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Halo DS is real, more details next week, says IGN

Posted Jun 16, 2007 at 2:29PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 Tags: Matt Casamassina, Microsoft, Nintendo, podcast

Halo Deathly Spartans by Icarus_Flight - Image 1

The Halo DS project may have been nothing but vaporware - canceled and left deep within the inner crevices of Cortana's fiber optic network - however, IGN promises to reveal more details about the demo they played earlier this year.

As GameStooge points out, in a recent IGN podcast (06-15-07), editor Matt Casamassina once again brought up the subject of Halo DS. It's just a very quick comment, but right around the 38:00 mark of the podcast, Casamassina says that Halo DS is:

a real gameÂ… It was a Halo on DS! And it never made it to the light of day, for whatever reason. That reason was most likely Microsoft or Nintendo...

But a lot of people just don't believe that. We're gonna lay down some ownage next week or soon afterward by showing you guys that that is a real game. You guys are about to be owned - all you nay-sayers.

Some may have thought that IGN being able to play a build/demo of the game was just a hoax. Now, maybe we can actually confirm that.

Next week isn't all that far off anyways. It's already the weekend, so we've only a few days left to really find out. "Finish the fight," or so says Halo 3. Finish the rumor, more like. That's what we want right now. If you want to hear the podcast for yourself though, click the Read link below. Remember, the Halo DS comment was somewhere around the 38:00 mark.

*Halo DS (Deathly Spartans) fan art by Icarus_Flight from vgboxart.com.

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I actually would not doubt that this news could be real.

MS does not have its own portable.

BUT! If they wanted a little boost in sales, I'm pretty sure releasing a game on a portable (Even if its not its own.) would be a huge benefit. (For both parties, MS and Nintendo. Increased Software sales for both MS and Nintendo, and Hardware sales *Though, they are already doing good.* would still increase.)

So I say its very possible.

# OMFG — Guest 2007-06-16 16:59

My bull ***** meter is going nuts right now.

# i know — Guest 2007-06-16 17:23

lol my bull**** meter:

[++++++++++++++ ]++++

# zomg — Guest 2007-06-16 18:48

You're so freakin hilarious I need to take hilarity classes where you took them because clearly you are freakin awesome! Which grade school is it?

# Oh then — Guest 2007-06-16 19:06

it's for you?

# mohaas said "ds is#gay. its all about gayness and stupid cooking mama crap" — Guest 2007-06-16 21:12

Are you that *****ing blind can you see theres more great titles on the ds (castlevania final fantasy mario kart etc..) then that game.

# awesome — Guest 2007-06-17 00:53

great news, thats one more great game to buy for the DS.... if only I had more money I could afford em all... >_>

# re — Guest 2007-06-17 01:03

Almost all DS owners never should play games like halo.

The graphics and controls will suck too.

# word — Guest 2007-06-17 02:15

i can see why micorosft is doing this also so i think it is real. This gen their main competitor isnt nintendo its sony, and if they can have nintendo otusell sony even more in the handheld market im sure that will put an even bigger smile on their face.

# Good advertising. — Guest 2007-06-17 02:39

What a good way to get kids away from their DS and on to xbox 360.... time you load up the game... there should be a "come check out the real halo" only on xbox 360!!!!

# Advertising — Guest 2007-06-17 03:02

Front mission 1st, etrian odissey, métroid, big brain, mario+mario kart, advance wars, castelvania, lost in blue 2, hoshigami, elite beat agent ouendan 1/2, bleach 1/2, and many more mohass05 are coming (zelda this month...). Philip wait and see before talking plz. We need more fps on ds (metroid and brother of arms are good but not enough) so it's a good news. Shutupyourface try searching supercard on the web its a good solution for thoses who arent rich.

# This game is bored — Guest 2007-06-17 03:33

Ewww! Halo ? I never liked it. Who cares.

# WTF??????????? — Guest 2007-06-17 04:13

Now i know that that IGN is dumb***** yeah right Microsoft with nintendo (daaa theyre tought rivals why they united and the DS ???why not a Xbox portable huh In DS equal Gay *****

# Idiots — Guest 2007-06-17 04:18

You Idiots.If they can make then they should.Theres nothing gay about that.

So SHUTUP!

# nah... — Guest 2007-06-17 04:52

I still doubt it will ever be released, and if it does get into the real world, it won't have the Halo feel.

# (Very) slow children at play - sign in the neighborhood — Guest 2007-06-17 07:08

Is it me or are all the anti-DS posts here seem to be written by grade schoolers? (Or at least people with the intelligence of with all the cheezy unfounded pokes and blatantly backwards comments.)

MS has supported DS and GBA through other outlets such as Rare for one as it can only help them make a few bucks since they have no interested in handhelds. There's plenty of evidence they do so that kind of kills those dumb comments on this thread. Saying that a game like Halo would be awful and unplayable on this format is even MORE laughable considering you know...how many Metroid Prime Hunters players there are that (sarcasm)endles sly ***** how bad the control is, how hard it is to see anything, and now overall unplayable that title is.

I swear if you can't contribute something negative with a bit of intelligence and truth to it, just shut the f up.

# It may happen — Guest 2007-06-17 07:32

If you have Microsoft did make a game for the GBC and GB, those puzzle packs, there may be a chance a halo ds will come out.

# LOL — Guest 2007-06-17 08:00

Well if this is true. You can soon see more halo titles coming towards Nintendo and Sony lol hehehe

# graphics maybe but not controls — WiiCool 2007-06-17 09:04

It wouldnt suck because look at metroid----the controls woul dbe awesome. It's easier on the DS than the PSP. The DS replaces use of analog stick with touchscreen. By the way this is going to be sooooooooooo cool. I'm getting it.

# You are such a ....(you dot want to read) — WiiCool 2007-06-17 09:08

First of all, microsoft cannot control Bungie in a free-market economy called USA. They can control maybe halo 1, 2 or 3 but not a port on a handheld. Contracts can be broken...this is entirely possible. Besides.. the ds outsells every single console out there. I don't see why they wouldn't. It is a great idea. They'll make lots of money too cause of the amount of ds owners.

# first — WiiCool 2007-06-17 09:17

That was the first comment that was the first comment in which a person, obviously older than 12, put thought. Seriously.

I had Metroid Prime Hunters, it was actually good. Even though the online part had glitches, it showed me that a FPS would be great on the DS. I own a psp, but its main down fall is the control. WHY, I always ask myself, was the analog thing put on the left? That is why I could see this as true. I think if this actually is developed..well then SOny fanboys are going to be pretty mad. Jus tlike the 12 year olds writing negative responses in a language known as engrish.

# hopefully it perfects the metroid idea — WiiCool 2007-06-17 09:21

Metroid hunters was good, but it still needed working on. I hope the devs for Halo DS perfect the idea behind Metroid and give us the best FPS ever on a handheld. That shouldn't be too hard of they get it right and learn off the Metroid mistakes. Besides, ms has very little control of what Bungie does, and I can explain the whole free-market economy thing and litigation process, but I dont' think you wanna hear. The point is, it is possible.

# not sony — WiiCool 2007-06-17 09:26

maybe nintendo HANDHELDS but not sony. not anything sony.

# whats next? — Guest 2007-06-17 09:42

i can see the future ds lineup: mario cooking, super mario kart ds, super super mario kart ds, super super super mario kart ds, mario ds kart, kart ds mario. btw final fantasy is one psone, ps2, AND psp dumb*****. Just yesterday i got a longtime ds owner to admit psp was cool.

# of course — Guest 2007-06-17 09:44

halo on ds. lemme just get my flying pig and meet you back here at half past impossible

# stupid — Guest 2007-06-17 09:46

yes they can because...THEY OWN BUNGIE!!!

# ummm — Guest 2007-06-17 09:46

i think maybe its a whole different game made by a whole different company i mean did they ever even say that it was being made by bungie

# Fake? — Guest 2007-06-17 11:32

Look at the cover, notice that the background and visor reflection are from halo wars e3 video, and mc himself is from halo 3 e3 vid... my guess this is a joke

# i agree — Guest 2007-06-17 13:07

if i were microsoft and i had the means to hurt either sony or nintendo by helping the other one

i'd hurt sony

# makes sense — Guest 2007-06-17 13:11

think about it

microsoft is mainly competing with sony in the home console market

microsoft doesn't have a handheld

but microsoft can allow one of the most popular seris today to be released on nintendo's handheld

then everyone will buy it

but then lots of people who haven't experienced halo will get this halo ds and think "wow this is awesome"

then they go out and buy a 360 so they can play halo 3

makes perfect sense to me

# Ds best portable gaming device — Guest 2007-06-17 13:24

I agree that this game would probably be horrible, and most likely just a money making scheme. I think if this was made for a portable device that the ds would be the right choice, because the control scheme would work better for aiming. PSP is not really much of a portable gaming device. I have both a PSP and DS Lite, and have played nearly every game for both. I must say that the PSP game library is pretty bad. I play any PSP game for 5 mins tops, but play the many DS games that keep coming constantly for hours on end. I agree with you if you say PSP is a better portable device, but it is not a better gaming device by any means.

# no — Guest 2007-06-17 14:41

not gonna happen end of story bungie denied it

# lol i cant wait to see this flop — Guest 2007-06-17 15:54

this is gonna be the worst game since *****ing superman64...Halo 3 is gonna be great but on handheld...cough cough ds...this is gonna =the suck

# lol i cant wait to see this flop — Guest 2007-06-17 15:56

this is gonna be the worst game since *****ing superman64...Halo 3 is gonna be great but on handheld...cough cough ds...this is gonna =the suck

# stfu :) — Guest 2007-06-17 18:07

wow you guys seem tho have not gotten out of diapers yet..games arent everything....halo is not real you guys make it seem like life or death if someone goes and buys halo for the ds if they do make it and if they do, you know you will buy it anyways.

# durrr — Guest 2007-06-17 19:42

well, im going to go out on a limb and say that halo is trademarked 9 ways to sunday, so i dont think anyone but bungie will be making halo games for a long time

# yea — Guest 2007-06-18 05:27

makes sence,

# How it could work. — Guest 2007-06-19 05:25

ABXY-Same as on xBox

Touch Screen-Aim, D-pad functions

D-Pad-Move

R-Fire

L-Grenade

Just use a thumbstrap to aim(comes with game), and then you can use ABXY too. Wifi could be 4 people with lots of bots, it could have 8-16 player download and multi-card. It could be a spin-off based on the books, or a port of Halo 1. Or it could be a Halo Wars-like RTS instead.

# isnt — Guest 2007-06-19 14:25

halo wars being made by Ensemble Studios?

# halo lowered his pride — Guest 2007-06-19 21:41

after all DS is selling twice much than PSP , and it will cost too much to make a game on UMD . UMD failed remember?

# Oh no! not halo! — Guest 2007-07-01 03:59

GameBoy DS fanboys are a big bunch of *****rapes.............This would truely put halo to shame.

# It wouldn't work — Guest 2007-07-01 04:03

If you had one hand on the D-pad and the other on the gay stylus. How would u touch the L-trigger on the GayBoy-DS?

# where can I find it — Guest 2010-04-30 19:02

the only place you can find halo for ds nowwhere exept from the internet. that is so not fair

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