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In a shocking turn of events (and the last electrical pun), a sequel to Elebits may be heading to the Nintendo DS. Gamefly has Elebits 2 in their database as a Nintendo DS title, scheduled to come out on August 30. The release date is most likely a placeholder, but this is a good sign we will see a sequel to the room wrecking game in the future.
The platform change is surprising considering Konami developed the original game on the Wii. Since they already have code and possibly an engine it should be more cost effective to develop the sequel on the same platform. I wonder if Konami feels their original Wii games underperformed. Despite its charm and being a launch window title Elebits wasn’t a smash hit. Also Dewy’s Adventure dropped in price very quickly after it came out. Gamestop has brand new copies priced at $20. It’s too bad neither of these got as much attention, but I suppose Elebits will find a happy home on the DS. Making new levels with the stylus should be easier too.
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5 Responses to “Elebits to electrify DS owners this year?”
March 11th, 2008 at 4:23 am
I just bought Dewy’s the other day for 10$ and I’m now actively looking for (a cheap copy of) Elebits. If this is a proper sequel and not a port, I might get the DS version as well.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Elebits is my absolute favorite game for Wii (and that includes Mario Galaxy, Zelda, etc.). I logged a hundred hours on Elebits, playing levels over and over to try to maximize scores and collect all of the items. So naturally I’m excited to play a sequel on any platform… But I’d sure prefer they release it for Wii. Will we really be able to see the Elebits well enough on the tiny DS screen? I’m not confident the fun will transition over completely.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I completely agree with Gromit (though I think Dewy is a tiny bit better than Elebits, but both are the best Wii games)
The Wii would be the better choice for a sequel, from a gamer’s point of view.
All they need to do is stabilized the frame rate. Dewy runs at 60FPS with tons of stuff on screen and was developed by the same team, so it’s possible.
On the DS, aside from graphical problems, controls could go from intuitive to complicated, which might hurt the game.
Still, a sequel to (one of the best) current gen games makes me excited. C’mon Konami, more Shingo Mukaitoge games!
March 12th, 2008 at 2:53 am
if it sells well on ds maybe the original version can get some legs ^^
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March 11th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Looks like I’ll be picking this up, though it’s a shame it didn’t sell as well on the Wii. It was one of my favorite titles after having first bought the system.