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DS Launch Titles Officially Revealed 47

Posted by Zonk from the final-fantasy-III-woot! dept.
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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  • 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.

  • Not a gadget (Score:3, Interesting)

    by l1nuxpunk ( 738263 ) <linuxpunk AT linuxpunk DOT net> on Thursday October 07, 2004 @10:07AM (#10459685) Homepage
    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.
    • Blue Wizard needs food badly

      Speaking of which, if the DS wireless network thing actually comes to fruition a remake of one of the original Gauntlets is a must!

  • Great Launch! (Score:2, Interesting)

    by astrokid ( 779104 )
    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.

    Wo
    • Any ideas of how these games will use the 2nd screen? I mean, if it was hand touch I could understand steering with my thumb, but I understand you're supposed to use a stylus with the damn thing. How's that gonna work with Mario Kart? Or are you only going to be using the touch capability for a handful of games where a stylus is appropriate (doesn't seem to be a long list).

      Still, what I really hope to see are some handheld RTS games. The console world sucks for RTS's, partially because splitscreen is
      • I'm guessing Mario Kart won't use the stylus that much. The regular d-pad is still there.
      • It's left up to the developers how they want to use the touch pad (which doesn't strictly require a stylus; a finger will suffice). Metroid Prime Hunters uses the D-pad for movement and the pad for aiming, similar to a computer's mouse and WASD. Mario Kart, like Ridge Racers, will presumably use the pad for analog steering and drop the D-pad. Feel the Magic: XY/XX ignores the D-pad and the face buttons, and will use the touch pad exclusively!

        As for RTS games, I don't think multiple people would play on the
        • I meant just being able to play RTS games with a separate terminal per person, compared to consoles. This could've been done on the GBA, but GBA didn't have a pointing device. After seeing PA's Metroid screenies, I'm starting to think this pointing device will be often used as an analog controller - sounds like a good idea. My only problem is that playing with a stylus in-hand sounds really uncomfortable. Maybe the "fingerpick" will be better.

  • I want the Japanese launch titles (Score:4, Funny)

    by contagious_d ( 807463 ) on Thursday October 07, 2004 @10:30AM (#10459978) Journal
    "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!

  • "Yoshi's Touch & Go"?

    If you touch my Yoshi and go I will tell my older brother and he'll beat you up!

  • Ummm... Wow. (Score:5, Insightful)

    by gamgee5273 ( 410326 ) on Thursday October 07, 2004 @10:33AM (#10460008) Journal
    I think this might actually convince me to pick up a DS if it means I can finally get my hands on FFIII.

    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.

    • If they announce an NA release of this one, it'll guarantee that I preorder the system.
    • Try as you might, a stylus won't work on your TV.

      I'm disappointed it work as a GBA connected to the GC.
      • Addon touch screen for the controller... I've seen mini screens for NGC controllers. Not a huge leap to make it a touch screen and then the TV would be the "other" screen.
    • I played a fan-trans of that game, and it's definitely pretty nice. It's right about the point where they started learning how to work the story into the game better, and to really refine the graphics and controls and battle system. Well, I mean, it's still NES, and on the surface it's the same, but it's really a lot less clunky than FFI.
  • my lovely IT department feels that gaming websites impede ones ability to work and thus, block them....

    • Re:Can someone paste the list for me? (Score:3, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Article text :

      Nintendo DS launch titles officially revealed
      Super Mario 64 DS, Spider-Man 2 highlight a launch lineup that will consist of 10 to 12 titles. UPDATE: Japanese launch title details, Final Fantasy III confirmed.

      SEATTLE--In the wee hours before it takes the wraps off of its soon-to-be-released DS portable gaming system, Nintendo released new details on the upcoming platform's software lineup at launch--and beyond. As noted previously, the system is slated to ship November 21 at an SRP of $149.99
      • " A North American release for Final Fantasy III DS was not confirmed."

        Argh! Wasn't FF3 for the SNES a huge seller? Assuming my memory isn't faulty here, I hope that little detail is considered. I'd really LOVE to play that game again. Although I'm baffled as to why this'd be a DS release instead of a GBA release. I have difficulty imagining that the DS would do much for it unless they modified it heavily. Why not release it on the platform that has several million owners?

        • Re:Can someone paste the list for me? (Score:1, Informative)

          by Anonymous Coward
          You're thinking of Final Fantasy 6. As any follower of the Final Fantasy series knows by now (one would hope), the game that was released as FF 3 in the U.S. was actually FF 6. The first FF 3 was a Famicom game that never saw foreign shores (as was pointed out in the summary, albeit not very clearly to anyone unfamiliar with the subject).

          I'd say there are too possible reasons for the game to come out for the DS instead of the GBA. The first is that Nintendo paid for it to drive DS sales. This would pro
        • Argh! Wasn't FF3 for the SNES a huge seller?

          No, or at least, this FFIII wasn't a huge seller on any US system. From the article:

          The only Final Fantasy title to never be remade and to never make it out of Japan, FFIII is considered to be one of the most intricate role-playing games ever designed for the Famicom.

          The FFIII you know of in the US, for the SNES, is actually Final Fantasy VI in Japan. There's a nice table in this Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] article listing the Final Fantasies and what systems and countries

    • Odd that they block game sites, but not Slashdot.
  • 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 li
    • I don't know. It could look good. The resolution is low, but the screen size is small too. If you resize any of those screens to reflect the actual size of the screen they're going to appear on, and assume it's going to be out there at around elbow length from your face, they really don't look bad.
  • Wasn't there two FFIII's? There was the NES one, and then there was a SNES one as well, but was only called FFIII in the states I think...

    Anyways, I don't remember the NES one very well, but the SNES FFIII was awesome. I'd get a DS for that in a heartbeat. I'll have to fire up the emulator and play the NES FFIII now. Anyone track down any FF DS screenshots yet, btw?

    • 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.

    • Re:Which FFIII? (Score:2, Informative)

      by BGJayR ( 687521 )
      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.
      • 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 gre

  • More Launch News! (Score:2, Interesting)

    by astrokid ( 779104 )
    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 [reuters.com]

    Wow, that's pretty damn cool.

    • That is pretty cool. If there was no mistake in communication, the important things we can glean from this are:

      • GBA games can take advantage of the wireless capabilities in the DS.
      • Some GBA games put out by Nintendo were ALREADY created in such a way to take advantage of that fact.
      • Nintendo may still not be in to the "online" thing yet.

      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 ge

      • Re:Sweet (Score:3, Insightful)

        by Servo5678 ( 468237 )

        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.

        Actually, it sounds more to me like they plan to use the Pokemon downloads to push attendance at the Pokemon movies. I'd assume that movie theaters will have a little box that will transmit the new data to the DS sometime near the end of the movie so you have to sit through the whole film to get

        • I'd assume that movie theaters will have a little box that will transmit the new data to the DS sometime near the end of the movie so you have to sit through the whole film to get the goodies.

          Doubtful. They've already got your money -- why would they care if you stick around for the whole movie? What would be their incentive to 'force' (I use that word lightly. Believe it or not, there are a lot of kids out there that like the movies.) someone to sit through the movie?

          --Jeremy
        • During the press conference, it was mentioned that the Pokémon would be transmitted during a specific scene where the main characters meet said Pokémon. Nice integration, says I.

  • Summary... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Sentry21 ( 8183 ) on Thursday October 07, 2004 @11:42AM (#10460798) Journal
    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
  • 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.
  • I hope this isn't like the hand-cramping size of the Game Boy Advance SP, clearly designed with smaller fingers in mind.

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