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Majesco tries creepy AR again with 'The Hidden' for 3DS Now this sounds familiar. Majesco just announced that it's publishing an augmented-reality game for a Nintendo handheld, to be released around Halloween, that allows you to search for ghostly phenomena in your environment using the system's camera. No, it's not the DSi game Ghostwire, whose developer is still seeking a publisher after splitting with Majesco. The new game is The Hidden, created by 1st Playable Productions, and coming this October to 3DS. The Hidden puts the player in the role of a member of the Ghostly Entity Investigation and Strike Team (G.E.I.S.T.), hunting around the real world to find spectral creatures, and then "using a full arsenal of high tech tools and upgradeable weapons, including the Plasmatic Disruptor, Ectoplasm Sensor and Spectral Shield" to defeat them.

Could this be the new spin-off to the horror gene? (Taken AR to 3D)

The Hidden, huh? This is what came to my mind first.

The idea sounds cool as shit, the reality will probably be a buggy mess, like my experiences with AR.

It will be interesting to see how they incorporate the AR nature with actual gaming. Technically, with the AR's you are the one in control of the cards and really, AR cards are easy to replicate as well.

I just thought up an idea today about a Pest Exterminator game using AR.

Imagine if your walls were full of ants, cockroaches, spiders, etc, and you could see them in your own walls as you walk around your house/apartment. Now suppose that you have mix of Elebits gameplay ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgk96TZB9tg ), and a sort of turn based bomb placing system (bomberman) in order to kill these bugs.

EPIC GAME IS EPIC!!!! I WANTZ IT NOW

This could be awesome. But yea...lag worries me alittle.

I'm not sure I get it, unless the idea is to have another peoson hide AR cards around your house, which could be rad I spose but risky.

I liked the AR battles that came with the system though, even if the process was less than seemless there is a good time to be had there imo.  Hopefully with a little practice it'll smoothen out a bit.

If this delivers, Majesco, you will likely get my money.  I like supporting devs that take chances to push the boundaries.

Umm, I don't think they have anything to do with AR cards. The ghosts are just generated on screen using real life background that picks up from the 3DS cams.

Yes Galaki, i think some reader here mistakes AR with AR card. AR stands for "Augmented Reality" and can't be done without card... As face raider.

Actually the description of the game let me think of a Face raider without the face scan and different weapons that just the tennis balls.

My wife thought up a game like this after I showed her the AR cards the first time. She's a big paranormal and Ghost Hunters fan, so this might be an actual viable way to get her into the 3DS. It does have the equal potential to suck, so we'll just wait on see. Count me as cautiously intrigued.