Remote Racers (DS)

Remote Racers is a 3D racing game for the DSI.

Release Date: Feb 21, 2011

It's a jump backwards into the series' past for Nintendo DS owners.

Regardless of Namco's official line on the product, Ridge Racer DS is, at its core, a "port" of the company's Ridge Racer 64 game released on that console back in 2000. And that's certainly not a bad thing considering that Ridge Racer 64 was a pretty top-notch racer on the N64 a half decade ago, an impressive, NST-developed extension of the Namco arcade racing franchise.

As we've already experienced with Super Mario 64 DS, it's clear that the Nintendo DS system was created with the capabilities of the Nintendo 64 in mind. And it's also pretty obvious that it's this particular reason why we're getting Ridge Racer DS as a launch title. Quick development cycles beget either ports or half-baked game designs, and in this case we're getting a spot-on portable conversion that likely isn't going to sell anyone on the system and its capabilities, but it at least seeds the Nintendo DS' library with one of the few solid addition to the launch line-up.