DS Daily: Franchise reboot

by David Hinkle { Mar 11th 2008 at 9:00AM }

We were looking over the reviews that have come in so far for Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword and we were thinking about how that franchise rebooted itself on the DS. Now, it didn't really need a reboot, nor is it 100% a reboot in the normal way we think of reboots, but it did take an established franchise and retool it for another platform. Now, whether it was a good retooling or a bad retooling remains to be seen.

But, we were wondering what other established franchises could use a reboot in this manner? What about a Crazy Taxi game on the DS that has you controlling an interactive steering wheel on the touch-screen or only turning with the shoulder buttons? What about a Sims game that allows you to control them only by barking commands through the microphone? How about a Space Channel 5 game redone with Ouendan controls?

What can you come up with?

Tags: controls, franchise, mic, microphone, reboot, stylus, touch-screen

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Madhatter @ Mar 11th 2008 9:29AM

omg i grew up on reboot!! what an amazing show :D :D

pez @ Mar 11th 2008 9:38AM

of all you suggested there, I'm sure Space Channel 5 would be the only one not a total disaster to play. the gimmicks are fun and all, but not when the whole control relies on them.

I was just thinking how fun Team Fortress 2 would be on DS. Small areas, 8 players, great fun style, what could possibly go wrong? I mean, Metroid had style and looked great, CoD4...well, let's say that realism and DS don't match. TF2 on the other hand ...