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05-29-2004, 12:06 AM
<P>Namco, Hudson Soft, Bandai, Square-Enix and Konami are all on board the DS train, and several titles from these game giants are already quite far along in their developmental stages...</p>
<P>First we have Hudson Soft's <EM><A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=470">Bomberman</a></em>. The best part of <EM>Bomberman</em> is playing against friends, and you can be sure that this game will have plenty of multiplayer features, and, from the looks of things, some minigames as well. </p>
<P>Konami is working on <A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=475"><EM>Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour</em></a><EM>.</em> The popular trading card game and anim<!--StartFragment --><FONT class=teasertext_games>é</font> series will soon be on the DS, and it will allow players to have card battles against each other. You can summon magic, monsters, and magic monsters. Think Pok<!--StartFragment --><FONT class=teasertext_games>é</font>mon cards combined with <EM>Final Fantasy</em>...on crack. No, we can't pronounce it, either.</p>
<P>Speaking of <EM>Final Fantasy</em>, Square-Enix has <EM><A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=471">Egg Monster Heroes</a></em> in the works. If you can find me a cooler-looking RPG where dragons incinerate Moogles and evil witch doctors battle broccoli men in Candyland, I'd like to see it. I really would.</p>
<P>Mobile Suit Gundam has literally millions of sequels, and the folks at Bandai were forced to throw darts a poster to see which series to make a game out of. I guess they either chose one or combined the names of a few, because <EM><A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=472">Mobile Suit Gundam Seed</a></em> is on it's way, full of Gundam space battles and manga-style cutscenes.</p>
<P>Last but not least, we have <EM>Pacman</em>. The hungry yellow ball and ghost buster extrodonaire seems to have found a home with Nintendo, as Namco is giving us not one, but two new <EM>Pacman</em> games that utilize the unique features of the Nintendo DS.</p>
<P>First up is <A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=474"><EM>Pac-Pix</em></a><EM>.</em> Use the stylus to draw Pacman, and then draw stuff for him to eat. Sounds simple enough, but we have a feeling that there's much more to it than that.</p>
<P>If you combined <EM>Pacman, Super Monkey Ball </em>and <EM>Glover</em> (bad game but good example), you'd end up with <A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=473"><EM>Pac N' Roll</em></a>. Roll Pacman through different 3-D maze-like stages chock full of obstacles while eating the yellow dots and yummy soft pretzels. Oh, and there are ghosts, too. Gotta have ghosts.</p>
<P>As the support and games list for the Nintendo DS continues to grow, our anticipation builds. Don't be surprised if the DS turns out to be the number 1 gaming item this holiday season.</p>
<P>First we have Hudson Soft's <EM><A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=470">Bomberman</a></em>. The best part of <EM>Bomberman</em> is playing against friends, and you can be sure that this game will have plenty of multiplayer features, and, from the looks of things, some minigames as well. </p>
<P>Konami is working on <A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=475"><EM>Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour</em></a><EM>.</em> The popular trading card game and anim<!--StartFragment --><FONT class=teasertext_games>é</font> series will soon be on the DS, and it will allow players to have card battles against each other. You can summon magic, monsters, and magic monsters. Think Pok<!--StartFragment --><FONT class=teasertext_games>é</font>mon cards combined with <EM>Final Fantasy</em>...on crack. No, we can't pronounce it, either.</p>
<P>Speaking of <EM>Final Fantasy</em>, Square-Enix has <EM><A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=471">Egg Monster Heroes</a></em> in the works. If you can find me a cooler-looking RPG where dragons incinerate Moogles and evil witch doctors battle broccoli men in Candyland, I'd like to see it. I really would.</p>
<P>Mobile Suit Gundam has literally millions of sequels, and the folks at Bandai were forced to throw darts a poster to see which series to make a game out of. I guess they either chose one or combined the names of a few, because <EM><A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=472">Mobile Suit Gundam Seed</a></em> is on it's way, full of Gundam space battles and manga-style cutscenes.</p>
<P>Last but not least, we have <EM>Pacman</em>. The hungry yellow ball and ghost buster extrodonaire seems to have found a home with Nintendo, as Namco is giving us not one, but two new <EM>Pacman</em> games that utilize the unique features of the Nintendo DS.</p>
<P>First up is <A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=474"><EM>Pac-Pix</em></a><EM>.</em> Use the stylus to draw Pacman, and then draw stuff for him to eat. Sounds simple enough, but we have a feeling that there's much more to it than that.</p>
<P>If you combined <EM>Pacman, Super Monkey Ball </em>and <EM>Glover</em> (bad game but good example), you'd end up with <A href="http://www.nintendonow.com/games.php?id=473"><EM>Pac N' Roll</em></a>. Roll Pacman through different 3-D maze-like stages chock full of obstacles while eating the yellow dots and yummy soft pretzels. Oh, and there are ghosts, too. Gotta have ghosts.</p>
<P>As the support and games list for the Nintendo DS continues to grow, our anticipation builds. Don't be surprised if the DS turns out to be the number 1 gaming item this holiday season.</p>