Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Burns Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Nintendo DS Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:02:37 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: m118-mp1.cvx2-a.bre.dial.ntli.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en In-Reply-To: Nick, I personally haven't looked into the DS in any reasonable detail yet, the 2nd screen shows potential for new gameplay, but it all depends on what new ideas can be taken advantage of. Are you able to hint at what ideas your having for the use of the second screen? It would be interesting to hear about actual implementations of the 2nd screen other than maps and mirrors for the game type like NFS. James Nick Ferguson wrote: > Just curious what people thought of the Nintendo DS at E3? I ask because I'm > actually the producer on EA's only (announced) DS title, Need For Speed. > > Personally, I was pleasantly surprised by the visual quality of the software > on display (esp. Metroid Prime Hunters and Mario 64x4). I was also pleased > to see such a focus made of the stylus - many of the uses were pretty > gimmicky but I think it'll be a valuable addition once people think of more > ways to use it. > > Nick > >