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[Father_Brain]

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Mini Master Chief
I hear things... Specifically, a Halo game for GBA.

No, I'm not a crackpot, or even a 10 year old kid. I'm not joking. I hear from a trusted source that this may happen. Not sure what KIND of game it may be.

What are you waiting for? Go ask someone.

Zoniax

Well, this was something that I've known for months about, but was literally sworn to secrecy by the people involved (just like many OTHER things I know but can't say). But since it's been mentioned in another publication, I can confirm that, yes, Halo is in the works for the GBA. That's all I can say, on risk of having my fingernails ripped off with a bottle opener.

-- Craig

Huh. It would be a better fit on the more powerful DS hardware, but I'm guessing THQ's deal with MS - assuming they're publishing it - only applies to GBA.

 

[AniHawk]

HALO VS. METROID PRIME!

 

[Doogdogg]

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Huh. It would be a better fit on the more powerful DS hardware, but I'm guessing THQ's deal with MS - assuming they're publishing it - only applies to GBA.

Halo on GBA..... how would it work..... unless it's some sort of side scroller.

 

[Mejilan]

Halo? On the GBA? Yeeech.

Say, what ever happened to that Ice Nine GBA FPS game?

 

[Mairu]

I can't wait to see how this looks... The more halo the better

 

[neptunes]

how about for the DS?

or the DS and GBA.

 

[jarrod]

Huh. It would be a better fit on the more powerful DS hardware,

They're saving Perfect Dark for that...

 

[Spiritreaver]

If they can pull it off well it can be a success, even as a 3D FPS, but I doubt it'll be that. I expect a side scroller or top down game. Who knows though, I mean a GTA for GBA is being made so.. anything's possible.

 

[arter_2]

i wonder if it will be a fps or like how halo was supposed to be at first a rts.

though a contra style halo game would be really cool. [ sorta like the old duke nukem DOS games ]

 

[imastalker co.]

well, here's hoping for something along the lines of Rolling Thunder. ucase i hear those GBA FPS's aren't too hot.

 

[Mashing]

A Halo RTS on DS would be the shit...

 

[The Shadow]

It'll probably be a FPS with a generic Doom engine like all the other generic Doom clones on the GBA.

 

[Joe]

i think gahiggidy's head just exploded.

 

[op_ivy]

looks like i'll be getting a gba

 

[Suikoguy]

damn, EGM right again
this is getting shocking

 

[Tellaerin]

After reading J Allard's comments about expanding the Halo 'universe' with games on different platforms, I'm banking on this being a strategy game of some kind. (Though a Halo RPG or SRPG for GBA would kick serious ass...)

 

[Wario64]

damn, EGM right again
this is getting shocking

Q-Man is on a friggin roll lately

 

[Spike]

Halo - 2D Sidescroller Action Game on GBA = $OLD!!!!

 

[carbonbased]

Anyone remember that EGM issue with Master Chief on the cover with the article on Halo 2 using 2D pixelated representations of the game? Now that would rock on the DS with online play.

 

[mj1108]

It should be on the DS with online play. That would send DS units out the door faster than god-knows-what.

 

[arter_2]

u no i was thinking the exact same thing that was soo cool

 

[LuckyBrand]

any HALO on gba will rock..

but i am kinda hoping for an RTS or side scroller instead of a cheasy GBA FPS... but i bet even a halo GBA FPS would rock.

 

[AirBrian]

damn, EGM right again
this is getting shocking

It's downright scary!

 

[SD-Ness]

It'll probably be a FPS with a generic Doom engine like all the other generic Doom clones on the GBA.

It could be side scroller or top down view also...Dunno.

damn, EGM right again
this is getting shocking

Wow.
Has EGM's credibility gotten better during its long slump???

 

[cvxfreak]

Halo is coming to the GameCube. Via the GameBoy Player.

It's always funny to imagine the technicalities.

 

[AirBrian]

Halo is coming to the GameCube. Via the GameBoy Player.

It's always funny to imagine the technicalities.

LOL. Post this on GameFAQs and watch it explode.

 

[Fusebox]

Gotta be a side-scroller, just like Splinter Cell, XIII and Prince of Persia: Sands Of Time all became when ported to mobile devices.

 

[GDGF]

Post it on TXB forums :lol

Seriously though, I hope they reconsider and make a NDS version instead (or why not both?) It's not like it'll be an expensive project. Might as well cover all the bases (except for the PSP, of course )

 

[Spike]

Gotta be a side-scroller, just like Splinter Cell, XIII and Prince of Persia: Sands Of Time all became when ported to mobile devices.

Stop it. You're making sense. That isn't really allowed here.

 

[fo shizzle]

I just hope it's not something stupid, like "Master Chief in Outerspace." I can already see "T H Q" popping up all crappily when the game boots up, in the most shitastic way possible. Then, of course, the eXtreme logo for one of the five thousand tiny studios out there that do nothing but make GBA 3D engines will pop up. "DIGITAL EXTREME STUDIOS PRESENTS...MASTER CHIEF, IN OUTERSPACE."

 

[Xizk]

Should be interesting to see what kind of game it will be. And if it's Bungie who's developing it then it could be turn out good. And I agree that they should have done the game on the Nintendo DS instead, but as long as they don't use a "3d" engine for the game then it should be okay.

 

[MetaKnight]

Overhead view? Side scroller for Halo seems far-fetched.

 

[op_ivy]

remember those bad ass halo sprites for the first halo 2 cover story in egm waaaay back?

a game like that would fucking own hardcore!!!111

 

[siamesedreamer]

So now Halo isn't "teh overrated".

I see.

 

[AniHawk]

Posted.

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=2000103&topic=14536152

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

[AniHawk]

So now Halo isn't "teh overrated".

I see.

Actually, it's more overrated now that it's on a Nintendo system.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

Cool. If it looks like the isometric mock ups that EGM loved to post in their Halo 2 articles, I'll be impressed.

 

[Rlan]

:O!!1

 

[Joe]

is that the egm images you guys are talking about?

that looks pretty sick.

 

[Defensor]

:O!!1

Whoo!

 

[Joe]

the new war:

halo gba vs. metroid fusion

 

[MightyHedgehog]

is that the egm images you guys are talking about?

that looks pretty sick.

The pics I was referring to, more specifically, were the ones that showed off a fairly large-scale battle in a ruined city block. It looked closer to Syndicate.

 

[nitewulf]

heh, hopefully they chose a good dev to make the game. a generic 2d side scroller or a crappy 3d fps would ruin the Halo name. a japanese dev like treasure would be great for a 2d halo. and hopefully they wouldnt go the 3d route...thats what the consoles are for...

 

[MightyHedgehog]

If the game played with a Syndicate-style view, the essence of what makes Halo great -- the battles and AI -- would be best achieved on the GBA.

 

[shibbs]

:O!!1

WTF this for real?

 

[Buggy Loop]

I think it will be an RTS actually, 2D with an overhead view. Just like the old EGM 2d pics where bungie was explaining technologies found in halo 2, maybe we were looking at the GBA engine?

 

[MightyHedgehog]

^^^
Those are the mock-up screens I was referring to. They look perfect for GBA. Perhaps a Cannon Fodder-like action-strategy game.

 

[Ghost]

I'd recommend that people remember that Halo is a universe not just a man.

 

[sc0la]

maybe its metal slug esque

edit: hop in that warthog and go wild.

 

[callous]

well, here's hoping for something along the lines of Rolling Thunder.

Screw "along the lines of"! Screw Halo! Give us Rolling Thunder Advance!