Square Enix Bring Horror to DS

By Jorge Ba-oh 25.04.2008 8

Square Enix have announced a new horror title for DS solving a mystery of people who die playing the game.

Nanashi no Game, "The Game with No Name" sees players going through a regular horror story but adding some psychological twists - for example, mimicking the DS's interface to send disturbing messages to the player.

An urban legend says players to play the game die a week later, much like the "Ring" horror novel by Koji Suzuki.

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  • Official website with demo game and artwork.
  • Thanks to NeoGAF and GoNintendo.

    The game hits stores on July 3rd 2008.

    Box art for Nanashi no Game
    Also known as

    The Game with No Name

    Developer

    Square Enix

    Publisher

    Square Enix

    Genre

    Horror

    Players

    1

    C3 Score

    Rated $score out of 10  9/10

    Reader Score

    Rated $score out of 10  10/10 (3 Votes)

    European release date None   North America release date None   Japan release date Out now   Australian release date None   

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    It looks guite nice. Visually it\'s lovely, but all the characters must appear as flat drawings a bit like Hotel Dusk. Smilie

    ( Edited 25.04.2008 09:34 by Trepe )

    ooh, looks sweet, suddenly there are alot of very decent games on the horizon!!!

    Nice, surprised with this one - looks like it could really bring a new way of experiencing horror in a game. One to watch imo!

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    I feel a bit concerned about the gameplay. The first person view while holding the DS vertically fitted Hotel Dusk very well cuz' it was just an investigation game. What about this one ? What is it gonna be ? If there's gonna be some action (like in a survival ?) is it gonna be easy to play ?

    So i guess it's just gonna be a game much like Hotel Dusk (with less characters and a loneliness feel to it ?) with the addition of horror elements and psychological twists like in Eternal Darkness (minus the action).

    I'm waiting for more infos, but this game sure looks promising, and already looks beautiful (given that what we can see in this trailer is actual in-game action, which i think is the case)

    Cubed3 Limited Staff :: Review and Feature Writer

    I think the bit between the two screens would bother me after a while. Also, I just couldn't get into Hotel Dusk, and horror's not my scene blah blah blah. Not really for me, although it looks nice Smilie

    Totally out of the left field this...Really great to see Square Enix pumping more new content onto DS, with World Ends with You, Sigma Harmonics and this! Smilie

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    Hotel Dusk is teh awesomeness!!

    Cubed3 Admin/Founder & Designer

    Sounds very interesting. If it turns out to be anything like Hotel Dusk, which it does look a lot like minus any style, then I'm keen.

    Still need more details though.

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