First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It - Gizmodo Comments

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

krazydonutboy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:34:58 EDT

plundr? what does it do, have you walk to stores and rob them?

krazydonutboy

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

ajturner — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:41:22 EDT

All of this is real, it's built on technology that already is available on your laptop, and as greenkabbage said, is being ported to the DS.

The location library port is being finalized, and then will be made available to the DS homebrew community to use in their own games.

Plundr is just an example of what is possible.

ajturner

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

greenkabbage — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:44:21 EDT

Do you guys realize that this is a homebrew game? That means this is not an official game by nintendo. If you read the site, it tells you that it was developed for people playing it on their laptops. Now they're porting it for the DS.

greenkabbage

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

mcnaial — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:15:27 EDT

if it worked all out on the streets and in Australia, id just use it as a GPS devicelike a TomTom

mcnaial

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

strangepork — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:02:52 EDT

@ rainfever:

Read the website. Then you will see how it is more than a gimmick. They practically spell it right out for you. (0.o)

strangepork

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

atomicscissors — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:02:30 EDT

How much harder does the game get when you wander into places like Compton, South Central, and Inglewood?

atomicscissors

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

bana — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:47:03 EDT

I already have to move my body to play the Wii, now I have to walk around Chicago looking for "islands"?

I'm tired of that. I'm gonna go play the Halo 3 Beta. No movement required!

bana

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

SexCpotatoes — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:05:32 EDT

Yes, Mr. 'Roid-rage, you heard me correctly. I need your wife's panties because my videogame says they are treasure.

-AAAACK!

SexCpotatoes

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

BigDanInTX — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:33:07 EDT

There's more involved than just being first! You have to market it properly and make sure you have games to back it up. The eye toy WAS gimmicky! How many "games" did it have? Nintendo happens to have huge pockets and can market this really well. My grandparents have been talking about getting one. How's THAT for marketing power??

BigDanInTX

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

cduran02 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:50:02 EDT

WOW....Just WOW

The PSP has had this type of game for months now (at least in Japan) with a real GPS, and everyone jumped on it saying it was "gimmiky". Now Nintendo makes one and all of a sunden its awesome. Same thing happened with the Wii, "inovative motion sensing games", everyone forgot about the Eyetoy which is much more inovative than an IR reciever bar that requires a special controler.

Ill just wait for the PSP GPS module comes over to the US so I can play with trully inovative game play, as well as have a low cost GPS for my car.

cduran02

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

flashover109 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:49:19 EDT

Now that looks cool.

ARRRGGGH Matey!

flashover109

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

mr_mike69 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:25:32 EDT

Soon enough we will hear reports of kids blindly running where their video games tell them and getting struck by cars.

mr_mike69

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

FrankenPC — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:13:07 EDT

Nintendo continues to kick ass and think outside the entertainment box. Bloatware, lemming minded developers need to bow down to Nintendo's simplistic approach to games: They need to be fun and original.

FrankenPC

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

Uncaffeinated — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:11:06 EDT

Yes, thats what I would have thought. But if the thing has MIMO technology, the location can be made to work pretty well- to within a foot indoors.

Uncaffeinated

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

weatherman — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:41:06 EDT

Yeah - I'm with Azureice55. The location system based on WiFi just doesn't seem like it would work very well. At least the PSP has(?) the GPS add-on. Walking around trying to find hotspots and dealing with the problems of logging in to them (especially from a game) just sounds like a hassle.

weatherman

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

Azureice55 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:38:48 EDT

How does it know where you are, exactly? What is "WiFi Positioning"? Is it using your IP address to determine where you are? Because if so, your movement will only change when you change access points, and well besides the fact that it would be a pain to do that while walking around, and assuming the IP geolocation is even acurate... how is this fun unless you know a bunch of open wifi AP's?

Azureice55

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

rainfever — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:30:38 EDT

It doesn't seem like this is more than just a gimmick. Or maybe one step above gimmick. I just dont see how it truly enhances gameplay.

rainfever

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

Domogeek — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:21:44 EDT

Like the IDEA. but it only works in US right ?

Domogeek

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

Justapspfan — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:20:07 EDT

Now I may have a reason to stop playing DJ Max Portable 2 on my PSP, I like.

Justapspfan

First Location-Based DS Game Hits, and We Want It

Adam420 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:18:44 EDT

damn that looks cool, ill have to check that out.

Adam420