Mere hours after our very own Tara Long lamented the sorry state of the Android App Store, PopCap has revealed that they are heeding the call. PopCap's Jeff Green uploaded to Twitter the above images of Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle running on an Android device. Green later revealed that the games will not be ad-supported.
Great news for me. Having just made the jump from a Blackberry to an Android phone, I'm ready for more quality games to be released on the platform. And there are few games which can convince me to cough up cash like Plants vs. Zombies. Hopefully, they'll follow the trend of their other ports and add some exclusive modes or gameplay elements for the Android versions, though I suppose I would understand if they simply stuck to what worked on the iOS.
Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle coming to Android [Joystiq]
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2:30 AM on 01.18.2011 | 
Plants Vs Zombies or Jungle/Desert Strike?
Hell my Android phone can run Final Fantasy 7 through a PSx emulator!
Seriously, who needs "phone games" when you've got an Android. Android's shit phone games.
Except Game Dev Story. The one and only "phone game"on my phone.
Free or paid for.
Of the 200,000+ Android handsets connected per day what percentage of those users know how to use an emulator? I'd wager not that many. I've lost count of the amount of times I've had to explain to other Android users how I have Super Mario 3 on my Desire HD.
A lot of the ports across platforms have been lazy, rushed efforts. Hopefully PopCap will put the required effort in.
I personally had a list of apps I needed and ROMs etc before my phone even arrived!
Guess i'm just a bit of a nerd.
Although saying that, if you put "Game boy" into the Market place, you'll get the GBA emu app, with full instructions on how to put games etc on it. unless you're one of those (generally 50+) people who is scared of the interwebs.
personally this culture of "learn nothing, follow instructions and do what you're told" that recent "simplification" of technology has brought about does nothing for me, but i suppose it allows the masses to get hold of a bit of cool stuff, just so long as those who know where to look and how to find can still find all the extra stuff then it's all good.
For my gaming habits, it made more sense for me for something like this to be portable. Now it is!
I guess that's a long winded way of saying imma buy the shit outta this.
Why do we need more emulators on more devices? I'm not condemning them, I just don't think they should be the go-to for people to say, "welp, I have everything I could ever need from my device because I have these thousands of games designed for some other device." That's just stupid.
So, no, I'm not buying or otherwise downloading an emulator for my Android phone. I want to have experiences on my mobile device which are designed for my mobile device, not some hackjob port of a game I've already played.
"pretty much any platform you want to" though, we're talking platforms in your pocket right? Cuz i don't have many platforms in my pocket all the time, well 2, and being as though 1 is a legit PSP, my SNES / GENESIS / PS1 is kinda limited to in the house, or on my phone.
Personally though, i'd rather drop 2 files onto my memory card, download an emulator from the Marketplace and play pokemon with perfectly servicable on screen buttons. Than play either PvZs or Peggle.
Also, Peggle wasn't designed specifically to be played on your phone.
You know what though, Peggle i would maybe actually play. But not enough to buy it, plus i already have it on Steam.
And again, why would I need that emulators in my pocket? Gaming on a phone is, to me, about short and quick convenience. Instant gratification games for while I'm standing in a line or waiting for a bus. Plus, you cannot deny that emulated gaming on a phone is a vastly inferior experience even to playing them emulated on handhelds specifically designed for gaming, let alone an actual PC (or, God forbid, original hardware).
I just don't see the point other than to wave your dick around and say, "I have all these games and I didn't have to pay for them, look how cool I am." And you're clearly into waving your dick around, so that's awesome for you. Doesn't work for me.
I just have a general disdain for phone games. I've tried many and liked very few. Even the good ones have an extremely limited playtime before they get boring.
Like i say, PERSONALLY I would prefer to play an emulated GBA game than a true phone game. Myself, i would rather have on screen buttons and all that other "sub-par" jazz than what is essentially a fleshed out flash game.
That's just my personal preference is all.
Obviously Game Dev Story is the exception to the whole thing, man I physically CANNOT play that game for less than.... well as long as fucking possible! Generally until my battery is gone!
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