News: Western Developers Love DS
Posted 10 Aug 2004 at 15:02 by Ashley Jones
Nintendo have announced that more then sixty titles are in development for the DS in the Western Hemisphere alone.
A while ago Nintendo announced all the titles currently in development for the Nintendo DS by Japanese companies and now they've announced all the ones being worked on by Western developers.
Included in the list are over sixty titles from some of the biggest companies, such as Electronic Arts and Square Enix, offering a wide range of titles.
"Publishers worldwide have taken the unique creative tools of our dual-screened Nintendo DS and used them to invent completely new ways to play," says Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing. "Just imagine the possibilities that a touch screen, voice recognition and wireless multiplayer action bring to video games."
"EA's studio teams are working on a lot of great titles for the Nintendo DS," says Steve Chiang, General Manager of EA's Tiburon Studio. "With the wireless feature, Madden players will be able to battle one another head-to-head like never before on a portable system."
"THQ will be a big supporter of the hand-held Nintendo DS," says Brian Farrell, THQ's president and CEO. "The untapped capabilities demonstrate an exciting leap in hand-held video game technology."
Atari, Inc.
- Atari Classics
Atlus USA
- Caduceus
- Snowboard Kids DS Plus three additional titles in development
Bandai Entertainment Inc.
- Meteos
- Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
- Plus one additional title in development
Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
- Mega Man Battle Network
- Viewtiful Joe
- Plus one additional title in development
Electronic Arts
- GoldenEye
- Madden NFL
- Need For Speed Underground
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf
- The URBZ: Sims in the City
Hudson Soft Co., Ltd.
- Bomberman
Koei Co., Ltd.
- Dynasty Warriors (working title)
- Plus two additional titles in development
Konami Digital Entertainment
- Boktai (working title)
- Castlevania (working title)
- Dragon Booster (working title)
- Frogger 2005 (working title)
- Survival Kids (working title)
- World Soccer Winning Eleven series (working title)
- Vandal Hearts (working titles)
- WINX (working title)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
Majesco
- Moonlight Fables
- Nanostray
- Plus at least three additional titles in development
Namco Hometek Inc.
- New Mr. Driller (working title)
- Pac 'n Roll (working title)
- Pac-Pix (working title)
- Orbital Media
- Four titles in development, including the genres of action platformer, strategy role-playing, combat racing and family.
SEGA of America, Inc.
- Project Rub (working title)
- Sonic DS (working title)
Square Enix Co., Ltd.
- A new story of Secret of Mana
- A new story of Slime Morimori Dragon Quest
- Dragon Quest Monsters series
- Egg Monster Heroes
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series
Summitsoft Corporation
- Air Assault 2
- Organizer Plus
Tecmo, Inc.
- Monster Rancher
- Plus one additional title in development
Telegames, Inc.
- Ultimate Brain Games
- Ultimate Card Games
- Ultimate Pocket Games
THQ
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Plus five additional titles in development
Ubisoft Entertainment
- Asphalt GT
- Rayman
- Plus additional titles in development, including a major movie license for early 2005
Vivendi Universal Games
- Robots