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Halo DS Was Real, Footage Shown

Gogetenks | October 02, 2007 | News | Xbox DS 
Earlier this year, IGN Wii's Editor-in Chief Matt Cassamassina told us in his blog that he played Halo DS. Some people believed him, some did not. He promised proof, but when the promised dates came nothing was shown, up until today.
Some time ago, I blogged about playing a cancelled version of Halo DS. The game was the real deal, created by a real development studio and with a very big publisher. But for reasons we won't discuss, Halo DS was never released. Clearly. Obviously. Still, it would've been cool, huh?

My Halo DS blog has haunted me since I posted it because many people were skeptical of my claims. I wouldn't make something like that up, of course, but that hardly silenced any of my critics. When my brother called me the other day and told me that I even have a Wikipedia page that calls into question my Halo DS blog, I realized I had to at the very least prove that I hadn't completely hatched the entire thing. So I figured what better way to mute naysayers than to show off the game I played. With that in mind, I present to you Halo DS videos and screenshots below. Please, somebody update my Wikipedia page.

Let's be clear. This game will never see the light of day. At the same time, the below videos prove that Halo DS wasn't a garage project by a two-man team. There were some very big names involved with this title, so it's a shame you won't get to play it.




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  • 0 thumbs!
    DEZVOUS | October 03, 2007
    No way... still would not be enough to make me want to get a DS though.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Kazooieman | October 03, 2007
    I don't think Halo would sell half as well as on the DS because people who tend to buy X-Box 360 arn't Nintendo people...
  • 0 thumbs!
    black doom | October 03, 2007
    Wow, umm... nope that's pretty much it, wow.
  • 0 thumbs!
    twilightprince | October 03, 2007
    Wow, this would sure be a multi-million seller. It's a shame it was cancelled.
  • 0 thumbs!
    TheBradman1andOnly | October 03, 2007
    Wow, sucks that it was cancelled.

    Good job I'm getting a 360 soon
  • -1 thumbs!
    Ultimega | October 03, 2007
    Believeable, sorta, kinda, fangame. Most likely not real.
    • -1 thumbs!
      DEZVOUS | October 03, 2007
      Are you *bleep*ed ?
  • 0 thumbs!
    Evanster 69 | October 03, 2007
    It would have been good for rocket lanchers and such because the increased aim you get on the DS. And I never use rocket launchers because of my horrendous aiming ablility.
  • -3 thumbs!
    Lizzo | October 03, 2007
    Epic fail.

    It's fake. Just look, their scores never go up, time never changes, how come they died just like guys in Goldeneye?

    Hmm.
    • 5 thumbs!
      Existenz | October 03, 2007
      Heh yeah an IGN editor in the IGN offices playing a fully working DS game that is Halo DS, they state the game is already a year old at the point of them showing it, it was a very early build hense the fact that the scoring probably wasn't functional at the time, i mean hell it has been known there was a Halo DS in the works it is very credible that a website into PREVIEWS would have a copy or two.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Gogetenks | October 03, 2007
      It was an extremely early build (likely pre-alpha) of a game that was cancelled. Of course it's missing features, even basic ones. At early stages, it needs to be playable, and that's it.

      This guy is one of the highest-ranked people at IGN. Even if he somehow managed to code that so well (if so, he should go join a developer), this would destroy his reputation if he had been lying all along. Besides, IGN itself also backed up his claims of it's existence much earlier than this footage was shown.
      • 0 thumbs!
        Lizzo | October 04, 2007
        True, but what's the point of putting in a timer and just leaving it alone? Along with a score?

        Oh well, if it was real, it got cancelled. Nothing anyone can do about it.
    • -1 thumbs!
      Raziel_326 | October 04, 2007
      quote
      how come they died just like guys in Goldeneye?
      I just compared Goldeneye deaths to this game, they die almost nothing alike. The enemies in Goldeneye die various ways, while it seems these guys only die one way.

      Regardless of how they die, comparing their deaths to an older game is a pretty pathetic argument to attempt to prove the game to be fake. You're an idiot.
      • -1 thumbs!
        Lizzo | October 04, 2007
        Hmm, I understand, but some Goldeneye guys do die like that. Seriously... Well, I guess that's just what I noticed. Geez. Sorry.

        I thought it might of been a modded version of Goldeneye, after the creator of Fanboys Online pointed it out.
  • 0 thumbs!
    black doom | October 03, 2007
    Perhaps it got turned into a Bond game before it was ironed out.
  • 0 thumbs!
    xsynergyx | October 03, 2007
    Looks cool, but I'm not sure if the control scheme would work well to allow you to play without getting a cramp.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Storm | October 04, 2007
    Fake or not, it would sell millions, heh. With Halo in the name, you know it'll do just that. Goldeneye...I miss that game
  • 0 thumbs!
    Dai | October 04, 2007
    Hmmm... Interesting. Personally I'd like to know why it was cancelled. Did Microsoft throw a fit? Heh...
  • 0 thumbs!
    FFXFREAK | October 04, 2007
    Lmao, I'd actually like to see this when it was fully done, it would've been interesting to have Halo DS xD. Just to see how it played out >>.


    ~FFXFREAK
  • -3 thumbs!
    W00tbeer1 | October 04, 2007
    Microsoft is a DIFFERENT COMPANY then Nintendo, they will not share their ideas with NINTENDO at all! They are making millions off of Halo, I don't think that their going to give the rights to Nintendo also. Very Very Fake.
    • 2 thumbs!
      Gogetenks | October 04, 2007
      Bungie owns Halo. Just like Rare owns Viva Pinata (which, by the way, is coming to the DS). Developing on the DS won't harm Microsoft since they don't have a portable, so they aren't competition. Rare has developed on the DS for multiple games, and they are fully-owned by Microsoft. In fact, their only released DS title so far (Diddy Kong Racing) has already outsold any of their Xbox and Xbox 360 games, and it hasn't been around for nearly as long. They can make a lot of money from a portable with a huge install base, and it promotes the company.

      If anything, it just advertises the console game and, of course, makes them money. It spreads the franchise name and attracts more consumers to buy a 360. When Nintendo fans, who never liked Halo, play a Halo game on the DS, they might like it and purchase a 360 sometime to get Halo 3.
  • 1 thumbs!
    neto_360 | October 05, 2007
    I would have been nice to have for the DS. I would buy it even though I'm not a hardcore Halo fan. I'm sure that it would have selled very well too.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Seeker X | October 05, 2007
    From here...it kinda looks like an advanced flash game you would find in a random game site, tbh. The aiming is much better than I expected for a portable system though.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Chronix | October 05, 2007
    This game looks pretty good for being a Nintendo game. I heard that this game was cancelled is it/ or was it?
  • 0 thumbs!
    Oogity_Boogity_Boo | October 06, 2007
    Oh man. This would have been amazing. Halo DS? Bring it back plz. kthx.
  • -2 thumbs!
    Capn Droid | October 06, 2007
    Pfft. I can sense photoshop in some clips... and hax in videos... or something. All I know is, Bungie wouldn't have made Halo DS.

    Edit: I can see people don't like my post. Care to read, please. I'm not saying Halo DS would suck balls, I'm saying Bungie'd never make it. If anything, it'd be for the next handheld. Even then, it'd be hard. It's like admitting SSB will never be portable.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Xegaldis | October 07, 2007
    Hm, this looks okay, really. I did hear about it, then heard it was cancelled. I'd probably get it though, if they ever went through with it.
  • -1 thumbs!
    W00tbeer1 | October 07, 2007
    I just figured out that the people who did this just hacked into the James Bond game for DS and made it look exactly like Halo. I've seen it in my friends magazine, and I really know that this isn't going to come out.
    • 0 thumbs!
      TheBradman1andOnly | October 07, 2007
      Dude, it got cancelled. No-one ever said it was going to come out.
  • 0 thumbs!
    nnkklo | October 07, 2007
    Its just a mod of Goldeneye: Rogue Agent.
  • 0 thumbs!
    KingX2 | October 11, 2007
    Heh, I bet it's a James Bond game with a Halo title. Then when we buy the game we will all be tricked into playing 007.[/sarcasm]

    Still, the thought is pretty nice and if Wifi was included, it would be a good selling game.

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