Comic-Con: Nintendo's DS Lineup

by Chris Remo Jul 25, 2006 4:59am CST tags: Square Enix, Nintendo

During last week's Comic-Con in San Diego, Nintendo showed off a few of the Nintendo DS titles it will be publishing this year. While the lineup wasn't as huge as the company's E3 showing, it was quite diverse. Check out my impressions of Q-Games and Nintendo's Star Fox Command, iNiS' Elite Beat Agents, and Square Enix's Mario Hoops 3-on-3.

With Star Fox Command, Nintendo is attempting to return to the series' roots while also pushing forward. In that vein, the company has enlisted Kyoto-based studio Q-Games to co-develop the game along with Nintendo. Q-Games was co-founded by Ape Escape designer Kenkichi Shimooka along with Dylan Cuthbert, who along with his former studio Argonaut Software co-developed the original Star Fox (SNES) with Nintendo. Argonaut was also in the process of developing Star Fox 2, the original game's cancelled SNES followup. Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has mentioned that the upcoming Star Fox Command incorporates various features originally planned for Star Fox 2.

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By: Guava D x Show Full Post

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Remo, do you really feel that Double Dash was a weak entry in the MarioKart series? I think it's probably my favorite of them all with the co-op racing and bob-omb blast. Not to say that MarioKart DS isn't great, because it is... but DD is amazing.

Jul 25, 2006 11:04am CST

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  - Yea the tracks were lacking to me as well... no huanted mansion, no block fort multiplayer map ( seriousl... : happynoodle
- I don't care for the way the Kart's handle for some reason.. it's actually wierd the way it arc's. : Pneum0

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Loads of great DS games being released in the next few months:

Zelda Phantom Hourglass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cObgYpacR3g&eurl=http%3A%2F%2F64%2E233%2E179%2E104%2Ftranslate%5Fc%3Fhl%3Den%26ie%3DUTF%2D8%26oe%3DUTF%2D8%26langpair%3Dfr%257Cen%26u%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fjeux%2Dfrance%2Ecom%2FBl

StarFox Command
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYa0rono-Wo&search=starfox%20ds

Mario Hoops 3-on-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB9vo8gmbt0&mode=related&search=mario%20hoops

The Settlers (Sorry, no videos out yet)
http://gonintendo.com/?p=3522

Castlevania: Potrait of Ruin
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/4703

Final Fantasy III (3D Remake, localized)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rWktxaHoaw&search=final%20fantasy%203%20ds

Age of Empires: The Age of Kings (European Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmcyfEwR0d0&search=age%20of%20empires%20ds

Opera Web Browser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzoTJPyU0U8&search=ds%20browser

Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (Cooking / receipe software, Japanese only)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_wA3-y4r68&search=Shaberu%21%20DS%20Oryouri%20Navi

Elite Beat Agents (Western remake / sequel of Osu! Tatakae! Quendan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oBbVIqkGmg&search=elite%20beat%20agents

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Bad quality, nothing better available)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGZ17Ito4a0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgonintendo%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ephp%3Fpaged%3D6

Need For Speed Carbon (Sorry, no videos out yet)
http://gonintendo.com/?p=3784

Contact (US Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXnE-K_BD90&search=contact%20ds

Get your wallets ready ;-)

Jul 25, 2006 6:31am CST

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Elite Beat Agents just won't be the same without the J-pop. (175 R's "Melody" stuck in my head like bubble gum for days after hearing it the first time)

Jul 25, 2006 3:49pm CST

Elite Beat Agents just won't be the same without the J-pop. (175 R's "Melody" stuck in my head like bubbl... : cell9song

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Wee, I'm tired. I read that starfox image as saying "Stop the motherfucking ship!"

http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/nds/Star+Fox+Command/1/starfox/050906_starfox_1.jpg

Jul 25, 2006 9:28am CST

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Wee, I'm tired. I read that starfox image as saying "Stop the motherfucking ship!" http://www.shacknew... : slip42o
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- Stop the motherfuncing ship! : megarust32
- I read it as that too... I thought it was Remo editorializing... haha... : zakazi

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No online play for mario hoops makes me sad :(

All my friends are too cheap to buy a DS. I wonder if single player would be worth the buy...

Jul 25, 2006 9:48am CST

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- no online play and stylus control = no buy for me, unfortunately. i was hoping it would be more of an nba... : johnny skidmarks

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Have they made a smaller ds lite rumble pack yet? I don't want to buy one that sticks out.

Jul 25, 2006 2:02pm CST

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Have they made a smaller ds lite rumble pack yet? I don't want to buy one that sticks out. : megarust32
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- yep, the small DS lite model is available now in Japan I think. It seems to be just as rumbly as the big ... : mrflamey

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Square Enix working on a game with Nintendo characters?

I remember the last time a similar arrangement was made, and I would like to see the results of that arrangement (Super Mario RPG) to pop up in remake form. The battery in my SNES copy died :(

Jul 25, 2006 5:37am CST

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  did you miss kindom hearts, KH2, and the GBA KH game? : Nation
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    there were nintendo characters in that? : ermac
    - oh, crap ... my bad ... those are Disney character, not Nintendo. : Nation

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Ah bollocks, I sold my DS ages ago, and Starfox looks damn awesome :(

At least if I get a new one I dont need to feel guilty as I can get the shiny new Lite version

Jul 25, 2006 10:30am CST

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Ah bollocks, I sold my DS ages ago, and Starfox looks damn awesome :( At least if I get a new one I do... : ravvy
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- lite is definitely worth it : derean

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Can we get a list of north american release dates for these?

Jul 25, 2006 9:42am CST

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Can we get a list of north american release dates for these? : gibolas1234
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- I mean all of em, not just the 3 remo previewed : gibolas1234

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Btw, it's been announced that Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin will in fact have online co-op play on special stages. Yay.

Jul 25, 2006 7:13am CST

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- I just shed a tear. seriously. : gibolas1234

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Can't wait to pick me up one of these DS lites tommorow!!

Jul 25, 2006 8:44am CST

Can't wait to pick me up one of these DS lites tommorow!! : kurumba

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They probably didn't mention this but for Star Fox will there be any multiplayer component that uses the share cartridge function? Its one of those not so big features that I really like, especially when I or a friend is trying to convince one another about the game.

Jul 25, 2006 5:23am CST

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They probably didn't mention this but for Star Fox will there be any multiplayer component that uses the ... : soggybagel
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- Tetris DS rocked with that. 10 people. 1 cartridge. : wild falcon
- Yes, there is 6 player download play (one cartridge) and 4 player wifi play. It's an absolute blast. : mrflamey

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5 in the frakkin' A of M? Chris Remo is like a tiny god!

Jul 25, 2006 5:25am CST

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5 in the frakkin' A of M? Chris Remo is like a tiny god! : cerealSAM2
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- the beauty of time delay :) : Maarten Goldstein

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