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Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Shiroi Kage no Shoujo

Any scans/details on this game?

http://ranobe.com/up/updata/up10005.jpg
http://ranobe.com/up/updata/up10006.jpg

Awesome, it looks like one of the Animal Crossing Screens features two players in the same screen. Hopefully this indicates some sort of co-op wi-fi play and not just town visiting. I also like that the characters can remove their hats, and it seems the top screen will be a sky??

you can link up 4 players to walk together (chat) in the village

 

[Soul4ger]

Wasn't Bandai originally supposed to publish ChibiRobo? I think it got a change of publisher, and style, from the looks of things. Appears to be shaping up.

And Geist looks much better, as does Advance Wars. Some cool stuff in these here pages.

 

[JasoNsider]

Thanks Jonnyram. Do you see any new information in the Animal Crossing DS text, by the way? So many questions!

 

[Dan]

Super Princess Peach really does look like a GBA game from those screens. I wonder how the second screen and/or touch capabilities will come into play. Looks pretty great though, with that Paper Mario/Mario & Luigi art style.

Kirby looks pretty cool too, at least in assuming how the gameplay will generally work.

I'm digging these 2D platform-type games that Nintendo seems to still be pursuing. They're what will get me to buy a DS. It'll be tough for me to hold out as long as I'd like if these and Yoshi Touch & Go come out sooner rather than later.

 

[joshschw]

I'm digging these 2D platform-type games that Nintendo seems to still be pursuing. They're what will get me to buy a DS. It'll be tough for me to hold out as long as I'd like if these and Yoshi Touch & Go come out sooner rather than later.

I'll be buying a DS just for these type of gmaes. I thought that Nintendo would start straying from them but I was wrong - thankfully.

 

[Memles]

Yes...translation on all of these would be simply awesome.

So it says four players in a town, neo? For Animal Crossing? That makes about sense to me. I'm hoping for possibly some cool town customization, then.

 

[soundwave05]

Mario Kart DS and Kirby DS look great. Princess Peach is probably a bit too sugary for my tastes.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

- Famicom Wars (GC / Nintendo) - sadly, it's just the crappy US-developed Advance Wars GC

The Wars naming convention seems to have been assassinated.

This reminds me: I hope that the first PSP hardware is fatally flawed, just so that Sony can later release the PSP SP.

Also don't forget the DS upgrade with analog sticks and rumble, the DS DS.


Wow, Animal Crossing is looking significantly different. Looks like time has made it less of a straight port.

 

[Dragmire]

Super Princess Peach doesn't look like Mario & Luigi or Super Mario World. If anything, it looks quite close to Wario Land 4, graphically, which is better than either of those, IMO. And as a game it looks a lot cooler than I expected. Let's just say I was expecting lots of pink and hearts. And Kirby looks fantastic. I really hope you use the touchscreen a lot, and not just now and then to get Kirby past obstacles.

DS just looks great. Honestly, I don't remember seeing this much good looking content before the launch of any hardware before. But Nintendo's Japanese developers definitely aren't targeting the same demographic that NOA wants to. I understand why NOA is aiming older, but NCL's games look really great. If NOA wants more serious, US mainstream games, they're just going to have to make them or get third parties to. But as far as NCL is concerned, DS is going for the same demographic as the Gameboy line.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

Wow, Kirby DS looks alot like how I figured a Sonic game would play on the NDS.

 

[JasoNsider]

Wow, Kirby DS looks alot like how I figured a Sonic game would play on the NDS.

Right, but a Sonic game where you make the actual road you're running on. What could be more is this: take a look at that screen with the loop. We might be able to discern to things from it

1) That the game has been designed so that kirby knows when to go through part of the very line he's on in a loop.

2) More importantly, this might point towards some really cool physics. It looks like the player is trying to get Kirby to go for the item in the bottom right. If he had just made a hill that went down, Kirby may have just gone flying right off and possibly die. By making that loop, the player is then in control of kirby's movements. Furthermore, you might have to even keep Kirby's momentum going by constantly adding hills and such to build up speed.

Now how awesome is that?

 

[Memles]

So...who's missing?

Yoshi - Check
Mario - Double Check
Peach - Check
Kirby - Check
Pokemon - Triple Check

Major characters missing - Luigi, Wario and Donkey Kong.

I think a Luigi's Mansion-themed game would work for him...I can see it being a point and click game. You cann control Luigi in the overworld areas, but in individual rooms, it goes to point and you touch an object and Luigi investigates it. If a ghost pops out, you have to keep ahold of the ghost with the stylus and pull back...or something. Would be interesting.

Wario...no brainer...Wario and Waluigi: Super-Villian Saga. DO IT, AD.

Donkey Kong...I'd love a new Donkey Kong Country title...but maybe the DS will get the DKC3 port...which doesn't have Donkey Kong IN it...so they might go with a different kind of game. We'll see.

 

[Memles]

Am I the only person who doesn't see Kirby like Sonic AT ALL, instead seeing it as what it is, Kirby in the form of a ball and you have to lead him through the stages with no control over Kirby other than the ramp systems you draw?

 

[Scalemail Ted]

Right, but a Sonic game where you make the actual road you're running on. What could be more is this: take a look at that screen with the loop. We might be able to discern to things from it

1) That the game has been designed so that kirby knows when to go through part of the very line he's on in a loop.

2) More importantly, this might point towards some really cool physics. It looks like the player is trying to get Kirby to go for the item in the bottom right. If he had just made a hill that went down, Kirby may have just gone flying right off and possibly die. By making that loop, the player is then in control of kirby's movements. Furthermore, you might have to even keep Kirby's momentum going by constantly adding hills and such to build up speed.

Now how awesome is that?

Yes this is how Sega should make Sonic

 

[JasoNsider]

Am I the only person who doesn't see Kirby like Sonic AT ALL, instead seeing it as what it is, Kirby in the form of a ball and you have to lead him through the stages with no control over Kirby other than the ramp systems you draw?

That's like saying Mario Tennis is just Mario Brothers, but you have a tennis racket in your hand and you smack a ball around instead of completing levels. Kirby isn't necessarily like Sonic at all. However, it certainly doesn't seem to be like any other Kirby game to me. It's essentially a completely different idea, but using Kirby as a mascot. Same with Kirby's Tilt'n'Tumble.

 

[Memles]

That's like saying Mario Tennis is just Mario Brothers, but you have a tennis racket in your hand and you smack a ball around instead of completing levels. Kirby isn't necessarily like Sonic at all. However, it certainly doesn't seem to be like any other Kirby game to me. It's essentially a completely different idea, but using Kirby as a mascot. Same with Kirby's Tilt'n'Tumble.

I guess I just think that there is no actual control of Kirby himself...making this an entirely different demon than Sonic games. A REALLY cool looking one, but for doesn't seem like a standard Sonic game.

 

[xexex]

seeing the GC, DS and SP all together.... just beautiful

all that needs to be there is a platinum GC

 

[john tv]

Famicom Wars is just a tentative name. Sorry, I was being lazy, but the full title in Famitsu is "Famicom Wars: Latest Work."

I'm sure they'll give it a real name as it gets closer to completion. I was hoping it would just get cancelled but it's looking more and more likely now that it's been announced in Japan as well.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

Famicom Wars is just a tentative name. Sorry, I was being lazy, but the full title in Famitsu is "Famicom Wars: Latest Work."

I'm sure they'll give it a real name as it gets closer to completion. I was hoping it would just get cancelled but it's looking more and more likely now that it's been announced in Japan as well.

LOL, there's a twist you don't see often. Wishing for a game to get cancelled.

 

[amrum]

Famicom Wars is just a tentative name. Sorry, I was being lazy, but the full title in Famitsu is "Famicom Wars: Latest Work."

I'm sure they'll give it a real name as it gets closer to completion. I was hoping it would just get cancelled but it's looking more and more likely now that it's been announced in Japan as well.

Did you play it ?

 

[Dragona Akehi]

LOL, there's a twist you don't see often. Wishing for a game to get cancelled.

You wish it to be cancelled when the game is utter shit and trashes the franchise's good name.

Kinda similar to "Metroid" Prime.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

You wish it to be cancelled when the game is utter shit and trashes the franchise's good name.

Kinda similar to "Metroid" Prime.

Not a big retro fan I take it.

 

[Kon Tiki]

You wish it to be cancelled when the game is utter shit and trashes the franchise's good name.

Kinda similar to "Metroid" Prime.

Why does it trash it?

 

[Xellos]

Donkey Kong...I'd love a new Donkey Kong Country title...but maybe the DS will get the DKC3 port...which doesn't have Donkey Kong IN it...so they might go with a different kind of game. We'll see.

If Nintendo's going to do Donkey Kong on DS they HAVE to get EAD to do a regular Donkey Kong game like DK '94. I bet EAD could come up with some awesome levels using the two screens, touch sensitivity, and a few 3D effects.

 

[krypt0nian]

You wish it to be cancelled when the game is utter shit and trashes the franchise's good name.

Kinda similar to "Metroid" Prime.

You couldn't have lost more respect. Best game of the gen as well as second best in the Metroid series. But sure I guess it trashed the franchise.

Booourns.

 

[Jonnyram]

I'm sure they'll give it a real name as it gets closer to completion. I was hoping it would just get cancelled but it's looking more and more likely now that it's been announced in Japan as well.

Eh? It looks alright to me... I'm sure there'll be some element that makes it fun

 

[SomeDude]

If Nintendo keeps on making unique 2D games then I'll end up buying a DS.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

You couldn't have lost more respect. Best game of the gen as well as second best in the Metroid series. But sure I guess it trashed the franchise.

Booourns.

Since when do I have respect on this board? It matters little to me, to be honest. I say what I feel, in terms of gaming. Like it or not, I won't stay quiet.

All that matters, to me, is that they raped and killed my favourite franchise outside of Fire Emblem.

Looks like WARS might share the same fate. Blehh.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Raped? MP manages to maintain a lot of metroidisms for its first attempt. Inclduing sequence breaking and (1 hour) speed runs.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Since when do I have respect on this board? It matters little to me, to be honest. I say what I feel, in terms of gaming. Like it or not, I won't stay quiet.

All that matters, to me, is that they raped and killed my favourite franchise outside of Fire Emblem.

Looks like WARS might share the same fate. Blehh.

*gives dragona a cookie*

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Yes. Raped. It doesn't feel remotely like Metroid game (SPACE JUMP = DOUBLE JUMP?! among other things, like Samus feeling like a tank and not the agile warrior she is), and don't even get me started on the "art direction".

I've already said my piece on this. Do we really want to go through this all over again?

Samus is dead. Long live Samus.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Nah sorry, missed it the first time. Agile warrior? She still is.

 

[DDayton]

It doesn't feel remotely like Metroid game (SPACE JUMP = DOUBLE JUMP?! among other things, like Samus feeling like a tank and not the agile warrior she is), and don't even get me started on the "art direction".

I've already said my piece on this. Do we really want to go through this all over again?

Samus is dead. Long live Samus.

At least we might still get more 2D Metroid games... we're getting several other 2D DS games!

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Bullshit. She controls like a fucking Resident Evil character.

 

[Meier]

Cube Wars was actually kinda fun at E3. It's not a legitimate title in the series necessarily, but it really wasnt all that bad and is getting most of its hate just by people who are disappointed rather than by people who tried it out.

 

[Kon Tiki]

Bullshit. She controls like a fucking Resident Evil character.

Maybe you need to know how to control her better She seems pretty damn agile to me.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

This Thread has gone on a tangent.

 

[krypt0nian]

Bullshit. She controls like a fucking Resident Evil character.

No skillz.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Maybe you need to know how to control her better She seems pretty damn agile to me.

Compared to her 2D incarnations, that is shit. Sorry mac. She moves like she's underwater in Super Metroid sans Gravity Suit.

 

[belgurdo]

Let the rolleyes and popcorn commence...

And they need to do more on Super Peach. Dump that M&L art style and get Sexy Smash Brothers Peach in there and I'll buy two copies

 

[Scalemail Ted]

Compared to her 2D incarnations, that is shit. Sorry mac. She moves like she's underwater in Super Metroid sans Gravity Suit.

SOOOOOO...Are you gonna try Metroid Hunters????

 

[soundwave05]

The sexy Smash Brothers Peach was awesome

 

[Scalemail Ted]

We need comparison pics.

 

[krypt0nian]

Compared to her 2D incarnations, that is shit. Sorry mac. She moves like she's underwater in Super Metroid sans Gravity Suit.

You have teh broke Gamecube.

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[Scalemail Ted]

We need comparison pics.

SSBM Peach:
http://cubemedia.ign.com/media/previews/image/supersmashmelee/ssbupdatetwo14.jpg



M&L Peach:
http://www.gamespot.com/gba/rpg/marioandluigi/screens.html?page=20

 

[belgurdo]

We need comparison pics.

>

 

[Scalemail Ted]

 

[Ristamar]

Advance Wars (GC) looks like it could be fun, if done properly. Why all the hate? It's not like Advance Wars DS isn't being developed in classic fashion as we speak.

 

[Scalemail Ted]

Advance Wars (GC) looks like it could be fun, if done properly. Why all the hate? It's not like Advance Wars DS isn't being developed in classic fashion as we speak.

Much like classic metroids were made for the GBA?

 

[soundwave05]

There's the "sexier" Princess Peach from SSB Melee.