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[Alcibiades]

http://ds.ign.com/articles/558/558353p1.html

 

[Wario64]

what

 

[Brofist]

As ugly as RRDS the game looks, I can't believe the cover looks ever uglier.

 

[GG-Duo]

does that say... Ricciardi?

 

[DrForester]

 

[jooey]

OH GOD THEY'RE BRINGING BACK THE RACING EVOLUTION SLUTS?!?

 

[Meier]

haha as shitty as Sprung and Ridge Racer will probably be, their boxart certainly lends credence to the idea that the DS will be aimed at a "more mature" audience than the GBA.

 

[sc0la]

Is that a pierced nipple in the top left panel of the sprung boxart? thats almost as good as the Penis on little mermaid cover.

 

[cvxfreak]

Every DS boxart has been good so far.

Let's hope it stays that away.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

Sprung used to be called Crush.
"a simple text-based "choose your own adventure" style of storytelling. The idea in the demo was to "woo" either the man or the woman using conversation selected via the lower screen's touch screen interface, or by pulling up your inventory and using special items that might sway their opinion about you. Most of the game took place in a dialogue interface that featured the two characters in hand drawn artwork, with each character occupying a screen." -IGN

 

[SolidSnakex]

As ugly as RRDS the game looks, I can't believe the cover looks ever uglier.

:lol Those cars look absolutely terrible.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

:lol Those cars look absolutely terrible.

They're hoping that people will be too distracted by the headlights to notice.

 

[Jonnyram]

does that say... Ricciardi?

It looks like Ricc)(ardi to me

 

[Schmo Florez]

Damn! Replace the "Ridge Racer" logo with "RC Pro Am 2000".





I usually don't complain about box arts either. Now I truly am a GA member.

 

[ferricide]

ridge racer has horrible, horrible shareware-ish western aesthetics, but it plays just fine (don't use the screen to steer, kids.)

i'll buy it because i like RR, even if it's got a naff box.

 

[seismologist]

They look like dreamcast boxes

 

[Wario64]

They should just let you touch boobs instead of steering a wheel in RR DS

 

[Blinky]

Mr. Driller shall be mine.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

They should just let you touch boobs instead of steering a wheel in RR DS

:lol

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

They should just let you touch boobs instead of steering a wheel in RR DS

And the gear shift stick could be...........

 

[Chittagong]

reminds me of

probably will be as good a game, too

 

[Teddman]

Bah, pretty boring launch lineup.

 

[Suikoguy]

I want Yoshi's Touch and Go

 

[Kon Tiki]

:lol Those cars look absolutely terrible.

At least it is not giving any false hope. :lol

 

[Chittagong]

There is no way around it. The US launch lineup it shit. They should be really ashamed of not getting any other first-partycontent out than SM64 DS.

Luckily I'm getting Touch! Wario Ware, Hito-whatever, Band Brothers, Pokemon Dash and Zoo Keeper from Japan.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Bah, pretty boring launch lineup.

That was a given, but i thought twelve titles were to be released for launch, not for the "launch window". Color me disappointed. i still plan on getting Super Mario 64 DS, Feel the Magic, and one of the racers, but i was hoping for another gane to look forward to before the end of the year. Sadly though, system launches can do extremely well on rather lackluster software by using the newness of the hardware to blind users to the fact that it's more or less the same crap they've already played, just on another system.

 

[seismologist]

Ill probably get these

I basically want to try all of them though. Even Tiger Woods looks like it could be kind of cool.

 

[BuddyC]

As ugly as RRDS the game looks, I can't believe the cover looks ever uglier.

Wow, she looks worse than Reiko.

 

[Gek54]

She is 100X better than this shemale

 

[aoi tsuki]

She is 100X better than this shemale

AKA Reiko Nagase.

 

[The Faceless Master]

omg people hatin on reiko?

 

[kiryogi]

D: where's the Rena from R:Racing? Rena > Gina. And its amusing, it really confirms that R:Racing was indeed ridge racer series XD

 

[hirokazu]

what the hell is Sprung?

and why is that R: Racing Evolution girl in Ridge Racer?

 

[D2M15]

omg people hatin on reiko?

Don't listen to them, Reiko. They don't understand you like I do.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

This seems like a pretty piss-poor launch window lineup, to me. Unless, this isn't all of it.

 

[Kon Tiki]

This seems like a pretty piss-poor launch window lineup, to me. Unless, this isn't all of it.

Looks like 'all of it' as far as day one. More before the end of the year.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

OK, good to hear.

 

[puck1337]

Wow. Only one first party title. I had thought they might slip one or two more in. I guess they're either expecting a bit of a post-launch 3rd party drought in N.A., or they don't want to have their titles competing against each other at launch. Probably a bit of both.

 

[Kon Tiki]

In the coming months, publishers will release a wide range of novel software. Nintendo's list of DS-specific first-party franchises includes a multiplayer Mario Kart, as well as Metroid Prime Hunters, WarioWare, Inc.™ DS, Animal Crossing, Yoshi's Touch & Go, Advance Wars® DS and a new Super Mario Bros., among others.

Third-party publishers will add GoldenEye: Rogue Agent™ and Need for Speed™ Underground from EA, Viewtiful Joe from Capcom, Bomberman from Hudson Soft, Frogger from Konami, a Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles title from Square Enix, and many more.

NOA says 'coming months', other publishers say 'launch window', and some say 'this year'.

 

[Leviathan]

Bah, pretty boring launch lineup.

The US launch lineup it shit.

Just like the PS2

 

[Teddman]

Looks like 'all of it' as far as day one. More before the end of the year.

According to the IGN DS article and their release schedule, that's it for 2004, except for Puyo Pop Fever.

 

[Auron]

I can hardly believe we're getting some adventure/dating-sim games(Feel the Magic and Sprung). I'll pick up both of them.

 

[gunstarhero]

Pretty bad launch games IMO - not as bad as the PS2 tho...

I'll prob pick up Feel the Magic and Mario and Driller.

 

[human5892]

It's clearly inferior to the Japanese line-up, but I don't think the US launch is that bad in its own right -- Asphalt: Urban GT, Feel the Magic XY/XX, Mr. Driller, Spider-Man 2, and Super Mario 64 DS all look like they have the potential to be fun games, and they're all from different genres, too. There's also hope for Madden, Ridge Racer, Rayman DS, and Tiger Woods.

I think the main problem is that we simply don't have enough impressions of most of the launch software. If the majority of these games end up being decent to outstanding, it'll be a solid launch that covers a wide range of tastes (sports, platforming, racing, dating sim, puzzle).

 

[Bristow]

Super Mario 64 and Mr Driller shall be mine.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

What the hell is the chick from R: Racing Evolution doing there?

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Just like the PS2 [launch]

IAWTP
Thanks for nothing Namco!

 

[Sp3eD]

Still can't believe that Wario Ware isn't hitting with the system. Their "coming soon" better be December.....

 

[belgurdo]

This round goes to PSP

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

This round goes to PSP

Why?