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The Settlers arriving on DS

By Patrick Caldwell, GameSpotPosted Jul 12, 2006 6:08 pm PT

The PC strategy franchise will make its console-gaming debut this November on Nintendo's portable.

A long-running PC strategy-game franchise is about to settle on the Nintendo DS, marking the first time the series has ventured onto a console or handheld system.

The Settlers for the Nintendo DS, the latest entry in the series of PC strategy games that began in 1993, will see release on Nintendo's handheld in November, publisher Ubisoft said. Making use of the system's unique functions, you can swap the dual screens of the DS to use the DS stylus on both game views.

The Settlers is an economy-building strategy game, in which players control a group of pilgrims who arrive on an island. There, they must build roads, connect towns, forage for food, construct buildings, mine for resources, build a strong military to take on invading forces, and perform other civilization-building tasks.

The Nintendo DS version will feature four races of people (Asian, Nubian, Roman, and Viking) who can spread out across seven continents. The different land environments range from forests and lava to ice and swamps. Two campaign types--world and Roman--and a free-play mode round out the list of announced features.

The franchise began on the Amiga--an early hybrid of a personal computer and video-game console released in the 1980s--before adopting the PC platform with a string of releases starting in 1996. Last year's Heritage of Kings: The Settlers was the series' most recent game release.

The Nintendo DS version of The Settlers is not scheduled to be the series' only appearance this year, though. A graphically redone version of the first Settlers sequel, to be called The Settlers II: The Next Generation, is planned for release in the fourth quarter of this year.

44 Comments

  • swimmi_34

    Posted Apr 14, 2007 7:52 am PT

    might be a great way to spend the day, but all i see is german in the screenshots............

  • SqueekyC1ean

    Posted Oct 2, 2006 1:15 pm PT

    THE SETTLERS IS THE BEST GAME EVER!

  • balistaguy

    Posted Sep 24, 2006 5:39 am PT

    Sounds Brilliant !!!

  • Genexi2

    Posted Aug 30, 2006 3:04 pm PT

    Hope Ubisoft doesn't rush this title into oblivion like 90% of their DS games.

    This has great potential if given a good team and budget.

  • coltACP

    Posted Jul 17, 2006 2:09 am PT

    Settlers on the Amiga back in the day was a good game(i bought it on day one^^), and more amiga games should be made on the DS imo, there are alot of games that would just work on the DS-Hired guns, Battle isle, Mercenary, syndicate, Hunter, Sabre Team, Gunship 2000, K240, Power monger, Mega lo mania, Last samurai and loads more. The DS could add real tilt to some of these titles and using the WiFi for multiplayer would be just brilliant. Hired Guns simply needs a sequel and DS is perfect for that game-goddammit that liscence needs picking up again!

  • KDarK276

    Posted Jul 16, 2006 10:10 pm PT

    I always wanted a game that had elements of Sim City and Civ.
    looks like i found one.
    can't wait.

  • lilweightlifter

    Posted Jul 16, 2006 7:37 am PT

    This game sounds really cool. I just might buy it when it comes out.

  • Jayayess1190

    Posted Jul 15, 2006 5:08 pm PT

    Sim City 4 would be great too

  • darkwater12

    Posted Jul 15, 2006 12:27 am PT

    All I can say is OMG!!! I loved this game on the Amiga and the PC. Oh and I would exspect it to be real time. It was on the amiga and I remember upgrading my Amiga to 1mb of RAM. The DS has more power. Can't wait!!!!!!

  • thebill1979

    Posted Jul 14, 2006 12:42 pm PT

    Can't wait. I love these types of games.

  • boblighte

    Posted Jul 14, 2006 9:40 am PT

    Sounds like an awesome game. Hopefully it's not turn-based.

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Jul 14, 2006 9:12 am PT

    dude i have settlers 2 gold on my phone lol

  • Our_VA

    Posted Jul 14, 2006 5:40 am PT

    I hope they would make it a wifi settler.....wifi settler...lol.

  • WackerJr

    Posted Jul 14, 2006 1:02 am PT

    I am a huge Settlers fan and The Settlers II is still my favourite game in the series. I hope that the DS version is an all-new game and not simply a remake of Settlers II (which is could be judging by screenshots).

    I can't believe so many people out there haven't played Settlers! You owe it to yourselves to give one of the earlier Settlers games a try! Build a woodcutter near a forest to produce logs for your lumbermill, which can then be used to build other buildings. Build a farm to produce wheat for your pig farm which then be used for your butcher, which provides food for your miners... It's alot of resource management!

  • OfficialBed

    Posted Jul 14, 2006 12:50 am PT

    never heard of this game, even on the pc....but ill look into it

  • kedwin_21

    Posted Jul 13, 2006 7:41 pm PT

    sounds good

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Jul 13, 2006 5:07 pm PT

    the more DS, the happier this Maquis is.

  • khfffan13

    Posted Jul 13, 2006 12:45 pm PT

    I haven't heard of settlers but it sounds interesting. The way they describe it makes it sound like civilization but in real time.

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted Jul 13, 2006 10:32 am PT

    I think the PC ones where good so I hope the DS one will be good too.But I think it would have been cooler to see a game like this on the PS3 or even 360 but the DS will have to do.

  • metdevthegamer

    Posted Jul 13, 2006 8:36 am PT

    Cool. The more DS games, the merrier.

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