Mazes of Fate getting ported from GBA
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jul 13th 2007 at 4:30PM }
We're pretty inured to this kind of thing on the Wii, although we still enjoy getting outraged about it now and then. But now we're starting to see last-gen ports on the DS! Sure, we have the Phoenix Wright games already, but they totally get a pass since the ports are new to the US and Europe.
RPGLand reports that Mazes of Fate, the first-person dungeon crawler developed by Argentina's Sabarasa Entertainment, is being prepared for a DS release by publisher Signature Devices and their in-house developer Graffiti Entertainment. Unlike Phoenix Wright, the GBA version of Mazes of Fate did come out in the US-- in December of last year. The DS is a good system for dungeon games, with its map-displaying second screen, and Graffiti is adding new dungeons, characters, and some touch-screen stuff. If you don't already have the game, this is the one to get. Or if you have a DS Lite and you get really embarrassed about the GBA protuberance.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pseudonym @ Jul 15th 2007 2:03PM
The GBA game was only sold online, so I doubt many people tried it. A DS remake is its best chance to get more people to play it. I'd rather a followup game than a remake. The first game was rough around the edges, but had me totally enthralled for a few weeks. Good thing I played it before Etrian Oddessy. Etrian beats Mazes of Fate hands down. All that aside, I'd be interested in the port if they added and improved enough stuff.
Beriadan @ Jul 20th 2007 9:38AM
Pseydonym, I agree with you on the fact the MoF GBA has several issues. The game is good tho, kept me playing for a long time, nice atmosphere.
I find it unfair tho, that you compare this game to Etrian Oddysey, a much more newer game (may 2007), done for DS (a more capable system technologically speaking).
Speaking of which, I really hated Etrian's operating-system-like looks, brings inmersion to 0%. The mapping part is like drawing in a dumb window's paint tool. I think this could have been much better with a more organic-game-like graphics for the map.
Oh.. and.. what about having 2D monsters appear out from nowhere in the 3D maze? bad points assigned there from the gamedesigner's team!
Cheerz
PS: Mof is coming to the DS, several amounts of new game content! A definite must-buy.