Halo DS plot thickened by video footage

by Ludwig Kietzmann on Oct 2nd 2007 4:20PM

Just as the plot is thickening, you may find the reported cancellation of Halo DS particularly sickening. IGN Nintendo editor-in-chief, Matt Cassamassina, has updated his personal blog with footage of what appears to be the near-mythical portable version of Bungie's ludicrously popular sci-fi shooter. Halo DS is seen sporting the franchise's familiar cyborg, weapons, theme music and a cute logo that should prevent anyone from pronouncing it "Halods" (which sounds like a terribly debilitating gum disease).

If you still believe this to be an elaborate, attention-grabbing fake, feel free to watch an additional video on Cassamassina's blog and post a reply to a comment by IGN's Mark Bozon, who eloquently challenges you to "Call BS on that, bitches."

[Thanks, Squeekyclean]

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Tags: BreakingNews, DS, Halo, Halo-3, Halo-DS, HaloDS, Xbox-360

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"Haha, get ready for some teabaggi- OW! HAND CRAMP!"

If a Halo game ever comes to the DS I hope is a Rail shooter.

Oddly enough, that is what I thought the player was doing to the first guy he killed.

What is really funny is that when you hear the Shield Recharge sound, the shield didn't recharge...

I'll call BS. Why have a modern FPS game that seems to operate primarily on the horizontal plane?

And if it is real... Who would want to play it?

I would. Douche.

OMG BUNGIE LEFT MS FOR NINTENDO!!! CONFIRMED!!!

Oh noes!

Graphics look sick and I am not meaning good but really sick. This looks worse then some DS games on the market right now. Now I know this will never happen but to me a PSP version would be better then the DS one.

Remember that it was cancelled. The graphics would probably have been improved.

Like with Halo 3, they'd probably sacrifice raw polycount for a smooth framerate.

I think it looks fine for a DS game, personally. But, meh, I don't even like Halo.

A PSP version? As in, trying to aim with the retarded little analogue tweaky thing?

No thanks.

Score o-O?

Wow that was like watching Big foot footage.

I know for a fact that the DS can pull off better sound quality than that!! That music sounded like it was coming from a GBA....so either this is fake or it was footage from the earliest build possible.

UNFINISHED GAME. It was a place holder...

Huh?

(Goes back to playing Halo DS.)

Well today there's rumors of Bungie leaving Microsoft. Still, this is kind of one of those too-good-to-be true rumors: Halo on the DS. But as we've seen before, rumors that just can't die have a habit of coming true. But there has been a reported Halo prototype for the DS which might be what this video is, so I'm not positive it's real yet. But I have hope.

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Michael C. Sherrin
http://www.prodigeek.com/

Really Michael C. Sherrin proprietor of prodigeek.com, you're not positive it's real? Here, check this out: 1 - this is a prototype, if you'd read the blog post you're commenting on, or the blog post it links to, they both make that pretty clear (especially the linked post on IGN) 2 - Believe me, that is far far too elaborate to be a hoax. If it were just some screenshots? okay, sure. But that video makes it pretty clear that Halo DS was in development at some point, and got decently far in said development process. Honestly, if you think that is a hoax, well... you really should take a look at the complexity of an average game's development, I suspect you're in for a mighty shock, these things take effort.

I played Halo on the Lynx

I played multiplayer Halo on a Virtual Boy.

It was intense, but a little hard to tell the players apart.

I was always on the red team in Halo VB.

hell... i would have bought it...

and keep in mind when watching the footage, that build is very unfinished and almost 1 year old

For those that played Goldeneye on the DS would see the similarities, this is Goldeneye, not Halo..sigh, nice job with the skins they have though

If it's real, then that draw distance is pretty damn good. Everything beyond 10 feet in metroid prime hunters looks like ass.

Oh, I'd definitely say 'FAQUE' because there isn't enough hopping going on!

Just kidding. Looks plausable, it seems about inline with any DS game like Metroid Hunters or whatever. Who knows? That would be a smart move. Add in a little Nintendogs-style 'Keep the Chief Fed and Happy' angle and I smell another DS hit.

even if this were real, which its not (i've rolled my eyes since day 1 of this rumor) it would be a HUGE embarrassment and insult to what is otherwise a kickass franchise

Funny the DS version has about as many pixels as the 360 version

OH SNAP!

funny even if it is a little unsporting

The guy makes a funny joke and gets grayed out for it? I guess Halo fans really don't have a sense of humor.
For that joke sir, I gives you plus.

looks just like marathon

Now i would kill to have Marathon DS.

Was it just me or did that sound and look very much like Goldeneye: Rogue Agent for the DS?

Yea, thats just like Goldeneye DS.

Maybe it was by the same developer?

That looks like fun. More repetitive FPS action to take with you.

the video's too small to tell, which makes it suspicious from the get-go. Also, the draw distance is huge, considering the limitations ds's hardware and the resolution of the ds. Check out Metroid prime hunters. Anything 10 feet in front of you looks like ass.

What? You think they photoshopped the game playing on Matt's DS there? Whatever it is, real or some hack, it IS running on a DS.

PHOTSHOPPED!

(Oh, wait... It's a video, not a single image... umm...)

AFTERIMAGED!

wow just wow

I call fake. I bet its a reskin of some other project.

Really liked you videos. Will there be new episodes?

It looks like a Goldeneye DS reskin to me...but thats just me, I'm a cynical bastard.

Wow, that looks bad and couple that with bad DS controls and you got yourself a hand cramping spree.

I wasn't a big fan of Metroid Hunters

Try to rest the DS on something like... your lap. Then if you still get hand cramps during MPH, you should definitely see a doctor.

It beats analogue stick controls any day.

Man that would have been sweet

(looks for petition site)

Haha – looks like Cassamassina just jammed his foot up all the doubter's asses.

Psssh! You think that'll stop people? Just look at some of the comments above you.

easily done mod on any older PC FPS... could have taken less than a day to make even... not that i call BS on it... but just know how easy it is to do.

If it was real, its was BLATENTLY being made by Electronic Arts, or one of their studios, as if has exactly the same sounds and font as GOLDEN EYE Rouge Agent DS, and even looks like it has the same flaky controls!

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