Bungie hands off Halo DS, currently no plans of development for handhelds
The rumor mill is hot on the Halo DS project after Matt Casamassina testified about the existence of Halo on Nintendo’s handheld, and IGN promised to talk about a demo they were able to get their hands on. Website Siliconera was able to get some clarification from Bungie’s Brian Gerard and Frank OÂ’Connor regarding the matter.
Straight from Bungie’s community guy himself, “…there has never been an officially funded or sanctioned development of any sort of DS Halo game.”
Before that, Bungie.net’s content monkey Frank O’Connor did state that “we got pitched for it several times.”That said, it’s “very likely that somebody at some point in time created a prototype.”
Halo on handhelds is possible, but O’Connor doesn’t think an FPS would be a good idea given the hardware limitations. A scrolling shoot ’em up or some other form Master Chief can appear in is more feasible for the DS, he said.
Here’s another fun thought from the interview: Ninja Gaiden‘s Ryu Hayabusa could actually appear in Halo‘s universe. “I’m not going to say you’re going to see Ryu in Halo, but I would say that our relationship with Itagaki is alive and well,” O’Connor replied when asked about Ryu making a cameo appearance.
For the full transcript, click on the Read link below.
The rumor mill is hot on the Halo DS project after Matt Casamassina testified about the existence of Halo on Nintendo’s handheld, and IGN promised to talk about a demo they were able to get their hands on. Website Siliconera was able to get some clarification from Bungie’s Brian Gerard and Frank OÂ’Connor regarding the matter.
Straight from Bungie’s community guy himself, “…there has never been an officially funded or sanctioned development of any sort of DS Halo game.”
Before that, Bungie.net’s content monkey Frank O’Connor did state that “we got pitched for it several times.”That said, it’s “very likely that somebody at some point in time created a prototype.”
Halo on handhelds is possible, but O’Connor doesn’t think an FPS would be a good idea given the hardware limitations. A scrolling shoot ’em up or some other form Master Chief can appear in is more feasible for the DS, he said.
Here’s another fun thought from the interview: Ninja Gaiden‘s Ryu Hayabusa could actually appear in Halo‘s universe. “I’m not going to say you’re going to see Ryu in Halo, but I would say that our relationship with Itagaki is alive and well,” O’Connor replied when asked about Ryu making a cameo appearance.
For the full transcript, click on the Read link below.