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New DS horror game is part Ghostbusters, part Where's Waldo photo

Dimple Entertainment's Miteha Ikenai (Don't Look) is said to be a portable horror game. With scribbling. Ooh, scary.

The upcoming summer Japanese release has two gameplay modes -- one where you get your gas station lottery card scratch on to uncover paranormal activity in photographs, and the other, Noroi's House mode, where you try to remove ghosts from a residence.

The photograph-scouring Shinrei Shashin mode sounds the most interesting. Players look to find spirits reflected in ghost photography and paint them out with their stylus. Siliconera says that this is done in a time attack style, giving you three minutes to find the ghosties. The other mode is played in a similar way, but players will use clues from dialogue and the story line to remove the curse.

I like this simple yet fun concept, though it doesn't sound very scary. Would this stylus ghostbusting action entertain you?

Hit the jump to see if you can find the "spirits" in example photographs.


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loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 09:28
loki d20
Not at all interested. Never been a fan of hide and seek in video games.
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 09:37
HarassmentPanda
Timed picture searches? This brings me back to playing Nude Picture Search on those bar-top arcade machines back in college.
eightcell's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 09:44
eightcell
I like the idea... but dies it seem like more and more DS games are just flash games that have been around for years?
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 10:22
king3vbo
Sounds interesting, those pics are pretty neat
Pixel Blue's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 10:23
Pixel Blue
This just makes me think of "screamer" pranks. Here's one. Watch out, it's scary/has sound. That scared the crap out of me the first time I saw it.

If you're lucky enough never to have seen one of these, you're given a picture to "find what's wrong", or a little video to watch, and then 30 seconds in a giant horrible face appears with a really loud scream. Ugh.

Anyway, if the game does a terrifying scream or something if you fail to find the ghosties, that would be cool. I can definitely see how that would build suspense. "gotta find ghost, gotta find ghost, gotta find OH SWEET JESUS" etc. Lose one of your lives or something. But then it might be too intense for me to play ...
Horatio Caine's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 10:31
Horatio Caine
It's one of those when you see it, something about bricks.
RHWeeeee6's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 10:36
RHWeeeee6
intereseting concept. Might provide a good scare or two, lets see how it goes.
Redzie's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 10:37
Redzie
An interesting concept but it kinda feels cheap knowing that those pics might be fakes just made for a video game.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 10:49
Y0j1mb0
Hmm, I'm interested.
Tug Your God Out's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 11:35
Tug Your God Out
I like Pixel Blue's idea to add to it.

Depends how much this retails for. I'm not sure I'd be willing to pay more than $15-20 though. Even then it's a hard press with all those little video machines they have in bars and resturants with essentially the same thing.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 11:36
Face
A very promising concept.

Also, I think lilyleon is a pretty cool guy, eh repeats the same message in every post and doesn't afraid of anything.
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 11:54
MissHinasaki
Slightly interested, slightly not.

I'm just holding out for this to come to the US: http://www.cameraslens.com/realzero.php
Spectrum's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 12:11
Spectrum
Neat concept, but for me it's going to turn out to be like one of those Magic Eye games that I can never get to work. GHOSTS? IN MY DS?
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 12:24
Sharpless
I'm too much of a pussy to handle these games. That header image creeps me out.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 12:29
Cheeburga
Creepy.
I couldn't find all the spirits though.
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 13:03
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain
I require more information before I pass judgement.

For now, I'll just laugh at the phrase "DS horror game".
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 13:05
mistic
great concept :-)
I'll be playing this... Currently playing Dementium:The Ward and that's a pretty decent horror-game on the DS :-)
roboticheartache's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 13:57
roboticheartache
I'm sick of fucking around with these ghosts. "I'm gonna take your photograph!" "im gonna paint your picture!"


TWO WORDS. PROTON PACK.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 14:42
Necros
Wow. I suck at this.
Loki Power's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 14:56
Loki Power
Could someone tell me where one of the ghosts are?
Loki Power's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 14:57
Loki Power
Never mind found some!
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 16:16
Batthink
SPOILERS...

The picture of the photographer is truely creepy to me. Just noticing those extra fingers surprised me.

There looks like an image on the ceiling of the tunnel.

That last image has a series of faces crawling up that tree. The first example one I can't seem to find the spirit.

This sounds like a good idea. I'd like to keep my eye on this one. :O)
drogaz1's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/25/2008 20:00
drogaz1
Reminds of those "when you see it, you'll shit bricks" things.
Seanus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/26/2008 04:50
Seanus
The second picture, the black and white one, is the best.
The 'spirit' is to the right of the guys face. You can make out the nose, cheek and eyeline of the spirit in the reflection of the glass.

The third has the extra fingers on the guys right hand. The other three I can't make out any significant images. :P
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