There's Advance Wars GC (which is looking mighty fine), Touch! Kirby: The Magic Paintbrush (literal translation), some new Mario Kart pics, Animal Crossing which looks really cool with that lower perspective, and some other stuff.
Since most of the good gamesites are blocked at my work... I have to post this news from Spong:
Quote:Not content with today’s Sony-centric blanket online coverage, Nintendo has cleared its throat in front of Famitsu, to announce a brand new DS title. Joining other cast members from Mario’s extended family (Wario, Luigi etc), Princess Peach is the latest character to get her own touch-screen enabled outing. Alas details are pretty scant on the ground at the moment, without even an indication of when it’s due for release.
What we do know, however, is that Super Princess Peach will be a 2D scrolling action game (featuring Princess Peach). She will also be armed with an umbrella with which to attack oncoming enemies. Putting two and two together, we can comfortably suggest that the player will use the stylus to swipe, stab and control the umbrella.
I just want to tell all of you here (and I won't name names.... no wait yes I will: A BLACK FALCON, GREAT RUMBLER, DARK JAGUAR, and any of you other punks who argued with me for months about how wrong my price predictions were) that you guys were WRONG and I was RIGHT (haha, you wrong people must hate me SO much now)!! I knew that Sony would never sell the PSP for over $300, and the official price is just $35 more than the Nintendo DS!!
And 4-6 hours of rechargeable battery life (for games and movies) is not going to kill the system. The DS's battery life is only 6-10 hours long.
Wow, I hope Nintendo wins this battle, but I think they're in deep shit. I seriously hope this doesn't become a clear victory for Sony... but man, with this insignificant price difference and incredibly large difference in terms of power... we can only hope that the general public sees the two screen thing as more than just a gimmick. And Nintendo's flagship title (mario 64) certainly doesn't do anything to dispell that image of gimmick. Wario Ware, XX/XY, and a few other games use the two screens very effectively, but none of Nintendo's big launch games do. :(
Anyone else get it yet? I've only played it for a couple of hours but I love it (surprise surprise)! I got Paper Mario 2 at the same time but I'm having trouble pulling myself away from GTA....
Quote:The future of the UK developer looked secure when it sealed the deal for the rights to this years Catwoman -the abysmal game based on the abysmal movie, the game was shunned by consumers, mainly because it was terrible and also because the movie was... well, terrible too. Bad game + bad sales = bad news for any developer. It's a simple equation that time and time again has proved the downfall of many a developing studio. This is even more of a sad story as Argonaut were for many yearsconsidered to be at the forefront of the booming UK gaming industry along with much larger studios such as Lionhead.
It's not all doom and gloom though, as it's reported that every effort is being made to keep the individual teams and their projects. Recent crimes against good gaming aside, it would be a shame to lose one of the few UK based developing studios that remain.
And the badness of the Catwoman movie has some far reaching effects...
Quote:October 07, 2004 - The gaming stars came out at yesterday's NDS press conference in Japan, voicing their support for the DS platform and hinting at things to come for the system. One of the big names at the event was Square Enix's Akitoshi Kawazu. The producer of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles spoke on-stage with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto about upcoming NDS support.
Following a teaser trailer that announced Final Fantasy III's new status as a DS game, Miyamoto commented, "This is the first time that Final Fantasy III has appeared on hardware outside of the Famicom (Japanese NES), isn't it?" Offering up memories of the Wonderswan version of the game, which never surfaced despite a lengthy development time, Kawazu responded with, "Over the past 15 years we've tried numerous times, but as we couldn't get it to work, this time we've decided to make the game for DS."
No actual gameplay footage or screens of Final Fantasy III were shown, but Kawazu gave some hints at what we can expect from the game. "The interface has completely changed," he offered. "Please look forward to seeing how the game has been given a new life."
Steering the conversation towards other games, Miyamoto offered, "Aside from this, Square Enix is also in development with a new Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, right?". Kawazu responded with, "Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles was played by connecting the GameCube and Game Boy Advance, but for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, that paradigm is gone, with the game played just on the DS. It's easier to get into."
Miyamoto used Awazu's talk of one of GameCube's big connectivity hours to segue into a bit on Nintendo's own plans. "At the time of GameCube and Game Boy Advance connectivity," Miyamoto recalled, "you had to connect the system to four [Game Boy Advance] systems, so the entry was a bit high. However, the DS has two screens and WiFi support, so we feel the threshold is a lot lower. We're thinking of bringing Zelda: Four Swords to the DS, so let's compete!"
Returning to the topic of Square Enix, Miyamoto moved on to the internet side of gaming, asking, "Square Enix brings up thoughts of the internet. We're thinking of doing something where the DS connects to the internet, but what do you have planned?". To this, Kawazu responded with, "Moving the stuff that we currently have running onto the DS would be difficult from a hardware standpoint, but if we were to try our mobile contents on the DS, we feel the network threshold would drop." Miyamoto managed the last word, offering, "Preparing a wireless LAN network can be difficult, but if you just have that, all you have to do is turn on the power and you can instantly play the game."
Kawazu's final comment could hint at another Final Fantasy game for the DS. Currently, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII is the big-name mobile network-based game from Square Enix. In its cell phone version, the network play is limited to just e-mails, but on the DS this could definitely become something a bit more involved.
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