Autoblog in the Windy City for Chicago Auto Show
Add to: My AOL, MyYahoo, Google, Bloglines
Joystiq presents
Posts with tag maplestory

Maple Story DS still coming this year, will have some multiplayer


Over the past year, we've been fed a few tiny tidbits on Maple Story DS, the ARPG take on the popular MMORPG, and despite the few details we've heard (and seen), it seems the title is still set to hit this year. In a new interview with Gamasutra, Nexon's Stephen Lee reports that the company has been "aggressively developing" the DS title, and also shed some light on the lack of online multiplayer. Lee says this game will be very different from the MMO, though the game will boast "some features that support multiplayer," but the primary focus is on the single-player experience. While this may continue to disappoint those who'd hoped for even a local multiplayer Maple Story experience on their handheld, for others who tend to play alone anyway, this may actually be even more appealing.

According to Lee, Maple Story DS will launch first in South Korea, and from there ... the world.

Maple Story DS lacks the only feature anyone cares about

We've been waiting so long for information about Maple Story DS that we actually kind of forgot about it (and therefore forgot we were waiting for it). But after remembering that it exists, the same question popped up in our minds that we'd had months ago: is it an MMO? After all, that's the whole point of Maple Story: playing a side-scrolling Wonder Boy-style action-adventure with lots of other people (and hyphens).

But, according to an interview conducted by Gamasutra at the G* event, Maple Story DS, releasing mid-2008 in Korea, is to be a solo experience. "We have some features that support Wi-Fi, but the main focus will be on single player," Nexon's Jamie Kang said. Surprisingly, Nexon is working closely with Nintendo to develop the title. But can Nintendo save a non-online iteration of an MMO? And will anyone outside Korea notice if they do?

Shaky cam video of Maple Story DS


It's really been awhile since some news on Maple Story DS has hit our fine internets. Finally, someone got their hands on the title and took some video, although it is rather shaky (we know how you guys loathe the shake, so be warned). In the video, which is fairly long, we see some of the platforming and combat the game will offer upon release.

As usual, check the video out past the post break.

Continue reading Shaky cam video of Maple Story DS

DS LifeBiggest BlipsHomebrew
Features
DS Daily (317)
DS Fanboy Lite (18)
DS Fanboy poll (34)
Friday video (46)
Game Night (121)
Metareview (36)
Show and Tell (40)
The DS Life (32)
What are you playing? (67)
Bits
Accessories (83)
Downloads (49)
Fan stuff (1258)
Features (245)
GBA (108)
Hacks (70)
Homebrew (147)
How-tos (63)
Imports (546)
Interviews (114)
Meta (68)
News (2346)
Nintendo Wi-Fi (167)
Reviews (156)
Sales (109)
Screens (498)
Video (444)
Rumors (112)

RESOURCES

RSS NEWSFEEDS

Powered by Blogsmith

Featured Galleries

99 no Namida
Front Mission 2089
Prey the Stars
Mushroom Men
Luminous Arc 2
Izuna 2
Etrian Odyssey II
Dragon Quest IX
Dragon's Lair

 

Most Commented On (14 days)

Recent Comments

Weblogs, Inc. Network

  • Autos
    • Autoblog
    • AutoblogGreen
    • Autoblog Spanish
    • Autoblog Chinese
    • Autoblog Simplified Chinese
  • Technology
    • Download Squad
    • Engadget
    • Engadget HD
    • Engadget Mobile
    • Engadget Chinese
    • Engadget Simplified Chinese
    • Engadget Japanese
    • Engadget Spanish
    • TUAW (Apple)
  • Lifestyle
    • AisleDash
    • DIY Life
    • Gadling
    • Green Daily
    • Luxist
    • ParentDish
    • Slashfood
    • Styledash
    • That's Fit
  • Gaming
    • Joystiq
    • DS Fanboy
    • Massively
    • Nintendo Wii Fanboy
    • PS3 Fanboy
    • PSP Fanboy
    • Second Life Insider
    • WoW Insider
    • Xbox 360 Fanboy
  • Entertainment
    • Cinematical
    • TV Squad
  • Finance
    • BloggingBuyouts
    • BloggingStocks
    • WalletPop
  • Also on AOL
    • African-American Culture
    • Autos
    • Games
    • Maps
    • Money
    • Movies
    • Music
    • News
    • Sports
    • Switched
    • Television
    • Travel

Other Weblogs Inc. Network blogs you might be interested in:

PS3 Fanboy
  • Today's Singstore update is pretty rubbish
  • Yahtzee really quite likes Call of Duty 4
  • Second Eye of Judgment set begins to be translated
WOW Insider
  • Predicting patch 2.4
  • Lunar Festival is up to its old tricks
  • Fighting in battlegrounds at a level that ends in 1
Xbox 360 Fanboy
  • This Is Vegas announced, insert Spartan joke here
  • Infinity Ward talks CoD4 multiplayer balancing
  • Lost Planet Colonies is coming, so 'stay tuned'
Nintendo Wii Fanboy
  • More mini-game hilarity in Wild Earth: African Safari
  • Take a shine to this custom NES
  • Suda says U.S. version of No More Heroes is closest to his vision
PSP Fanboy
  • PSP robbery turns deadly
  • A million new God of War screenshots*
  • Digital Comics come to life with the Cryptics this Thursday