The Legend of Zelda: The Shards of Light.

This homebrew DS remake of the original Zelda NES game is early in development, but I hope BassAceGold eventually fixes some of the annoyances I found in this demo video — sword beams that sound like shots fired from a high-powered laser rifle, an overworld theme that sounds too epic, and over a dozen paragraphs of introductory text (skip to 02:10 for gameplay).

I wish this was more like Nintendo’s own Satellaview remake, BS Zelda no Densetsu, but then again, I have that same wish for every Zelda game.

The project has potential, though — I like the sprites so far, and having a map on the bottom screen is a good idea. The ability to hold four items at a time instead of two could be great, too (but it could also turn out terrible). BassAceGold also plans to drop in an achievement system that will “add little extra quests and unlockables” so that “the more achievements you unlock, the more extra goodies you can get in game.”

BassAceGold does not intend to release a demo before Shards of Light is completed. He has worked on the project since December 2007.

See also: BassAceGold’s Mario Paint Composer videos, The Legend of Zelda: The Seeds of Time

[Via GBAtemp]

tags / the legend of zelda / the shards of light / homebrew / bassacegold / remake / nes

Boston’s “More Than A Feeling” in Mario Paint Composer.

This homebrew DS port of Mario Paint’s music composition feature has been available on programmer BassAceGold’s site for two weeks now, but it’s worth posting for several  reasons:

• There’s a new update for the program
• Maybe some of you haven’t heard about it yet
• More than a feeeeeeeelllinggggg

Another bullet list and some relevant links:

• New version of MPC with changelog
• Excellent write up of MPC at 61FPS
• Boston’s “More Than A Feeling” (non-MPC)

tags / boston / more than a feeling / mario paint composer / mario paint / bassacegold / homebrew / ec

Mario Paint Composer DS by BassAceGold

There are plenty of homebrew applications that’ve tried to bring Mario Paint’s drawing and animation components to the DS, some more complex than others, but, as far as I know, this is the first to replicate the SNES game’s music composition features.

Though BassAceGold hasn’t released a demo for the application, he has put up this video to show off the project after having worked on it for only two days. The audio seems off-sync due to an issue with the emulator, not Mario Paint Composer, according to the programmer.

It won’t be long before you can begin putting together Mario Paint renditions of “Dr. Wily Stage 1” and “What Is Love?” on your DS!

tags / mario paint composer / mario paint / music / homebrew / bassacegold / ec