DS releases for the week of August 25th

by Alisha Karabinus { Aug 25th 2008 at 2:00PM }

You want a game? We got your game right here, from titles that were already supposed to be out, to those featuring teeny, tiny ninja dudes. And ... what's this? It seems we barely heard a whisper of From the Abyss, both for its Japanese release and subsequent localization, and now here it is. That can't bode well for the ARPG, but we'll be keeping a few fingers crossed, just in case.

Commando: Steel Disaster
Digimon World Championship
Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli
From the Abyss
Garfield's Fun Fest
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness
My Chinese Coach
MLB Power Pros 2008
N+
PictoImage
The Sims 2: Apartment Pets

Head past the break for the other major market releases for the week.

Europe

Bangai-O Spirits
Driving Theory Training
Fashion Dogz
Garfield's Fun Fest
Imagine Teacher
Mary King's Riding School
Personal Yoga Training
The Sims 2: Apartment Pets

Japan

Hanshin Tiger DS
Johnny no Dasshutsu Daisakusen
Norimono Oukoku DS: You! Unten Shichai na You!
San-X Character Channel: All-Star Daishuugou!
Shinseiki Evangelion Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku DS with Asuka Hokan Keikaku
Simple DS Series Vol. 40: The Gekai
Tactical Guild
To Love Ru Trouble: Waku Waku! Rinkangakkou-Hen
Umibe de Reach! DS

Australia

Build-a-Bear
Di-Gata Defenders
Ducati Moto
Ferrari Challenge
Imagine: Teacher
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Quick Yoga Training
Road to Vegas
The Sims 2: Apartment Pets

Tags: august, digimon, from-the-abyss, harvest-moon, my-chinese-coach, n, releases

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kimiko @ Aug 25th 2008 2:57PM

Well, you didn't exactly hype From The Abyss, you know. I mean, three lukewarm posts isn't much for a game that looks very Mana-like.

Why not give it a proper review? I know IGN already did one, but they hardly ever do games justice there. DSF's reviews are much better IMO.

Are there more similarities to the Mana games than the art? Random dungeons, does that make it like Izuna? Is there a playable female main character?

aj @ Aug 25th 2008 5:00PM

From the IGN review, it sounds like a roguelike Mana game.

Which.....is.....awesome.

Coral @ Aug 25th 2008 5:07PM

"Are there more similarities to the Mana games than the art? Random dungeons, does that make it like Izuna? Is there a playable female main character?"
- It plays/"feels" like a Mana Game oO
- Dunno oO . The Map of the Areas look "randomish", just look at the pics and you probably know what I mean, the map looks simple with squares, but the actual layout doesn't look random or much inferior to those of Mana (specially Children of Mana

Coral @ Aug 25th 2008 5:11PM

Kimiko @ Aug 25th 2008 5:28PM

Children Of Mana isn't a good representation of the Mana series' awesomeness really.

But thanks for the info ^_^

rikki @ Aug 25th 2008 7:08PM

@ everyone who thinks this is a roguelike:

It's not a roguelike. There's no item identification, deaths don't set you back to level 1 with no equipment, among other things.

It's more like Etrian Odyssey as an ARPG, with randomized dungeons instead of cartography (and probably even less story). You pick a player sprite, then their color scheme, then hack and slash your way through dungeons.

In the beginning the game asks you some questions that probably determine your base stats, but there are no classes.

Kimiko @ Aug 25th 2008 3:08PM

Also, My Chinese Coach is out already? Does that mean My Japanese Coach is coming soon too?

supa_s @ Aug 25th 2008 3:23PM

September

Nigeria @ Aug 25th 2008 3:17PM

Bangai is very hard. I don't know whether I'm built for these type of games anymore.

Phil @ Aug 25th 2008 4:17PM

Let's see...

-Harvest Moon
-From the Abyss
-N+

Today is a good week in gaming for me. Gotta finish one of my games soon so I can rent HM:IoH.

Renji @ Aug 26th 2008 2:50PM

This is a great week for me:

-Commando: Steel Disaster
-From the Abyss
-MLB Power Pros 2008
-N+
-PictoImage

Venom @ Aug 25th 2008 5:37PM

I finished Jap version of "From The Abyss", nothing much to hype, really. Not saying it's bad, but it's nothing special, really.

I'm hyped that N+ is finally near, can't wait! :D

GSR @ Aug 25th 2008 9:15PM

Shame that Time Hollow got pushed back, or it really would be a stellar week for releases.

Jake @ Aug 25th 2008 9:44PM

N+ got a 9.0 at IGN. That's better than the 360 version (which was fantastic)! You should do a meta review on it, as it is looking to be a fantastic title.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/902/902456p1.html

Zealot @ Aug 25th 2008 11:29PM

From the Abyss looks interesting, but I've heard that it's overall sparse on content--story, depth, length. I would have expected it to only make it out of Japan as a budget title, and I'm going to wait until it becomes one. It shouldn't take too long, considering that the box art Aksys chose is retail suicide. No one in their right mind is going to risk the embarrassment of purchasing it in a store with that quasi-dominatrix chick on the cover.