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You guys remember when the ill-fated Resident Evil Game Boy Color port was announced, and the trailers and screenshots made us all crap our pants? I'm getting a similar pants-crappin' feeling watching this Brothers in Arms DS trailer, due out in August from Ubi Soft. Not every day that you see 3D games on Nintendo's handheld that rivals the PSP and, with enough liquor, might pass for an Xbox game. Just goes to show that all it takes is the right developer to really squeeze every last ounce of power out of some hardware.
 
I shudder to think what the Wii might be capable of in a few years. Sure, right now we're all making the same tired "lol PS2 portz" jokes, but who knows -- by 2010, we might be saying "wow, this looks as good as God of War 2". I know! Wouldn't that be wild? I keed, I keed -- s'just that with Summa gone, someone's got to find ways to slam the Wii in vaguely related posts, right?

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zealot9802's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 19:58
zealot9802
wow.
pizzaface's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:03
pizzaface
GARMAZING!

What happened to Summa?
Arro's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:04
Arro
For some reason, I had a big deja vu while reading this post. XD
comradetrotskii's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:12
comradetrotskii
Thats impressive, frame rate is suspect though.

Are we using the touch screen to control cursor movement as well as selecting weapons and what not? I didn't really like that in MP:H.
velcroman's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:12
velcroman
that's incredible seeing how the DS has no dedicated 3D processing.
Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:14
Tron Knotts
Summa quit.

The DS is weirdly catching up to the Wii is graphics prowess. This comaprison of Spyro on the DS and on the Wii shows that.

3rd parties better stop half assing their Wii games.
BFeld13's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:17
BFeld13
That's amazing.
flaakmonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:21
flaakmonkey
im totally getting this game.
Kayka's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:22
Kayka
Looks like Call of Duty Wii ;B
pretty ricky's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:34
pretty ricky
I got this game and its great. Altho i'm finding it a bit easy, movement and shooting is good but the grenades are horrible think dragging upwards and a golf swing meter, I was very surprised by how cinematic this game is, the campaign is fun and the vehicle sections are a welcomed change of pace. My biggest problem with this game is lack of wifi play, there is only local! Brothers in Arms fans will be happy for sure.
Milofo's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:40
Milofo
Wait this is allready out?! How come I never heard of this game until today?
Grimspoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:46
Grimspoon
Framerate looks pretty awful, but otherwise halfway decent looking for a DS game.

Wouldn't go so far as to compare to PSP or XBOX (drunk or not).
MaxVest's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:53
MaxVest
Agreed, it's a nice looking game. If you can find a gameplay video, the framerate doesn't look bad at all. There are some awkward camera and clipping issues, but it was pretty slick for a DS title. And voice acting, too!

Considering how warm my well-ventilated Wii gets in standby mode, I can only assume it's storing up graphics processing power in preparation to unleash some furious eye-candy. They'll tell us how at E3.
TheBrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 20:56
TheBrain
Nice. Makes me wonder what something like the N64 was really capable of
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 21:07
brainderailment
"Not every day that you see 3D games on Nintendo's handheld that rivals the PSP"

Clearly you haven't played much psp, but yes it looks amazing for the ds. Do you remember the video that came out recently showing the 3d capabilities of the GBA? it was like a really crappy ps1 game. Nintendo doesn't push graphics like they should. Damn you wii!
SPJglitches's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 21:17
SPJglitches
Simply incredible. This is the kind of game that might actually convince me to buy a DS Lite.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 21:26
TheStripe
Wait, it's not even slightly incredible that the GBA can do PS1 graphics? And the DS, despite having worse graphics kicked the motherfucking tail off the PSP in sales and library (while the quality is debatable, the quantity is not). While this doesn't mean the PSP is a failure by any means, it does mean the PSP is most certainly second banana in this generation of handhelds. Now that it looks like devs are starting to stretch out the DS and it's two CPUs, the PSP is becoming less and less attractive. I think this is evidence of Nintedo's ability to make effecient hardware that careful coders can take advantage of, just as certain gamecube games rivaled the best graphics on the Xbox. I think the wii is going to surprise some haters.
majormauser's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 21:40
majormauser
You have to be kidding me this is nothing like a PSP game


Just play ratchet and clank.....

What a lamo
majormauser's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 21:41
majormauser
Honestly you guys are amazed by this..... wow.
Phist's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 21:45
Phist
"I'm the DS, bitch?!"

I'm dying to try this out.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 22:05
Mxyzptlk
I might actually break my "No more fucking WWII shooters" rule for this.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 22:10
BlindsideDork
Look I made this earlier!!! It shows pics and has a video of gameplay too!
Aaron Linde's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 22:22
Aaron Linde
brainderailment, I'm practically the only guy on staff who does play the PSP, and yeah, this rivals the PSP.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 22:32
BlindsideDork
Also about my blog/post/link...it is gameplay and not snap shots, it is like a couple minutes of a level straight through!
Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 22:52
Oni
Wow. Considering that is playing on a DS, that's amazing. It looks great!

Just goes to show that when a developer really, really wants to try to squeeze every ounce of processing power out of a console, it can have very nice returns.
Leaderz0rz's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 23:04
Leaderz0rz
I still say the best looking for the PSP is Tekken. This does look amazing coming from a DS..lets hope this marks a future of more eye pleasing games for the DS. Don't get me wrong I love the DS without it being a graphical powerhouse but a little eye candy here and there never hurt anyone.
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 23:19
ZMTToxics
Wait. Summa is gone? Where did he go?

Also, I happen to have a "friend"... with a ds rom cart, and i got to play this game (the euro version is on the internets stealin your nazis). It is infact friggen awesome. Not to mention the fact that theres real blood and tanks in the game, but theres real blood and TANKS in the game.

Real blood as apposed to the green blood in resident evil ds.
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 23:23
ZMTToxics
Oh, I just read the good bye post. Because i didnt get to say good bye to him there, Ill say it now.

Wii love you. Rip.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 23:33
BlindsideDork
ZMTToxics....there is red blood in Resident Evil DS. You choudl be able to change it in the options...
Aaron Linde's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 23:37
Aaron Linde
Sunami, wha? This isn't "o man the DS is going to bury the PSP lol", it's just impressive that the DS has a title that can compete visually with the PSP. The PSP will continue to have the on-the-whole prettier software -- this is the exception.
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/09/2007 23:42
ZServ
i put the european version on my R4- this game really isnt that impressive.
Drift64's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 00:29
Drift64
Guys I did a crappy video review of this great game check it out:

http://khmerknightz.imeem.com/video/9yeMYeqm/brothers_in_amrs/
zaqu's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 01:17
zaqu
developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers
Zhai's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 01:36
Zhai
I already played it on my DS, and must admit, this is one of most ass kicking games on this platform. Although, in DS version u don't give orders, like on PC. Instead u r tanking all the time, and that's a lot of fun.
fearian's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 08:15
fearian
title should be: 'holy crap this is on a DS?!' ... not handheld... remember that psp thing? yeah that could pull off alot better graphics methinks.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 09:19
TheStripe
I hate that any nintendo post brings out the jilted sony fanboys.
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 11:44
deanhatescoffee
Looks awesome. On-screen blood splatter FTW!
CatalystMan's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 13:55
CatalystMan
The DS is crazy.
midgar777's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 14:15
midgar777
I've been playing this :D I got it the other night :D It is very impressive for a DS game :D some of the features like throwing the grenades etc i really fun and sniping rocks too!
Jark212's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 16:47
Jark212
Looks pritty damn good
now i need a DS
WastelandTraveler's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 17:10
WastelandTraveler
Well I was going to purchase a DS in the next few weeks, this just sold me to purchase it sooner. I have both brothers in arms games on the PC and I love them to death, more then I do the Call of Duty series. I am in love. Hott damn.
ANDYLOW's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 17:14
ANDYLOW
i wouldnt buy something from gearbox with destructoid's money.
matt_dude's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 17:59
matt_dude
@TheStripe You got it in one.

To everyone else, all I can say is three words and two letters:

Grand Theft Auto DS.

Anyone?
bobthecat23's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 18:43
bobthecat23
more like thatsw running the nintendo ds
Ness's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 20:13
Ness
No way! That's impossible. O___o
And what the second screen does?
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 21:26
Magesx
The horribly choppy framerate negates and graphics goodness.
ZMTToxics's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/10/2007 23:48
ZMTToxics
Don't buy it if you liked Brothers in arms more then Call of Duty, as it plays more Call of duty style then brothers in arms. There is 0 team management.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/11/2007 00:07
brainderailment
I love how this quickly turned into a "DS PWNS PSP!" fest. I don't give a crap about the psp, I just don't think this looks that good. I'm sorry, but like I said earlier, this is impressive for the ds.
jonny_foreigner's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/11/2007 06:21
jonny_foreigner
wow that came into work the other day and I wrote it off as being a bad idea... my eyes prove me wrong, it deserves it's place in the DS library.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/11/2007 10:54
TheStripe
@ Brain - I think you're not quite correct in that assumption.

of 52 posts at the time of this writing

39 make no mention of the PSP:
8 are haters, like yourself, either just blasting the DS or saying how the PSP is OMGPONYZMEGAL3333t grafix.
4 are responses to the haters, by folks (including the author of the original post) just trying to say that the graphics really do rival the PSP from a fair and balanced standpoint.

And that last remaining reply, well, that was me, just stating how well the DS did in the sales and size of library catagories, relative to it's sony manufactured "competitor."

So since when does 5 of 52 posts constitute a "DS PWNS PSP" fest, especially when those five posts are fair and accurate?
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