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
    DEZVOUS Oct 3, 07
    No way... still would not be enough to make me want to get a DS though.
  • 0
    Kazooieman Oct 3, 07
    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
    black doom Oct 3, 07
    Wow, umm... nope that's pretty much it, wow.
  • 0
    Dio Oct 3, 07
    Wow, this would sure be a multi-million seller. It's a shame it was cancelled.
  • 0
    BradSK Oct 3, 07
    Wow, sucks that it was cancelled.

    Good job I'm getting a 360 soon
  • -1
    Ultimega Oct 3, 07
    Believeable, sorta, kinda, fangame. Most likely not real.
    • -1
      DEZVOUS Oct 3, 07
      Are you *bleep*ed ?
  • 0
    Evanster Oct 3, 07
    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
    Lizzo Oct 3, 07
    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
      Existenz Oct 3, 07
      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
      Gogetenks Oct 3, 07
      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
        Lizzo Oct 4, 07
        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
      Raziel_326 Oct 4, 07
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      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
        Lizzo Oct 4, 07
        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.
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    black doom Oct 3, 07
    Perhaps it got turned into a Bond game before it was ironed out.
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    Synergized Oct 4, 07
    Looks cool, but I'm not sure if the control scheme would work well to allow you to play without getting a cramp.
  • 0
    Storm* Oct 4, 07
    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
    Dai Oct 4, 07
    Hmmm... Interesting. Personally I'd like to know why it was cancelled. Did Microsoft throw a fit? Heh...
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    FFXFREAK Oct 4, 07
    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
    W00tbeer1 Oct 4, 07
    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
      Gogetenks Oct 4, 07
      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
    neto_360 Oct 5, 07
    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
    Seeker X Oct 5, 07
    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
    Chronix Oct 5, 07
    This game looks pretty good for being a Nintendo game. I heard that this game was cancelled is it/ or was it?
  • 0
    Oogity_Boogity_Boo Oct 6, 07
    Oh man. This would have been amazing. Halo DS? Bring it back plz. kthx.
  • -2
    Capn Droid Oct 6, 07
    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
    xegaldis Oct 7, 07
    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
    W00tbeer1 Oct 7, 07
    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
      BradSK Oct 7, 07
      Dude, it got cancelled. No-one ever said it was going to come out.
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    nnkklo Oct 7, 07
    Its just a mod of Goldeneye: Rogue Agent.
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    King X2* Oct 11, 07
    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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