LoneWofl DS is an homebrew that looks like a professional release. I think F. Calendini made a great work and I'm curious if there is any non-Japanese videogame company that would ever pay someone to create a game like this.  Actually I think Salendini  created a game that could  be marketed like a European Professor Layton and the Curious village. This is a perfect example of the planning problems that make non Japanese videogame companies unable to produce a true DS game: this is a videogame based on old game books and if you speak to any "professional" videogame producer outside Japan I think they would never think about a project like this since a project team that is specialized in 3D realistic games don't have the skills to create  a simple game book like this (of course Calendini used an already written paper Game Book andused the work from the Aon Project to adapt it to the DS.).


"This project has begun as a way to learn how to program on the Nintendo DS. After seeing how the DS was used vertically as a book by some famous games, I thought it would be really cool to have some old gamebooks converted on this system.

For those who didn't know about Gamebooks, they were novels which had a nice success during the 80's, and which were allowing the readers to choose their own path by jumping from one numbered section to another, in a fun and interactive way. They were introducing the concepts of inventory, enemies fights, random dice results, and other nice ideas which were the precursors of what we find today in role playing video games.
The philosophy behind the port of the LoneWofl to the DS is to let the console handle all the rules related to combats, stats and so on, so the player can be really immersed in the story and doesn't need to bother with the gameplay elements.

For now, only the first volume of the series, called "Flight From The Dark", is available. If people show enough interest in this first book, other volumes will be ported too."

Download: If you are an happy owner of a flash card you can download the LoneWolf DS game rom here (this is a free game but if you like it please donate via paypal: all the money will be sent directly to one of the non-profit organizations Calendini is supporting).