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[akascream]

Japanese Developers Prepare 64 Games for Nintendo DS

hehe, gameboy is NOT for ports!!!

 

[brandonnn]

Rakugaki means graffiti, right?

It would be cool if Konami brought back the franchise and added the ability to draw your own character with the touchscreen. Then maybe you could wirelessly trade your character creations with other NDS users.

I understand it more as like "scribble" than graffiti, but it's all basically along the same lines.

Rakugaki Oukoku/Magic Pengel is essentially exactly what you're describing, though not a 2D fighter as with Rakugaki Kids. The first Oukoku had you draw your own characters and use them to battle others in an arena, with a paper-rock-scissors type ruleset. The second, Tensai Bit-Kun: Gramon Battle, was another arena battle, and the third, Rakugaki Oukoku 2 will be an action rpg where you design your own characters. Ancient/Sega's Kaijyu no Shima (Amazing Island, coming out in the West for the Cube on the 24th of this month) used the same 3d sketch design tool, only you run your monsters through a series of minigames, rather than arena battles.

A stylus controlled DS version is the perfect fit, for as nice as the analog controlled sketching is, and hopefully will support wireless battling/trading as you suggest.

You can give an early version of the 3d sketch tech used in all of the games a run through at http://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/teddy/teddy/teddy.html -- a Java window should automatically open.

 

[GDGF]

That would be completely badass! Killer app, maybe? I will definitely be keeping my eye on that one.

 

[Mejilan]

Castlevania. Dragon Quest Monsters, Seiken Densetsu, Boktai, Game Arts RPG, Namco RPG.

Holy fucking shit.

 

[Soul4ger]

Castlevania. Dragon Quest Monsters, Seiken Densetsu, Boktai, Game Arts RPG, Namco RPG.

Holy fucking shit.

This man speaks the truth. The support is even better than I expected, and I had high hopes. My guess is that the Japanese development community really believes that this could help get the industry out of its funk.

 

[Mejilan]

Harvest Moon! Dynasty Warriors! Survival Kids! Koie Strategy Simulator! Viewtiful Joe! Awesome!!

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI DS

There's the selling point for me. That better come out here.

 

[Littleberu]

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI DS

There's the selling point for me. That better come out here.

Buy SMT3 and we shall see.

 

[Semjaza Azazel]

I already have SMT: N and SMTDS reserved

 

[Greekboy]

Project Rub (working title)

Possible clitoral stimulation game with the stylus?

 

[explodet]

Sure, I suppose it's possible....

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

BOKTAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIII