Remember the days when the DS was being ridiculed for its ridiculous design and doomed fate as a gimmick device? Nintendo fans worldwide desperately defended themselves with many arguments, one of the strongest being that the DS was the first non-PC platform in existence that might do the real-time strategy genre justice. Ironically, as we sit in a year full of DS successes, one can't find a single critically-acclaimed RTS title for the system. Hmmm.Ubisoft, however, is determined to change all that. While they've shown strong support of the Wii (see: launch title Red Steel), their acceptance of Nintendo's two-headed gaming wonder has been a bit slower...but they've come around. They're bringing the formerly PC-only title Settlers to the DS, chock full of awesomeness such as multiple campaigns, thirty different occupational groups, an easy-to-use stylus control scheme, and Chuck Norris. Well, okay. Maybe not that last one, but we're still excited.
(Seriously, how awesome would a Chuck Norris RTS be? I'm calling Ubisoft.)
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7-10-2006 @ 9:04PM
Phantom N said...
Finally, hopefully it will do well and others will take notice. Specifically Blizzard, and Westwood would be nice too.
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7-10-2006 @ 9:46PM
Crazylink said...
Chuck Norris would be the ultimate weapon.
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7-10-2006 @ 10:50PM
limerick said...
Hello Ubi. I want Heroes of Might & Magic for the DS. Now.
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7-11-2006 @ 12:01AM
Mfok said...
Ho, crap.
Heroes on DS? that would be wicked sweet! although I can't think of an actual use for the touch screen other then to use the stylus as mouse, it would be awesome. Heroes is a fairly simple game tbh, and could work just as well as Settlers could. No... even better. The top could be used to display info and bottom as the actual screen.
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7-11-2006 @ 1:12AM
kcgb said...
I'm going to have to remain pretty skeptical about another Ubisoft DS RTS. They did Lost Magic and that turned out pretty poorly.
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7-11-2006 @ 2:35AM
BPMΩ said...
kcgb, Ubisoft didn't do Lostmagic (it's by Taito; Ubisoft is only the NA/EU publisher), and it's not an RTS, either (it's an action-RPG). Your post is made of PHAIL. Sorry, pal.
Hmm... not too big on RTS games, but I do hope it works out well, to please the RTS fans who need their dual-screened, touch-screened RTS fix.
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7-11-2006 @ 5:44AM
phil said...
it would be great if the link in the article worked too you know :)
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7-11-2006 @ 8:53AM
timcat said...
umm advanced wars was critically acclaimed right?
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7-11-2006 @ 9:19AM
dwarpdesign said...
umm Advanced Wars was Turn-based, not real-time. The difference is night and day. It's really appalling that we don't have an RTS yet on a system (IMHO) designed for RTS. I've played many RTS games on Pocket PC/Palm, and they work well. With the DS, they could only be better.
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7-11-2006 @ 10:26AM
Mark said...
For those with the ability to play homebrew, you should check out http://www.atouchofwar.com/ until a commercial RTS is available. It's alot like the original War Craft, and they even have wifi working with it now. I haven't tested the wifi personally (I still have an older version before they implemented wifi installed on my DS).
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7-11-2006 @ 12:08PM
timcat said...
oh right sorry my bad turn based - real time whatever.
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7-11-2006 @ 2:18PM
Gonzo said...
Yes on the RTS.
No on Chuck Norris.
It's a shame that we have no new great Martial Arts masters/performers. Even the pro-fighters are so bad I'm tempted to get in the ring.
Segal and Van Damm were so bad that now we have to dig up even older men who's greatest achievement was getting their asses kicked by Bruce Lee?
As for a DS RTS? Yes it should've been done long ago. Personally I'd like to see something bloody and dark like Dawn of War but I don't think we'll be seeing that on 2 screens.
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