Namco shoots Point Blank DS to retail

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jun 13, 2006 3:28 pm PT

Publisher's latest compiles more than 40 minigames from trilogy of shooters, trades the light gun in for a stylus.

Point Blank isn't the first light-gun series to make its way to a handheld gaming system, but it is perhaps the most faithful to its source material. Where a game like Pinball of the Dead takes its franchise's shooter roots and adapts them to a more portable-friendly genre, Point Blank DS is a more literal translation of the series' gameplay to the Nintendo DS. Now shipping to retailers nationwide, Point Blank DS trades in the light gun for a Nintendo DS stylus and compiles more than 40 minigames from the first three Point Blank games into one portable package.

DS owners interested in picking the game up may have to do some legwork to find it, however. Online retailers like GameStop.com and CircuitCity.com didn't even have product listings up for the new game as of press time, while BestBuy.com expected to start shipping the game later this month, and Amazon.com listed an August 3 release date for the game. Meanwhile, WalMart.com has a preorder page up for the game but lists it with a May 20 release date.

28 Comments

  • FuguNabe

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 9:08 pm PT

    Loved the original arcade Point Blank. The PS was pretty good too. Now I have to have this for my DSLite. Can't wait...

  • gmrscore-addict

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 4:59 pm PT

    to easy

  • madgamer2000

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 10:34 am PT

    I loved playing these games in the arcades. they were always good quick fun.

  • Flan_Man

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 8:54 am PT

    Point Blank on the DS? Could be something good. $10-20? That would be really good.

  • marioman50

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 7:38 am PT

    Is there a reason you listing stores like best buy, target, and wal-mart.
    I would expect gamestop but if you want to get this game, you might as well look on internet videogame retailers like liksang.com

  • roadrunner1178

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 6:06 am PT

    Sounds pretty cool.

  • skitzocyko

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 5:53 am PT

    cool

  • MoonSaultKid

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 5:41 am PT

    Actually, this isn't a bad idea, Now, if we could get some games that actually use a light gun on the 360 or other similar systems (besides Duck Hunt 2 on the Wii), I'd be thrilled.

  • skeetz1609

    Posted Jun 14, 2006 4:37 am PT

    Surely on the rapid fire levels you would break the screen lol

  • Tranceplant

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 11:22 pm PT

    Cool cool cool. DS rocks. I liked Point Blank.

  • LordGamer0001

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 10:29 pm PT

    i wish i had a ds.

  • ghostadv

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 9:48 pm PT

    cool, too bad it's hard to find right now

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 7:53 pm PT

    thats cool

  • Jerrymiru

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 7:48 pm PT

    I' ve played the old ones and I' m REALLY looking forward to this one. But I can't help but wonder if using the stylus would make it too easy...

  • Reetesh

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 7:39 pm PT

    The action has to be SUPER FAST if we are to really fell htat we are PLAYING soemthing, in this game.

  • phinsfan

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 7:30 pm PT

    Now all we need is Time Crisis DS...

  • juanfraino

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 7:15 pm PT

    shooting roxs, im sold

  • beatman

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 6:57 pm PT

    I'm game... where do I sign up?

  • rbarahona

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 6:45 pm PT

    This should be a very fun game. The PSX versions are classics and very entertaining games. It should be very interesting to see how well they translated the mechanics of a light gun to a stylus.

  • japanesegoth

    Posted Jun 13, 2006 5:55 pm PT

    "anyone else think that the bandai/namco logo kinda looks like the dayquil logo? "

    lol. yes

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