DS Adventures
 

Apologies in advance if this has been asked before, but I'm just wondering if anyone can recommend any good adventure games for the DS? I've played the first Phoenix Wright game, as well as Two Memories: Another Path, and enjoyed them both. Does anyone have any other suggestions, either for games already out or upcoming releases to keep my eye on?

Already out:
Touch Detective
In Production:
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for all
Undercover: Dual Motives

Have I forgotten anything now?

Spoiler:

the search function on the ag site is really useful! ;)

More 2 in production:

Sinking Island

Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village

Ant that's it... For now :)

Yeah, I didn't include those because one is an adaption, and the other one isn't announced yet, but the more ags the merrier.. ;)

I'm really looking forward to Hotel Dusk: Room 215. Seems like it can shape up to be a really good game.

Is Touch Detective worth the buy? I heard it was kinda meh.

Timbo

Don't forget that you can install ScummVM on NintendoDS!

ScummVM will able your console to run games like Simon the Sorcerer, Kyrandia, Monkey Island, Day of Tentacle, etc.

ScummVM DS
http://www.drunkencoders.com/scummvm/

Go here for your text adventure needs (with or without graphics):
http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/adventures.html

There you will find stand-alone DS ports of old games, as well as a Frotz client.

How good is Two Memories?

BTW, am I the only one who is really excited about Hotel Dusk: Room 215. :9~

Nope youre not the only one.
I am also really excited about hotel dusk. From what i see in the trailer its gonna be a AAA story with excellent gameplay like Another Code. Damn this studio sure knows how to make quality games. Lets hope that Hotel Dusk will last (alot) longer than Another Code. The duration was its only flaw.

*drooling*

I want DS LITE! ...now

How much does it cost in US or GB?

In Estonia it costs about ~200$

It's exactly the same here in Sweden. I just picked up Phoenix Wright for an incredibly low price though. Going to buy DS tomorrow for around 200$.

Undercover looks great compared to the others.

Lucky you!!! DS Lite is so much better than the original DS. Its lighter, brighter and prettier. It looks great next to a Wii....

@Captain Blondebeard
Undercover looks great compared to the others???
Hey check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYY3ocPMx9w Hotel Dusk trailer and then compare Undercover with the others...

Damn, i want this console.

Yesterday I saw these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB65ps5ubN8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLx9K1IkzDo

ScummVM + DS Lite, moving Adventure Gamer's dream.

Still, i didn't get the way it works.
Something with SD card and stuff.

Maybe somebody explains this to me , simple. :frown:

(Hope I didn't do too much offtopic)

I was speaking strictly on looks. I had not done any research on any of these.

If you have trouble setting up ScummVM DS, you should browse their forum, there is lot of troubleshooting, and agentq is doing a great work supporting the port.
What linker do you have?

No, im just wondering if I Would have DS, what other equipment i need..
I visited their forum, but couldn't get simple-straight answer.

Buy any of the supported card readers in the list.

But why does it need card?
I though DS had built in Hdd or something like it?

http://www.gametrailers.com/player.p...15927&type=mov

Hotel Dusk japanese trailer.

Nope, basically when you get a DS from retail, you can only play original commercial games.
If you want to execute custom code, for homebrew or piracy purposes, you have to get an additional device.

Wow! Just like the first trailer it looks awesome, great graphics, catchy soundtrack and an intriguing storyline.
This game is my most anticipated Adventure game for 2007. Less than a month to wait... :9

i couldnt get my SVM (on comp) To run Simon..

damn hotel dusk looks awesome

Do the characters talk in these ds adventure games and in other ds games? I have been watching some trailers but never hear any voices.

No, they don't talk, besides uttering some very few words..
The only Ds game I can remember seeing having any speech at all is "Elite Beat Agents" From the trailers (I haven't played it yet.. :() he seems to shout "Agents GO!" but apart from some very few words, the ds games have no speech..

Just finished phoenix wright by the way.. Wow!
Can't wait for the next one. I'll have to get hold of touch detective (yes, I have heard the fishy reviews, but I want to try it regardless) and Elite Beat Agents to shorten the wait..

Find a way to get Grim Fandango, Broken Sword and the Discworlds and I'll buy a DSlite for double the price.

With ScummVM you can play certain adventures on your DS, though I believe it's limited to mostly 2D games.

There are 4 episodes in the game, and I just finished episode 2 (five minutes ago). I'm surely gonna solve the other 2 ep's too.

Its not the best adventure game ever, but I dont regret buying the game tbh.
The stories are a li'll bit childish to me, but overall, its still a nice game.
The fact I can play it, while sitting in the li'll room :9 , will do :devil:

If I have to compare the fun with another game I played (on pc), I would say "Eye of the Kraken". It doesnt have to do anything with that game at all, but it felt the same to me, when I was playing that game.


Fender

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvG1J...elated&search=
(i think its the same video as the link few posts above)

Damn how good can a game look?Im totally excited about Hotel Dusk!!!! I will surely buy it even if its a total crap. CINC is one of my fav studios out there...

:)
I played the following junior adventures on the DS:

That's so Raven

Hanna Montana

Lost in Blue

All were fun and easy to play. Just for junior game players like Touch detective was.

If you can get past the target audience being young - you can enjoy them.

;)

ah, thx for the hints, I'll check those games once I finished Phoenix Wright (which is totally awesome, as I yelled out before :crazy: )

-fender-

Lost in Blue was EASY to play? :shifty:
The raftbuilding and furniture-creating mini-games were impossible, as was the constant need to bring food and water to the silly girl in the cave and the struggle to spend hours each day collecting branches and fish and stones and fruit and veggies before going out to explore. Stay out too long and the girl is hungry or thirsty again or your fire dies or you are so tired you can't do anything the next day.

refering back to the emulators, how much a powerful game can you play on the DS? I mean, is it capable of playing more recent games like Broken Sword 2, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Discworlds 2 & Noir?

I too quickly lost patience with Lost in Blue. I think I sold it 2 days later.

hmmz, on a sidenote

I once played full throttle on my cellular (windows mobile with scummvm...)
But in the scenes where you have to fight while riding your bike, do they actually work on nds? Since you need a keyboard for those, which also was a problem on scummvm for windows mobile.


btw, I dont think Grim Fandango wil run, since its not supported by scummvm (or am I wrong here...)
-fender-

No, you're right. Nor are the Discworld games, although the first one might be in the future.

The DS isn't capable of playing the Broken Sword games or Full Throttle using ScummDS. Not enough memory. There is of course the option of playing the GBA release of Broken Sword however.

The following games are supported (as stated at http://scummvm.drunkencoders.com):

Manic Mansion Fully working
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Fully working
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Fully working
Loom Fully working
Passport to Adventure Fully working
The Secret of Monkey Island Fully working
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Fully working
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Fully working
Day of the Tentacle Fully working
Sam & Max Hit the Road Fully working
Major slowdown in a few scenes when MP3 audio is enabled
Beneath a Steel Sky Fully working
Flight of the Amazon Queen Fully working
Gobliiins Fully working
Simon the Sorcerer 1 Fully working
Zoomed view does not follow the speaking character
Simon the Sorcerer 2 Fully working
Zoomed view does not follow the speaking character
The Legend of Kyrandia Fully working
Zoomed view does not follow the speaking character

I wondered if anyone knows how many ag's there has been released for the GBA? I'm planning to buy the gba versions of Broken Sword (both games have been ported, right?) and I've also seen some mentioning of a Nancy drew game. Any more worth mentioning?

BS2 GBA reached beta but was cancelled I'm afraid.