List of cancelled Nintendo DS games

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This is a list of cancelled Nintendo DS video games. The Nintendo DS is a handheld video game console released by Nintendo in 2004. This list documents all known games that were confirmed for the Nintendo DS at some point, but did not end up being released for it in any capacity.

List of cancelled Nintendo DS games

Title(s)Notes/ReasonsDeveloperPublisher
100 Bullets A video game adaption of the 100 Bullets comic book series was announced by Acclaim Entertainment for release on the PlayStation 2 and original Xbox. This version of the game was cancelled amid Acclaim's financial troubles in the mid-2000s. D3 Publisher obtained the rights to the franchise shortly after, and announced plans to release an unrelated game in the franchise for a variety of platforms, Nintendo DS included, though none of those versions ever materialized either. The comic's primary writer, Brian Azzarello later reported that there were trouble translating the comic's story into the video game format. [1] [2] D3 Publisher
A Boy and His Blob A sequel to A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia (1990) was announced to be in development for the Nintendo DS by Skyworks Technologies, a development team consisting of some of people who had created the original NES game. The game would have retained a similar 2D platformer-based gameplay but would have featured the "boy" now being a teenager.The game was present and playable at E3 2005 but reportedly only 20% complete, despite being scheduled for release later in the year. Publisher Majesco's financial troubles led to the game's cancellation, with them opting to pursue a remake, A Boy and His Blob (2009) with WayForward Technologies for the Wii instead. A two level, 40% complete version of the game leaked onto the internet in 2022. [3] [4] [5] Skyworks Technologies Majesco
Batman: Arkham Asylum A Nintendo DS iteration of the 2009 PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game was never announced, but leaked onto the internet in 2020. The prototype, while playable, was limited and barebones, and just features a few rooms where Batman can be moved in basic 3D space and use basic beat em up moves to attack an enemy. The game was in development by Full Fat, a company known for making DS versions of licensed properties similar to this. [6] [7] Full Fat Eidos Interactive
Black & White Creatures A spinoff of the Black & White series of games was announced for the Nintendo DS in May 2005. While the original was a large scale god game for PC platforms, the DS version was more of a smaller scale pet simulator adaption of the original concept. A very early 20% complete version of the game was playable at E3 2005, but the game was eventually cancelled. A similarly very early, barely playable build of the game leaked onto the internet in 2021. [8] [9] [10] Full Fat Majesco
De Blob A version of the 2008 Wii and iOS device game was in development for the Nintendo DS as well, but was cancelled when publisher THQ, who was struggling with financial issues at the time, decided to close its developer, Helixe, as a result. A 3 level playable build of the game leaked onto the internet in 2023. [11] Helixe THQ
Gauntlet DS A iteration of the Gauntlet series was in development for the Nintendo DS. The game would have supported local and online multiplayer across four DS systems, and been the first to have an experience point system. The game was scheduled for release in 2008, and was far enough along to be playable at events like the Penny Arcade Expo that year, but it was cancelled late in development and never released in any capacity. [12] [13] Backbone Entertainment Eidos Interactive
Geist A Nintendo DS version of the 2005 GameCube game was never officially announced, but revealed to be in development in the large-scale 2020 Nintendo data leak. [14] n-Space Nintendo
Mass Effect: Corsair While never officially announced, a Mass Effect spinoff game was explored in the mid-2000s for the Nintendo DS. The game would have involved flying a spacecraft from the first person perspective as a Han Solo-type character who acted like a pirate. Bioware mapped out basic controls for how the flying gameplay would have worked, but the project was cancelled shortly afterwards due to financial reasons. Internal sales projections for a Mass Effect game for the DS were low, and the large cartridge size required for the scope of the project would have cost a lot and further hurt chances at it being a profitable project. Some members went on to develop Bioware's Sonic Chronicles (2008) for the platform instead, while Electronic Arts instead chose work with IronMonkey Studios on mobile phone platforms for a Mass Effect spinoff, which ended up being Mass Effect Infiltrator (2012). [15] Bioware Electronic Arts
Mean Girls A video game adaption of the 2004 Mean Girls film was announced, but never materialized, without any reason given. An internet fan campaign eventually caught the attention of an anonymous member of the development team, who leaked a buggy but playable unfinished version of the game in the 2020s. [16] Crush Digital 505 Games
PluckerThe largescale 2020 Nintendo data leak revealed that Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic the Gathering , had pitched a Nintendo DS strategy game that would have substituted the cards of games like Magic with character figures that never materialized. [14] Nightlighter
Pokemon Pinball entryWhile never officially announced, an iteration of the Pokemon Pinball games was found to be in development for the Nintendo DS, and scheduled internally for a 2006 release, as part of the large-scale 2020 Nintendo data leak. The game was in development by Mario Pinball Land developer Fuse Games. [14] Fuse Games Nintendo
Shantae: Risky Waters A new entry in the Shantae series was pitched for the Nintendo DS. The gameplay entailed gameplay concurrently on both of the platforms 2 screen; for example, a segment included navigating a raft in a river in 3D on the top screen while controlling a bird above in 2D space on the bottom screen. The game was cancelled when no publisher could be found. [17] WayForward
The Silver Case / The 25th Ward: The Silver Case A version of the 1999 original PlayStation game and its 2005 mobile sequel was in development for the Nintendo DS. The game was a straight replication of the original, but broken up across the DS's dual screen set up. The conversion was completed in 2009, but went unreleased, as the developers felt the final product wasn't modernized enough for release by that point. Full-remakes were instead made for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch under the name The Silver Case 2425 . [18] [19] Grasshopper Manufacture
Tetris DS THQ developed a nearly-finished version of Tetris for the Nintendo DS, but its release was cancelled due to The Tetris Company denying them the rights to release the game, in favor of letting Nintendo develop and publish their own unrelated version of the game under the same name. Only the Nintendo version released in 2006, while THQ sued the Tetris Company over their cancellation of the THQ version. While the lawsuit did not lead to the release of the THQ version, it did unofficially leak onto the internet well after the fact a decade later in 2016. [20] [21] THQ THQ

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