List of cancelled Nintendo DS games

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This is a list of cancelled Nintendo DS video games. The

handheld video game console released by Nintendo
in 2004. This list documents all known games that were confirmed for the Nintendo DS at some point, but did not end up being released for it in any capacity.

List of cancelled Nintendo DS games

Title(s) Notes/Reasons Developer Publisher
100 Bullets A video game adaption of the
original Xbox. This version of the game was cancelled amid Acclaim's financial troubles in the mid-2000s. D3 Publisher obtained the rights to the franchise shortly after, and announced plans to release an unrelated game in the franchise for a variety of platforms, Nintendo DS included, though none of those versions ever materialized either. The comic's primary writer, Brian Azzarello later reported that there were trouble translating the comic's story into the video game format.[1][2]
 D3 Publisher
A Boy and His Blob A sequel to
WayForward Technologies for the Wii instead. A two level, 40% complete version of the game leaked onto the internet in 2022.[3][4][5]
 Skyworks Technologies
Majesco
Batman: Arkham Asylum A Nintendo DS iteration of the 2009
beat em up moves to attack an enemy. The game was in development by Full Fat, a company known for making DS versions of licensed properties similar to this.[6][7]
 Full Fat Eidos Interactive
Black & White Creatures
 		A spinoff of the
E3 2005, but the game was eventually cancelled. A similarly very early, barely playable build of the game leaked onto the internet in 2021.[8][9][10]
 Full Fat
Majesco
Cool Herders
 		Originally unofficially released as a
DSiWare title, and the game advanced toa 90% complete status, along with new content added. However, the developer suffered from burnout and a lack of money to finish the project, and the game was cancelled. The developer legally released the 90% complete beta version onto the internet in 2021.[11][12]
 Harmless Lion Alten8, Harmless Lion
Crash Landed
 		Developer
Jools Watsham. He noted the prototype was developed in just 2 weeks. Footage showed it to be a fully game 3D world.[13][14]
 Renegade Kid
Crash Tag Team Racing A scaled-down handheld version of the game was originally announced for the Nintendo DS, but was cancelled due to the publisher's belief that Mario Kart DS, which had the same late 2005 release timeframe, would overshadow and hurt its sales. The game was reportedly almost complete prior to cancellation, though no game footage of the DS version was ever released in its promotion, though some game assets and artwork leaked onto the internet in 2015.[15] Radical Entertainment Sierra Entertainment
De Blob A version of the 2008
Helixe, as a result. A 3 level playable build of the game leaked onto the internet in 2023. [16]
Helixe
 THQ
Gauntlet DS
 		A iteration of the
Penny Arcade Expo that year. The game was reportedly completed, but its release was cancelled due to the publisher's belief that the market for this sort of game had dried up. The game leaked onto the internet prior to 2020.[17][18][19]
 Backbone Entertainment Eidos Interactive
Geist A Nintendo DS version of the 2005 GameCube game was never officially announced, but revealed to be in development in the large-scale 2020 Nintendo data leak.[20] n-Space Nintendo
Gods A version of the 1991
SNES, Sega Genesis, and PC game was in development for the Nintendo DS in 2007, though it was cancelled part-way through after the developer had learned the publisher would not be offering a contract for publishing the game. Development progress far enough to get the game up and running on the DS, albeit without any sound implemented.[21]
 The Bitmap Brothers Asylum
Mass Effect: Corsair
 		While never officially announced, a
IronMonkey Studios on mobile phone platforms for a Mass Effect spinoff, which ended up being Mass Effect Infiltrator (2012).[22]
Bioware
 Electronic Arts
Mean Girls A video game adaption of the 2004 Mean Girls film was announced, but never materialized, without any reason given. An internet fan campaign eventually caught the attention of an anonymous member of the development team, who leaked a buggy but playable unfinished version of the game in the 2020s.[23] Crush Digital 505 Games
Plucker The largescale 2020
Magic the Gathering, had pitched a Nintendo DS strategy game that would have substituted the cards of games like Magic with character figures that never materialized.[20]
 Nightlighter
Pokemon Pinball
 entry 		While never officially announced, an iteration of the
Fuse Games.[20]
Fuse Games
 Nintendo
Shantae: Risky Waters
 		A new entry in the Shantae series was pitched for the Nintendo DS. The gameplay entailed gameplay concurrently on both of the platforms 2 screen; for example, a segment included navigating a raft in a river in 3D on the top screen while controlling a bird above in 2D space on the bottom screen. The game was cancelled when no publisher could be found.[24] WayForward
The Silver Case / The 25th Ward: The Silver Case A version of the 1999
The Silver Case 2425. [25][26]
 Grasshopper Manufacture
Speedball 2
 		A version of the 1990 Sega Genesis and PC game was planned for the Nintendo DS in 2007, though it was cancelled after the developer had learned the publisher would not be offering a contract for publishing the game. Development had barely started.[27] The Bitmap Brothers Asylum
Tetris DS THQ developed a nearly-finished version of Tetris for the Nintendo DS, but its release was cancelled due to The Tetris Company denying them the rights to release the game, in favor of letting Nintendo develop and publish their own unrelated version of the game under the same name. Only the Nintendo version released in 2006, while THQ sued the Tetris Company over their cancellation of the THQ version. While the lawsuit did not lead to the release of the THQ version, it did unofficially leak onto the internet well after the fact a decade later in 2016.[28][29] THQ THQ
Toki Tori A version of Toki Tori was in development for the Nintendo DS, but was cancelled and never released. The DS version would have been based on the Wii remake of 2008. A similar version was later released on its successor, the Nintendo 3DS in 2015, while three prototypes of the DS version was leaked onto the internet in 2022.[30] Two Tribes Two Tribes

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  2. ^ https://www.digitalspy.com/comics/a164246/azzarello-hints-at-100-bullets-future/
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  7. ^ https://gamerant.com/batman-arkham-asylum-nintendo-ds/
  8. ^ https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/05/19/e3-2005-black-white-creatures-hands-on
  9. ^ https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/footage_of_the_cancelled_nintendo_ds_game_black_and_white_surfaces_online
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  11. ^ https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/03/23/alten8-sheepishly-announces-cool-herders
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  13. ^ https://www.engadget.com/2013-01-11-renegade-kids-lost-crash-bandicoot-ds-prototype-revealed.html
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  22. ^ https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/07/06/canceled-mass-effect-game-for-nintendo-ds-corsair-would-have-players-as-a-han-solo-kind
  23. ^ "Meet Raven Simone, the Youtuber who discovered the lost 'Mean Girls' video game". NME. March 8, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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  28. ^ Renaudin, Clement (6 June 2016). "On Tetris' birthday, a wild prototype for cancelled Tetris DS by THQ appears". www.pocketgamer.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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