Looking For Nintendo DS Loot IRL

By Spencer . December 11, 2008 . 2:15pm

Treasure Troves, a game from the makers of a Nintendo DS SAT prep software and uh… Hello Kitty Daily… well let’s forget about Aspyr’s current DS offerings for a second since Treasure Troves sounds technologically neat. This Nintendo DS game has players physically scout out Wi-Fi networks with a DS in hand to unlock sound items. Once collected sound bytes can be arranged into musical compositions that can be traded with other players. Since the DS is easy to carry around Aspyr believes Treasure Troves will be like a real life treasure hunt.

Treasure Troves is conceptually grand if you’re living in a dense city or campus environment where you walk a lot. Outside of those places I don’t see Treasure Troves working the same way. Savvy players are more likely to “break” the game by reprogramming routers than trekking the globe with the game in their hands. The World Ends With You had a similar feature where you can scan for ESPers and rare aliens, but I can’t recall a single time where I felt inspired to clamshell my DS with the World Ends With You inside.

Images courtesy of Linksys / Square Enix.

TAGS: Aspyr, Nintendo DS, Treasure Troves

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LeafPanda

I love this idea! Reminds me of Geocaching

alice

"I can’t recall a single time where I felt inspired to clamshell my DS with the World Ends With You inside."

Penny Arcade Expo. With so many people walking around using the wifi on their DSes, I was farming experience and trading items all weekend to the point that I maxed out all the pins I had found in beating the game, and went back to get new pins so I could easily level them with the available wifi signals.

aj

I like the idea, but being an adult who is seldom ever within 500 feet of anyone who would ever play video games, let alone handhelds, let alone RPGs, I feel somewhat left in the dark.