The Video Game Revue

Wii Feature Wish

One thing that's always disappointed me about the Nintendo DS is that you can't hook it up to your GameCube in place of a GBA. If you have four people together who all have DSes with them, you can't sit down to play Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles or Zelda Four Swords Adventures. That's a bummer.

What kicks ass about the Nintendo DS is that it's going to have Wii connectivity features. Fantastic. What kicks ass about the Wii is that it's going to play GameCube games. Woo-hoo. Say, I wonder, is it possible that while playing GameCube games on your Wii, you'll be able to link your DS to them as if it were a GBA?

My gut feeling tells me "no." From a technical standpoint, I would speculate that the DS's GBA emulation feature just isn't compatible with its wireless capabilities. But if there was some way to make that feature work--if it is at all possible--hoah boy would that ever kick ass. Still, something tells me that my friends are still going to need to bring their GBAs over if Zelda Four Swords Adventures is going to happen.

As an aside, I've had to create a Gantt chart (Google it if you don't know what I'm talking about) as part of some project documentation for work. While chatting about it with my friends, I made the joking speculation that if one carries my "checklist RPGs" idea to an extreme, future PC RPGs could feature full-blown project management software--including Gantt charts--for managing your character's quests. You heard it here first, folks.

posted by Parappa @ 11:15 PM