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First Trackmania DS screen is appropriately Trackmanic

Posted Jun 4th 2008 8:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Screens

4 Color Rebellion has just posted the first official screenshot of Trackmania DS, and it seems to be in line with our expectations of Trackmania -- continuous, looping tangles of brutally insane track, as designed by people who have no business designing racing tracks (us).

For a DS racing game, the graphics look pretty great. Trackmania's look has always had a surreal simplicity about it, which works well for the graphical limitations of the DS, and allows a pretty racing game to be made. And as long as we're not bound by physics or common sense in the track designs, which apparently we are not, we're pleased.

Trackmania DS confirmed

Posted Feb 14th 2008 1:30PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Video

Typical. For absolutely ages, you wait for a decent "serious" racer to appear on the DS, and then two candidates come along in the space of days. Codemasters whipped the covers off of Race Driver: GRID on Tuesday, and now Focus Home Interactive has confirmed that a DS version of ace PC racer TrackMania is in the works. We are so not complaining about this.

Because user-created circuits are what elevated TrackMania to greatness in the first place, the DS version will ship with an extensive track editor -- FHI's press release mentions "hundreds of different design blocks." Will we be able to exchange these online, though? That's something the press release doesn't discuss, but the teaser trailer after the break may have provided us with a clue -- check out which word pops up nine seconds in.

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Trackmania rolling onto DS?

Posted Dec 20th 2007 10:30AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Rumors, Video

A GoNintendo reader spotted a video on YouTube of what appears to be a version of TrackMania running on the DS. Another reader spotted a mention of the game on TrackMania publisher Focus Home Interactive's Game Connection page. TrackMania is a series of awesome PC racing games, focusing on user-created tracks.

We're calling this a rumor, because it has yet to appear on FHI's actual web page, and a YouTube video out of nowhere is not exactly an official announcement. This could be homebrew, or some other game, or just treachery. It seems like a distinct possibility, though. Focus Home Interactive recently announced another PC to DS port, Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle, for one, and building tracks with the touch screen seems like a natural.

Too bad racing on the DS doesn't seem quite as natural. We're also a little concerned about the possibility of sharing tracks. TrackMania's community is basically the whole reason the games are awesome. If the DS doesn't have a robust system in place for uploading and downloading new tracks, then ... bye, TrackMania DS.

[Via GoNintendo]

Runaway: Dream of the Trailer

Posted Nov 20th 2007 2:50PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Video

One shouldn't run away from this latest trailer for Runaway: Dream of the Turtle. In fact, one should embrace the footage as they would a relative returning home from a long journey abroad or their favorite brand of hot sauce going on-sale at the local supermarket. We were happy to hear the title was making its way to North America and are ever-impressed in the way the game is shaping up.

Gallery: Runaway 2

Runaway 2 screens stare back into you

Posted Nov 7th 2007 2:50PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Screens

Okay, so for the most part Runaway 2 looks great. The art in the backgrounds is beautiful, and we're genetically unable to hate on a new adventure game. We're total jerks, however, and had to point and laugh at this screenshot, because, despite the high quality of the rest of the game's art, the character models tend to look like cel-shaded Poser models with caveman faces. It's totally unfair and mean for us to draw attention to that!

To make up for it, we'll point out that Runaway 2 has what might be the prettiest inventory screen we've seen on the DS. The color in the background image is wonderful. Hooray for occasionally great art design!

Runaway 2 won't scare you off

Posted Nov 2nd 2007 2:00PM by Alisha Karabinus
Filed under: Screens

The recently-announced DS version of Runaway 2 is looking pretty spiffy -- and that's a good thing, since it's apparently set for the end of this month. So soon? At least, according to Jeux France; other sources we've seen indicate early next year. And really, considering the holiday glut, early next year may be better, but we'll keep an eye on this one regardless, because the expanding visuals are certainly an interesting idea.

Gallery: Runaway 2

Runaway 2 finds an American home [update 1]

Posted Oct 24th 2007 9:50AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News

What was that about adventure games? Asked and answered, it would seem. Focus Home Interactive is bringing the DS version of the adventure game Runaway: Dream of the Turtle to the U.S.

The game follows Brian and Gina, a couple who just survived a bunch of crazy stuff (in the first Runaway, obviously), as their vacation turns into-- what else-- an adventure. Apparently the story picks up soon after the first game and ends in a cliffhanger that resolves in the as-yet-unreleased third game. We're getting ... the middle.

Runaway 2 on the PC earned some wildly mixed reviews, ranging from a score of 100 all the way down to 40. So it's either great or terrible, or somewhere in between.

[Update: Screens can be found here.]

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First Trackmania DS screen is appropriately Trackmanic

Trackmania DS confirmed

Trackmania rolling onto DS?

Runaway: Dream of the Trailer

Runaway 2 screens stare back into you

Runaway 2 won't scare you off

Runaway 2 finds an American home [update 1]

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