We knew former second-party Nintendo
developer Rare was looking for
DS programmers and soliciting requests for games to
develop for Nintendo's DS handheld but now we have another clue. On Rare's letters page a response to a fan's question
regarding Perfect Dark Zero releases on other platforms concludes, "I've just noticed I didn't
specifically deny a DS edition of Perfect Dark while I was banging on about the PS3 and GameCube - I could easily
rectify that, but it'll be fun to watch the conspiracy theories unravel." While Rare sits back and laughs at how predictable we are let's talk probability. Will they deliver their fancy next-gen console shooter to the confines of Nintendo's quirky little handheld-that-could? Is Microsoft, who's acknowledged keeping out of portable gaming, going out of their way to shun Sony while not wanting to be completely shut out of the portable gaming space? Or is it as simple as a Perfect Dark DS port being easier considering the franchise's N64 roots? I hope you're watching Rare: let the conspiracy theories begin!
[Thanks, Sage]




















(Page 1) Reader Comments
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Well, it's since they're in the PC business of shoddy software development and mal-performing hardware.
Ha-ha-ha-ha..they really do suck.
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you should see what free radical is up too lately
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Not to mention FPS games tend to suck on the DS as is.
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Uh... Nintendo looks brilliant, selling them after all the life had been sucked out of them. Conker's Quest? A few Mario Kart ripoff games? What, beyond the almighty FPS and Donkey Kong work they did with Nintendo.. have they done lately. Who gives a rat's ass about Rare? Perfect Dark for Xbox360 is said to be pedestrian at best. Anything left in this crappy company? Um.. Battletoads anyone?
Who cares...
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Metroid Prime: Hunters shows lot's of promise, with WFC support. So let's just wait and see about those FPS games on the DS ;) On the other hand: it would be way cooler to have StarCraft on the DS!
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#5 And how many quality KIDS games does Nintendo have again? Yes...that's what I thought....
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Sega? You there?
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Damn, that would kick ass.
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Perfect Dark Zero? The one with 15-year old AI and back-to Doom multiplayer?
Jesus, cant somebody port Unreal Tournament/Halo or Metroid Prime2's Multiplayer instead of this crap. (oops, I meant next-gen, great graphics crap)
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I for one enjoy PD0.
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You are aware that Perfect Dark Zero isn't the first of the series, aren't you?
"Nintendo fans are crazy people, im not going to lie. Nintendo has rare, and Rare is the greatest developer. MS acquires Rare, and it's shit."
Not really. They were great up to Goldeneye and then declined fairly rapidly afterwards. Post-Goldeneye is pretty bland except for maybe Perfect Dark. Before that Rare had countless classic games, going all the way back to pre-NES times. They have only released 4 Microsoft platform games and again, they follow the same trend. Note that after Goldeneye, Rare had 22 other games for Nintendo's platforms.So it's not that they magically turned to crap the moment they started making Xbox games.
To be fair, they make better than average games still, but that's not saying much, is it? And when speaking of a developer like Rare who have 23 years of great games behind them, standards are much higher.
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you all know how great, and addicting this game is.
I happen to be in the leaderboards on PDZ 15th place
And all you people saying PDZ sucks just makes me laugh. How about trying passing PDZ on PERFECT AGENT? Stupid fucks.
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Even worse, putting ot above PDZ multi?? are you f****** NUTS?!
And yes, my DS IS running on gas, thank you very much...
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As for the original team leaving, not everyone who worked on PD left for Free Radical (though a number of those who did leave were key members on the staff). Additionally, a number of the staff members that left, did so before PD was finished anyway. In the end though, I don't really care that it's not the original team anymore. I like PD0 quite a bit better than the stuff Free Radical has put out these past few years; IMO, TimeSplitters doesn't come anywhere near living up to what the "team" did with Perfect Dark.
But I digress, I'd like to see the original Perfect Dark remade for a handheld, but I'm skeptical that the DS could do it justice. I mean, the DS would be perfect for the controls IMO, but graphically I just don't see how it would be possible.
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Speaking of EA, I have this theory that the portable versions of their titles are the product of 2 guys working through an afternoon. Goldeneye Rouge Agent on the DS was crap because no effort or thought went into it.
I miss the Nintendo seal of quality. Maybe if that was still around, they wouldn't let crap games from EA and Ubisoft get published (Marvel Nemesis, King Kong, Splinter Cell, Goldeneye, etc.)
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