.

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  2. Re:RTS with local play by tomstdenis · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd pay money to play the original Command and Conquer [sans cutscene movies] on the DS. Bonus points for half intelligent but not super tough A.I. and hell maybe a random map generator.

    Also the original Warcraft (with some unit limits lifted) would be fun too.

    Tom

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  3. Monkey Island! by jackster1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oh my god, how much would I love Monkey Island on DS. I've got to say, the old Lucas Arts games were amazing. Even one of the newer-ish ones was good (Grim Fandango), although Monkey Island 4 wasn't as good. I really hope LucasArts brings Monkey Island to DS, but they seem to have turned their backs on adventure gaming for now, although maybe something like Monkey Island would appeal to casual gamers, something the DS appeals to aswell.

  4. Take Hotel Dusk and turn it up a notch. by Mc_Anthony · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I had huge hopes for "Hotel Dusk: Room 251", a graphic novel in game form. It is actually a pretty good game if you enjoy a decent story. The interesting, interactive puzzles mixed in here and there help set off the story.

    But I can't help but wonder how mind blowingly great it could have been had the creators hired a real, honest to God writer, like Stephen King, or Neil Gaiman, etc... Damn that would be cool. Anyhow, thats my "most wanted"...