Ground broken on The Tower DS
by JC Fletcher 
{ Mar 13th 2008 at 1:30PM }
Famitsu has revealed the first screens of the newest game in Yoot Saito's Tower series, called, sensibly enough, The Tower DS. It looks very much like the other games in the series, which is, of course, a good thing. Towers are still seen side-on and feature elevators heavily; you still have to deal with the tenants' problems and with robberies. Most importantly, it looks like you can still check in on your tenants and find out how they're feeling. The major innovation here over, say, The Tower SP, is touchscreen control. For any building-type game, it's a lot nicer to use a stylus than a pad and buttons!
Nintendo characters (or a character, at least) make appearances as monuments -- or maybe as buildings! Who wouldn't want to live in a giant Mario?
Hop in the elevator and go to the "past the post break" floor to look at the full scan. Digitoys is set to publish the game in Japan on June 26th for 4,800 yen ($47).
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Takashii Ruku @ Mar 14th 2008 6:11AM
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ENGLISH IT UP!
man, this is my most memorable timewaster, filling the gaps between the curese of monkey island. there really is nothing better than building that hundredth floor, and watch your tower lit in the dark!
Anyone else wanna remanisce with me?
Brian Bush @ Mar 14th 2008 12:05AM
I am hoping that the gameplay is a bit different from the version released in '06 (Tower SP; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_SP). One feature that I would like would be a scalable time shift - time would increase at a faster rate the longer you requested fast forward. In any case, I welcome the stylus-based interface. So when does the english version come one?