News: Nintendo of Japan Updates DS Release List

Nintendo of Japan's website was updated in the wee hours of the night with a huge list, of upcoming Nintendo DS titles and boy are there some biggies. Here are a few of the more interesting titles that will be headed to Nintendo's dual-screened portable system in the future including some we knew about and some we didn't:

  • Castlevania (Konami)
  • Vandal Hearts (Konami)
  • Boktai (Konami)
  • Winning 11 (Konami)
  • Goemon (aka Mystical Ninja) (Konami)
  • Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami)
  • Survival Kids (Konami)
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Square Enix)
  • Seiken Denetsu (the Mana series) (Square Enix)
  • Dragon Quest Monsters (Square Enix)
  • Slime Morimori Dragon Quest (Square Enix)
  • Monster Rancher (Tecmo)
  • Tengai Makyo (Hudson)
  • Rakugaki Kingdom (Taito)
  • Puzzle Bobble (aka Bust-a-Move) (Taito)
  • Kaido Battle (aka Tokyo Extreme Racer series) (Genki)
  • Mr. Driller (Namco)
  • Fushigi NO Dungeon (Chunsoft)
  • Naruto (Tomy)
  • Zoids (Tomy)
  • Dragonball Z (Bandai)
  • Sonic Dice (Sega)
  • Harvest Moon DS (Marvelous)
  • Legend of the River King (Marvelous)

Currently unnamed, but confirmed:

  • New RPG (GameArts)
  • New RPG (Namco)
  • New RPG (Marvelous)
  • Racing game (MTO)
  • Sports game (Yukes)
  • Action game (Epoch)
  • Action game (D3)
  • New Game (Team Ninja/Tecmo)

Of particular note is that all of the Square Enix games are designated with the word "new" so don't expect any of those titles to be ports. The unnamed games should be ones to watch. Particularly the RPG, as GameArts is the developer behind the acclaimed Lunar and Grandia series. MTO is best known for its excellent GT Advance racing games on the GBA. Yukes is behind a few well-known wrestling games. Expect Nintendo of America to make its official DS announcements soon.


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