Gamasutra gets the scoop on MapleStory for the DS

Gamasutra sat down with Nexon's Stephen Lee to discuss Maple Story. What he found out is that Nexon is working on a version for the DS and the Xbox 360. maple story powerleveling


The DS version though won't be the MMO that we are used it. It will be an action role-playing game.

Nexon is doing MapleStory DS. How far into development is that, if you know? maple story powerleveling

SL: We're planning to launch it by the middle of this year. We're aggressively developing it, and we're in very good shape.

I've seen videos of it. I talked to Calvin Yoo at the Austin Game Developer's Conference, and he was very surprised to learn that there were already videos of it out on the Internet. Will it actually be an MMO-type thing? maple story powerleveling

SL: You mean MapleStory DS? It's not an MMORPG kind of game. It's a typical kind of action role-playing game. It will have fairly different gameplay compared to the original version. It will be specifically adapted to the platform itself.

But not to leave the 360 out...

So there's a Xbox 360 version also of MapleStory?

SL: Yeah, that's been announced here. That doesn't necessarily mean we're converting our business direction to the console gaming field. Since we have a lot of content that's been successful in the online gaming market, we're trying to figure out what possibilities we may have in other fields, such as console games, animation, merchandising, and all those related types of products. As a result of that, if it can actually help us expand our users in Western markets, then that would be a perfect result.

I just asked Nexon PR yesterday about the DS version, but it's great that someone got some facts on i...