This video was posted on April Fool's and kept everyone feeling skeptical about the validity of the existence of a hand-held version of the game, Ketsui. Originally it had been developed for the PSP, but had recently fallen back on Sony's list of priorities, so seeing the clip being played on a DS did look like a bit of a scam. As it turns out, the demo of the game is real and the video itself most likely came from a participant of a focus group held to find out what the masses really thought of it.

During the demo, players had 120 minutes to face off against Doom with a single ship and no bombs before the demo was locked due to a time out. There were noticeable changes to Doom's attack patterns as well as the game speed that helped alter the game to fit the DS's resolution and screen size, but according to the participants at the event, the arcade feeling that the game provided was still excellent.

As a game that has had a lot of commercial success when it was introduced in 2002 as an arcade game, Ketsui just might prove to be one the more interesting non-stylus games for the DS. Kim Phu

Additional Ketsui details - More than just an April Fool's Joke [Arcade Renaissance]