The rumored project from id got a little more possible last week, when husband and wife super-duo John Carmack and Anna Kang commented to Wired that they'd been planning on bringing Wolfenstein to the DS and would like to do the same with Quake Arena (as well as bringing Orcs & Elves to the Wii). Now, it's been confirmed that Quake Arena DS is happening.Carmack commented that Quake Arena DS would not be made for mobile and DS together, stating "...we're currently looking at potentially two more DS titles in the next year a Wolfenstein title and a Quake Arena title. Wolfenstein 1 being done in concert with a mobile title, the Quake Arena title would be DS specific." He also wants to assure us that the game won't just be another sloppy port and will maximize the handheld's unique features. "We're never going to try and cram a square peg into a round hole with this." He went on further to say "That's kind of our whole theory behind the mobile stuff, is, we're going to do things that work well on mobile, rather than try to do the things that we're historically known for and push it onto mobile."
We're excited, believe us, but if this game doesn't have Wi-Fi Connect support, we're not sure it could work.
[Via AMN]
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11-20-2007 @ 1:17PM
TheCoats said...
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This has to have wifi!!....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!
I can has wifi now?
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11-20-2007 @ 1:17PM
pas said...
Yeah ! if mph could pull it this can do this too !
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11-20-2007 @ 1:23PM
TheCoats said...
.......but better
i loved playing quake arena online with my DreamCast
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11-20-2007 @ 3:04PM
Byron Fortescue said...
Well, they better not release something called Quake ARENA without the ability to frag a lot online.. The name says it all, it's about contending with other players.. No stupid bots plz.. If the Metroid devs can do it, so can ID..
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11-20-2007 @ 3:59PM
Ihar `Philips` Filipau said...
Uhm...
Any news from id on Wii?
Port of Doom 3 to WiiMote would be welcome.
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11-20-2007 @ 4:52PM
troy said...
Umm... I don't think they let you put 'Arena' in a game title without having Wi-Fi battles, dudes.
lolz
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11-20-2007 @ 8:11PM
Your Lost Socks said...
If this is as good as, say, Quake III - let's just say I still play that all the time. If the control scheme handles as well as in MP:H (and I think WiFi had better be a given, and with a good matchup system), I will be glued to this thing.
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11-20-2007 @ 11:26PM
Max Headroom said...
Great news! I really like the support that id is throwing towards DS and Wii now. Keep it up guys! (And I agree with the Doom 3 on Wii suggestion - that would rock.)
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11-21-2007 @ 1:21AM
Xian B. said...
I'm on board with the Quake Arena idea. Not so much with Wolfenstein. 1st person shooters have come so far since then, it would be too large a step backward.
I'm playing Orcs & Elves now. It's okay. It certainly FEELS like a cell phone game, but it's holding my interest.
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