Rare Considered DS to Xbox 360 Connectivity

By Jorge Ba-oh 21.05.2008 11

Rare have recently revealed that Nintendo DS to Microsoft 360 was considered for Viva Pinata.

Whilst the company were working on the DS version of the quirky franchise, an option to connect to the upcoming 360 version had been tested out, according to MTV Multiplayer.

We got it to work, but it was too late in the development cycle. It's one of those things where you just kick yourself.
Rare's Justin Cook

Would Nintendo have agreed on linking the systems together? How do you feel about rival machines connecting to one another?

Box art for Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise
Developer

Rare

Publisher

THQ

Genre

Strategy

Players

4

C3 Score

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Reader Score

Rated $score out of 10  10/10 (6 Votes)

European release date Q4 2007   North America release date Q4 2007   Japan release date TBA   Australian release date TBA   

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mooojc is offline. mooojc 21.05.2008#1

Would have been very interesting.

 
Azuardo is online! Azuardo 21.05.2008#2

I guess it's possible it will appear in a future game instead.

 
RufDogRacing is offline. RufDogRacing 21.05.2008#3

Would have been cool! But how would it have been done? And would Nintendo allow it?

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Ikana is offline. Ikana 21.05.2008#4

I couldn't have seen Nintendo allowing it...they're usually not too keen on stuff like that, are they? Smilie
Would have been cool though. Hell, the Wii needs more DS connectivity. Isn't Pok�mon the only thing that's used it so far...?

 
Darkflame is offline. Darkflame 21.05.2008#5

\"Would Nintendo have agreed on linking the systems together?\"

I dont think its something Nintendo could veto.
No more then saying \"oh, we wont allow your game to work with that wireless router\"

WiFi is wifi, with correct code you could even have DS<>PSP<>Laptop multiplayer.

I mean, worse case, you could always send data to the internet, which the xbox360 could then pick up on its own.

( Edited 21.05.2008 12:34 by Darkflame )

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Birdo Is A Tranny is offline. Birdo Is A Tranny 21.05.2008#6

Would Nintendo have agreed on linking the systems together?

Never, not in a million years.

 
Fatman is offline. Fatman 21.05.2008#7

cool

A fail so epic, it may just be a win.
 
Jump_button is offline. Jump_button 21.05.2008#8

never mind 360 where are the wii + DS games?

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tiamat1990 is offline. tiamat1990 21.05.2008#9

Would Nintendo have allowed it?

 
Stulaw is offline. Stulaw 21.05.2008#10

NO!

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James2t3 is offline. James2t3 22.05.2008#11

The idea didn't involve linking the systems so i don't think nintendo or microsoft would have mind really.

It was just going to be pictures of cards on the ds screens, hold them up to the live vision camera, camera recognises card and bingo you get a bonus thingy.

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