As a result of a videogame retail job I once had, I somehow ended up with four or five N-Gage units, in addition to a number of memorable titles, like Ashen and The Sims: Bustin' Out. And it wasn't too long ago that had a conversation with the Weekly Geek's Chris Furniss, where I lamented the fact that I couldn't even buy a cheap lunch if I sold the units.
But the N-Gage platform is far from dead: Nokia and Capcom have revealed today that Capcom plans on publishing titles for the N-Gage platform in 2008. The new N-Gage platform is currently slated for a Fall 2007 release, and will be supported across a number of Nokia phones.
"Capcom is dedicated to creating great mobile games," said Capcom's Yosuke Yoneda, "and believes that N-Gage will allow us to bring some of our most famous franchises to the platform."
This is great news for Capcom fans and future owners of Nokia phones that support the N-Gage platform. Me, on the other hand, I'm screwed -- I won't be able to play these new games on any of my five taco shaped cellular devices.
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*sigh* NO NOKIA! Quit it! Phones are not for gameing!
Mmm... sidetalkin'.
why won't they just let it die!
An NES emulator would be nice..
sending obscene texts to underage girls is kind of like gaming.
As long as their ad campagin is as fantastic as the last one. I've never related so well to douche bags playing games.
@ Winojesus: My physical education teacher got kicked out of my school for sending a 14 year old girl messages describing how he was touching himself in the bath. If only he'd had an N-Gage, he could have kept himself busy with fucking awful games instead.
is that the new n-gage? thats actually pretty cool looking, might have to pick it up. come on now though, capcom giving support to a new platform just means they'll end up releasing some form of street fighter 2 like they do for every gaming platform on the face of the earth.
The hula hoops that you push with a stick or the other ones?
The console wars are over.
Jon Darkwood FTW!
Is this really video game news? I think not.
Hmm...I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of the old N-gage, but that one actually looks kinda neat. It looks like the D-pad slides out of the top/bottom, and it looks pretty small...AND, do my eyes deceive me, or are those dual analogue sticks or nubs? Heck, the PSP dos'nt have those...Hmm...looks like it may be something to keep an eye on. Not saying it'll be amazeing, but looks like something that may have potential.
Wait, define "far from dead."
Damn you N-Gage!!!!
For all the hate the N-Gage gets: If that picture is the new N-Gage, then that's not too bad a design. Conceptually, anyway. I'm not sure about the ergonomics of that D-pad-like button array: It looks like those edges around the buttons might make it uncomfortable to use. As for the directional pad... Hmmm. Makes me think of the old Master System pads, which is not a good thing.
Still a massive improvement from the original.
i was under the impression the n-gage platform would be used for more than nokia phones. i think its just a dev toolkit that nokia released to make creating high power mobile games easier.
How do you distinguish what button you are being prompted to push? Press the | button to punch Press - to move foreward press - to move backward. Press | to jump and | to shoot.
Am I the only one who noticed that the N-Gage has TWO ANALOG STICKS?!
Seriously. It beats the PSP's controls at least.
Just give up already N-Gage.
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