DS to get first online RPG

By Ellie Gibson Published 3 January, 2006

Make Contact, wirelessly.

It's been revealed that Contact, a new game currently in development for the DS, will work with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service - making it the handheld's first online RPG.

Contact is being produced by Gouichi Suda, director of Capcom's schizophrenic shooter Killer 7. It follows the adventures of a boy called Cherry who's tasked with helping a nutty professor find all the lost components of his spaceship.

But when Cherry and the professor get separated, it's up to you to help them make contact - do you see - by following the professor's instructions on the top screen, and using the touch screen and stylus to move Cherry around.

Now a Wi-Fi Connection logo has appeared on the Contact website, confirming that the game will feature an online mode - but so far there are no details of how this will work.

Contact is out in Japan next month. A European release has yet to be announced, but let's just say we're optimistic...

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Machiavel #1 6 years ago

    Do you end up losing your Cherry? ;)

  • Kostabi #2 6 years ago

    The screenshots look quite good but the game itself doesn't sound very appealing.

  • Cosmopolitan #3 6 years ago

    Errr, did not we have enough childish stuff already?
    Any word of a more mature RPGs for this promising platform?

  • Dizzy #4 6 years ago

    "but so far there are no details of how this will work."

    Err... so not sure it is an "online RPG"... the WiFi could just be used to exchange items, downloadable scores or some minimal mini-games.

  • Carlo #5 6 years ago

    I want a MMORPG online, for the DS, by next week!

    /asks for the impossible

  • mouse Verified Graphic designer, Eurogamer Network #6 6 years ago

    PSO please :(

  • Markusdragon #7 6 years ago

    I just want a DS

    HURRY UP AND PROCESS MY SODDING ORDER, GAME.NET
    Edited by Markusdragon at 03/01/06 @ 15:14

  • J_C_X #8 6 years ago

    I know completely off topic, Is it true that shops are overstocked in PSP's I have noticed PSP back in stock all over the place (even before Christmas) I have read the DS is outselling it in America,Japan and Europe. (Nintendogs cant get my little cousins off it)

  • Psi #9 6 years ago

    markusdragon what games you getting with it? It's a great bit of kit. My lass is playing sonic 24-7 atm lol, guess ill never see it when animal crossing finally arrives.

  • Nikanoru #10 6 years ago

    Holy Christ on a stick, that looks fucking awesome. Exactly what I expect 2D graphics to look like anno 2006.

    Cosmopolitan, shut your goddamn mouth.

  • smelly #11 6 years ago

    Yeah.. because making things 3d with pretty pixels just instantenously makes the game good!

  • RedPanda #12 6 years ago

    Post deleted at 14:31:59 28-01-2012

  • regmund #13 6 years ago

    Yeah making this a Nintendo WFC-compatible game is great idea - I just hope the Nintendo servers will let you stay connected for more than ten minutes at a time.
    /warms up for a Mario Kart DS wi-fi rant

  • SlackMaster #14 6 years ago

    Doesn't sound like that much of an enjoyable game really... How about a real fantasy online game rather than this crap.

  • #15 6 years ago

    If 3rd parties can get graphics like these on the DS, it augurs well for the graphical presentation of Rev games.

    Went hands-on with an HD TV yesterday and I really can't see what the fuss is all about. Silly excited Americans (who always have to have the biggest) and their toys!
    Edited by at 04/01/06 @ 09:36

  • Paracelsus #16 6 years ago

    Taito's Lost Magic is supposed to be online, according to the official site. Shouldn't that be considered the first DS online RPG instead, seeing as it's due out in a week or two? Though from the looks of it, the online mode seems to be more dueling with other parties rather than adventuring and the like.

  • Nikanoru #17 6 years ago

    Yeah.. because making things 3d with pretty pixels just instantenously makes the game good!

    Whuh? Forgive me but I'm not too sure what you're trying to say.

  • ROCKSTORM #18 6 years ago

    YAY! Eurogamer is back!