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Biggest DS cart yet: 4GB, for Ghibli/Level 5 RPG photo

Level 5's upcoming collaboration with Studio Ghibli is called Ninokuni (Another World), and when it hits the Nintendo DS, it will be hitting in the biggest way.

The Ninokuni DS cart is said to be the biggest ever released. It's final size, a specially made high-density 4GB, will double even the largest capacity UMD, which is limited to 1.8GB. What's all that storage space for? Well, if you're a fellow music fan, you'll be pleased with this: world-class composer Joe Hisaishi, composer of the Ghibli flims' scores, is working on a fully orchestrated score for this game, and they're wanting to jam it into this game cart.

So, huge size and music by one of the best film composers ever? Oh, and don't forget about the visuals. If you have, watch the trailer after the jump. I'm really looking forward to this game.

[via CVG]


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PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:42
PappaDukes
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:43
Electrium
Holy crap. Most DS games dont' even make half a gig. That's nuts. This game just caught my eye.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:43
Face
I nostalgia'd about Snes RPG cart capacity.
stevenxonward's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:45
stevenxonward
I want this more than I've ever wanted anything.
ydarkage's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:45
ydarkage
Oh no!!! Now i need a DSI!! ;~
Zaro27's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:47
Zaro27
This is how you combat piracy. You make an amazing game that takes up so much space that it's more economical to just buy the damn thing. Now, my concern is this: Am I going to want to play through 4 gigs of game on a DS?
thunderleg's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:49
thunderleg
I hope this game hits me in a big way. Right in the face.

So let's all release this game in North America.
theswitcher's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:49
theswitcher
Nice failure, Dale. I think even my mom knows that DS carts work on GigaBITS, not GigBYTES, which are smaller. 4 Gigabits only equals to about 500 megs. Still, this is the biggest DS game ever, as I think A.S.H was the biggest one I remember at 2 Gigabits.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:50
Rockvillian
I hope there's an option to just watch and listen.
Antwhan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:50
Antwhan
I'm crying out of sheer joy at this news. Joe Hisaishi's scores are fantastic, and this news makes me so happy i can hardly contain myself. I was already pumped for this, but now i don't know how i'll not buy it when it comes stateside.
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:50
Monodi
4Gigas? What the hell? I didn't know it had that capacity.
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:50
PappaDukes
@Zaro27 - This does nothing to combat piracy. R4's are now compatible with micro SDHC cards.
linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:51
linuxguy
even with the soundtrack I can't believe that!
If you were to say 4Gb then I would
theswitcher's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:52
theswitcher
IT'S GIGBITS, NOT GIGABYTES This game is not 4 Gigbytes big. It does NOT have the capacity of a DVD!
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:56
Monodi
@theswitcher

THE WORLD MUST KNOW THE TRUTH!!!!
Zaro27's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:57
Zaro27
@PappaDukes The biggest SDHC is what? 16 gigs? If this game is 4gb, which is now up to speculation, you would have room for 3, maybe 4 games of this massive size.
ran24's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:58
ran24
Sweeeeet. I liked Persona 4 because it was a videogame that felt like I was playing through the plot of an anime series, and this is right up that alley.
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:58
PappaDukes
Geez Dale, you really need to start fact checking with theswitcher's mom before you go and post DS articles. I thought you were a journalist!? ;-)
lloyd's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:59
lloyd
i love ghibli. this is the first tiem ive wanted a ds since they came out
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 14:59
falinter
Epic game is EPOCH
KaliKot's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:00
KaliKot
it says for nintendo ds AND ANOTHER PLATFORM

speculations?
MuddBstrd's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:01
MuddBstrd
Holy shit, that's huge! Not even Square-Enix went that nuts with FFIII and FFIV on the DS.

Too bad though that the gorgeous score is just wasted on the DS's speakers. I guess its another game I'll be playing with massive headphones on.
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:05
PappaDukes
@Zaor27 - It's 32 gigs, but I fail to see your point. So assuming I only had a 16 gig sdhc card, by your logic I would only be able to pirate 3-4 games AT A TIME!?

I are sad.
fluc02's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:05
fluc02
theswitcher is right, its gigabits not gigabytes (Gb not GB). Equivalent to 512MB.
The Silent Protagonist's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:05
The Silent Protagonist
Gonna have to keep my eye on on this one, its loking really great. I'm not always into Level 5 stuff, but is nice to see them continue to collaborate with other studios. I find the collaborations are more interesting than when they're left to their own devices.
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:09
Jon B
@TheSwitcher
GB = Giga Bytes
Gb = Giga Bits

Look at the original article. Giga BYTES. Way to attempt to appear intelligent and fail. The only thing that's realistically measured in bits is network traffic.
Dan Citriniti's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:11
Dan Citriniti
I wonder if it is even worth it to play the game? The combat looks like Dragon Quest 101. Anyway, this does nothing against piracy. You can't fit it on a flashcart(because your SD card is too small), just use an emulator.
MkShiranui's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:14
MkShiranui
The DS can do that?

[Stunned 3 rounds.]
Spike941's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:19
Spike941
Delete this topic right now. Edit, and try again.
Your Moms Hot Lover's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:21
Your Moms Hot Lover
@jon B.

The original article is wrong, Switch is right, it should say Gb not GB. It is bits. It is not 4 gigabytes, there will never be a 4 gigabyte DS game, there will never even be a 1 gigabyte DS game.

In perspective though, it is the same amount of memory as the Wii has internally on a DS card, it's still impressive.
theswitcher's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:21
theswitcher
@JonB

So we should let the fact that neither Dale nor CVG know anything about portable game sizes slide? I mean, I don't even know all that much, but the DS has been out for what, 4 almost 5 years now? It's always been called Giga Bits. Why would won game suddenly balloon to the size of a Wii or Xbox 1 game?

Common sense.
Your Moms Hot Lover's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:23
Your Moms Hot Lover
yeah actually DTOID should edit or change this right away before someone from Sony decides to sue because it isn't even close to the size of the UMD's full capacity. Which IS measured in Bytes.
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:24
GohanGVO
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2009/08/26/ni_no_kuni_playtest/

It is ~512MB in size, which is still huge for a DS game.
Mentok the Mindtaker's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:28
Mentok the Mindtaker
Even though theswitcher is being kind of a douche about it... I believe he is right. The original site does NOT say gigaBYTES anywhere, it just says "GB" which is probably a simple error made by journalists (it's ok guys). Looking at this from a rational point of view, 4 GB is just WAY to big of a jump (unless we are talking about a new change in medium) from the 256 MB (or 2Gb) carts; however 512 MB is CRAZY big for a DS game.

Also, it looks PURDY!

@Jon B

While Gigabit is COMMONLY used for for network traffic, it is still a widely used term in the realm of technology
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:31
Los255
"What's all that storage space for? Well, if you're a fellow music fan, you'll be pleased with this: world-class composer Joe Hisaishi, composer of the Ghibli flims' scores, is working on a fully orchestrated score for this game, and they're wanting to jam it into this game cart."

Why do I see this as useless? Especially to someone who doesn't even use headphones to listen to DS sounds seriously. Unless I'm playing a rythym game.
Arjurik's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:33
Arjurik
Stigmeyer's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:38
Stigmeyer
Words cannot describe how much I want this game.
Arjurik's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:44
Arjurik
Dear People who have NO idea what they are talking about (CLEARLY) Theswitcher is right! THIS DOESNT MEAN ITS 4GB(Gigabytes in a cartridge) It is gigabits.

Nintendo DS games use a proprietary solid state ROM "game card" format resembling the memory cards used in other portable electronic devices such as digital cameras. It currently supports cards ranging from 64–4096 Megabits (8-512 Megabytes) in size.(information retrieved from Wikipedia)

Let us keep in mind
WE CANNOT Discard the possibility said storage space (4 gigabytes) in a ds cart is more than plausible with the use of today's technology I mean FUCK, We can fit 16 gigabytes in a microSD card which is 95% SMALLER than a regular DS cart. So it is possible, not that this is going to be the case but IT IS possible.
Retrofraction's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:49
Retrofraction
I am very sure from how much video is in the trailer, there is 4000000000bytes in it. It would be easy to do today exspecially since 4gig flash cards are only $30.

I would not be surprised if they remade FF7 on DS cause the 4 cds are only 2.1gig
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 15:55
Xhumation
The question is: is it gonna cost more because of the increase in capacity like in the NES and SNES days?
Camiwaits's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:03
Camiwaits
Woah! This is hardcore
Lil Jorsche's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:11
Lil Jorsche
"Nice failure, Dale. I think even my mom knows that DS carts work on GigaBITS, not GigBYTES"

Ooooh, what a burn...
TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:15
TheToiletDuck
I would have thought it was the video footage that would add up to 4Gb (bits). From what I saw in the gorgeous trailer there is a lot of fmvs. Though would you expect anything less of a ghibli teamup. Also I expect this will cost more than your average ds game. Not because of the size but because of ghibli. Similar to the square tax that seems to be added to ds games


P.s,. Get avatars.
peachboy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:21
peachboy
really looking forward to this.
kingtobo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:21
kingtobo
Please rewrite this, it's 4Gb, which means it's not bigger than a UMD. I'm glad to hear they're using a bigger cart though, a lot of games with FMVs suffer because they heavily compress them to fit on a smaller cart. If they could pull off Professor Layton quality videos in a game of this scale it would be epic. Sure, the cart will likely be on the high end of DS prices (39.99 in the US) but with a collaboration like this I'd have a hard time thinking it won't be worth it.

As much as the whole soundtrack thing is nice it's mostly for not since the DS has such a shitty sound system.
Satsumomo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:25
Satsumomo
Hey guys, aren't the Ouendan games just as big? 512 megabytes.
Paviel's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:39
Paviel
@Retrofaction:

Close, but... actually not close at all. There are 1,024 bytes in a kilobyte, 1,024 kilobytes in a megabyte, 1,024 megabytes in a gigabyte...

That means that you're 294,967,296 off. Assuming that you're right...

Those of you wondering why 1,024 and not 1,000... I don't know either, but I'm guessing that computers do pretty much everything in binary (i.e. powers of 2), and 2 to the 10th (i.e. 1,024) just happens to be the closest to 1,000.
Silverhertz's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:41
Silverhertz
Whatever size it is I just hope it is'nt DSi exclusive. I want to make love to this game and then make love to me making love to this game, whilst I watch.
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:44
ParaParaKing
The other platform is mobile phones.
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/06/2009 16:54
GohanGVO
@Xhumation

I imagine that, in at least Japan, the game will be priced higher than the average DS game. The size of the cart is an anomaly and not in high demand by publishers. Thus, creating them likely costs more than usual.

@Silverhertz

The game is not a DSi exclusive.
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