Matt Casamassina from IGN posted a while back that he had played Halo on the Nintendo DS. It didn’t take too long before this was debunked as strictly a rumor and was burned into vaporware. However, in IGN’s Wii-k in Review podcast for 6/15/2007 (ie: last nights) Mr. Casamassina brought it up again, and had this to say: “It’s a real game… we’re going to lay down some ownage next week or soon afterward by showing you guys that it is a real game.“ It’s a very cool listen - if you want to look for this it takes place a little bit after the half-hour mark. IGN sounds very intent on really showing the naysayers that Halo for the DS is, or at least was, a real playable game in the vain of Metroid Prime Hunters with pseudo-X-Box-one visuals. Casamassina cited Microsoft as the most likely reason that the project didn’t see the light of day, but it should be intriguing to see what comes up when IGN publishes some info on the fabled DS shooter within the next week or so. Keep an eye on IGN’s DS page after the weekend. UPDATE! Halo on the Nintendo DS? It could have been, if the deals had worked out. A major publisher began negociations with license holder Microsoft for the game to happen, and contracted a known game developer to produced a spec demo of a version of Halo for the Nintendo DS. The demo was made, the game was (according to those who played it) appropriately accurate to the Halo experience on Nintendo's little handheld, and the talks were active in making the game happen ... and then, it was no more. Due to issues regarding the license, Halo DS was never fully produced. A similar situation with the Halo franchise had occurred years earlier with the Game Boy Advance platform, but whether a demo or game code for GBA was ever produced is not known.
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firzen said: i found the DEMO! i bought it and i am waiting for delivery. OMG i can't wait!
chambalam said: This is sooo fake it's not funny.... Who could picture Mario on Xbox... it's the same thing
slinky16 said: azza what happens now if this news is fake does that mean its deleted??? please find proof that its true cause if it is il be sooo happy
Hesponator said: microsoft would never do this lol who ever came up with this idea that it is real is a bit silly...
wii4life said: slinky16 said: i am sooo getting this halo is awesome now on ds (better not be pullin my leg ) its mostlikly a joke so yer there pulling ur leg
wii4life said:
slinky16 said: i am sooo getting this halo is awesome now on ds (better not be pullin my leg )