If you ask us, Konami's Elebits is one of the Wii's truly underrated gems, so when we saw that a page for a sequel had appeared in the database of rental specialists Gamefly, we whooped, punched the air, performed chest bumps with one another, and said stuff like "OH YEAH!!" a lot.Then we calmed down, only to realize that Gamefly has Elebits 2 listed as a DS title, with a release date of August 30th! Cue further bumping of chests and abusing of the exclamation mark key!
Unless this is a simple error (and Gamefly is usually right on the money with these kind of things), we're dazzled by this development. Could a DS version of Elebits successfully recreate the wonderfully tactile sensation of chucking furniture about that was such a key part of the Wii title? Why, yes, we think it could!
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3-11-2008 @ 4:15PM
Buntaro said...
First of all, thanks for reporting about this and bringing underappreciated games to people’s attention.
I'd be very happy about a sequel to Elebits. Kai (and Dewy's) colorful worlds are great, and so are Shingo Mukaitoge's games. They capture the essence of everything I like about 8bit and 16bit games.
But then again, I'm split:
I hoped for another Wii game. The first one only suffered from frame rate drops. That's all I wanted fixed for a sequel.
And now we might get a DS game instead of a Wii game.
Will this play just as well as the prequel? I don't think the DS is suited for Elebit's style controls (Elebits is still the best game in terms of Wii remote usage; perfect pointer controls long before Metroid Prime 3; it's impossible to port without heavy compromises)
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3-11-2008 @ 4:52PM
Brittany said...
yayyyyy I loved elebits (although, unlike buntaro I'm not a big fan of dewy's adventure) - how it will transition to the DS should be interesting!
My only problem with the original was that I could only play one or two levels at a time because of carpal tunnel / tendinitis.
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3-11-2008 @ 8:09PM
raindog said...
I really hope that if it's for the DS, it's at least released simultaneously for the Wii. I know a lot of people find the DS to be great for FPS-type controls, but for me it just cramps my hand up. They need to make some kind of "FPS stand" for it.
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3-12-2008 @ 10:58AM
Matdredalia said...
I would love, love, love to see this one on the DS. *crosses her fingers*
It reminds me a lot of the Katamari games, not becuase of the playstyle, but because it's whimsical and sort of offkilter. *sigh* Still can't believe they scrapped Katamari on DS. Blah.
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