December 22, 2004
New Game: Ridge Racer DS (US)
Title: Ridge Racer DS
Platform: Nintendo DS (US)
Publisher: Namco
Where: Electronics Boutique
When: December 8
How Much: $29.99 ($32.58 w/tax)
I had a friend pick up Ridge Racer DS for me the day it came out in the US, mostly because I wanted to see if it was as bad as it looked in the previews I'd been reading. What I should have done was had it shipped over immediately so I could've tried it out before PSP Ridge rolled in. Playing it afterwards just makes it look 10 times worse than it already is. It's almost laughable how terrible the DS version looks next to the PSP one. And it also seems pretty pointless to me; the d-pad controls are way too sensitive (the original Ridge on PlayStation from 10 years ago actually controlled better), and the touch screen doesn't work at all in a game like this. Why even bother? All this game can possibly do is drag down the Ridge Racer name.
On a more positive note, at least the name on the cover girl's jacket is cool! :) Here's an even better version, courtesy of the ever-imaginative ferricide:
Considering how butt-ugly the DS version's cover girl is, I think this might have worked as a viable alternative...
Posted by john tv at December 22, 2004 03:57 PM