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A DIY type took a WILLCOM cell phone and turned it into a WiiLLCOM brand phone. Geddit! His button additions are purely cosemtic, but very, very cool. This fella also created a Game & Watch cell phone as well, which you can check out at his site. More »
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Japanese cell phone carrier NTT DoCoMo has put its character DOCOMODAKE in an action puzzle Nintendo DS game. Yes, even a cell phone character that has nothing to do with gaming whatsoever is getting a DS title. It's from AQ Interaction, out this December in Japan. Think of this not of an indication of DOCOMODAKE's popularity, but the DS's. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=306398&view=rss&microfeed=true What says mobile phone gaming best? Yup, a giant thumb! Here, a bored salaryman listens to the giant thumb telling him to download free mobile games. The giant thumb then attacks him. Brilliant. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=297935&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's a couple of ads for Japanese cell phone games appearing on carrier NTT DoCoMo. Above, actor Tadanobu Asano and actress Yu Aoi talk about a ball rolling game. After the jump, model/actress/singer Anna Tsuchiya gets serious about cell phone bowling. Not only does Japan have cool phones, it also has cool cell phone games. Good for Japan. More »
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Besides bringing Days of Memories to the Nintendo DS, SNK has released the SNK heroine-filled game on Docomo cell phones. It's only ¥200 (US $1.60) to download the game's hospital story and between ¥105 ($0.85) to ¥525 ($4.25) to play each month. That's a screen from the cell phone game version of Days of Memory. Looks pretty harmless! Well, that shot is. The banana-shocker is after the jump. Brian Ashcraft More »
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For the last couple of years, Square-Enix has been going after the Japanese cell phone gaming market. And hard. Well, the company hasn't given up, and will eventually be sacrificing bringing its horror RPG series Parasite Evil to Japanese DoCoMo handsets. Good news if you live in Japan and like playing games on your phone. I guess. More »
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If it's good enough for the Wii, it must be good enough for mobile phones! Yesterday, Japan's biggest cell phone operator NTT DoCoMo introduced a new handset outfitted with a motion sensor. Created by Mitsubishi, the D904i lets you swing it around like the Wii-mote to play tennis or sword fighting games. Motion controls for cell phones sound utterly impractical considering how the screen and the controller are connected. Plus, seeing how most people in Japan play cell phone games on the train, would anyone actually play this way in public? Remember: This marks the second Mitsubishi phone that has been "inspired" by Nintendo. Bout time they got their own ideas, no? Brian Ashcraft More »
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Hunt for fake monkeys with integrated GPS. Bandai's Java-based Chimpan GPS for DoCoMo phones with satellite-navigation has players run the application and then physically search for the simian target. Players using phones without GPS log-in and act as assistants, apparently. That sounds boring! Game costs ¥315 (US $2.66) , but memories of wondering city streets looking for fake monkeys are priceless. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Starring Iroha the Maid from Samurai Spirits, this self-titled SNK cellphone lets players turn Iroha into the greatest maid in the world. How you may ask? By setting schedules and tests for her. Not only that, but also increase her five stats: love, intellect, physical strength, manner and figure. Yes, Japanese maids need not only to be smart and have big jubblies, but strong as an ox! Iroha is SNK's poster child of late: There is also a DS scheduling "game" called Techou Maid Techo that features Iroha and a hundred different outfits. Talk about being a clothes horse! Brian Ashcraft More »
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We've seen the cute toys, now have a gander at the cute Onechanbara cell phone game. Cowboy-hat-wearing-zombie-slayer gets cell-shaded and over-the-shoulder camera angles for D3 Publisher's CERO Z (the Japanese game equivalent of "X") title. Since its a cell phone title, apparently the game slips under the country's ratings radar. Though, with graphics that kawaii, what's to worry? Brian Ashcraft More »
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There are some games that cannot be as good as you imagine them. Simple 2000 title Tairyou Jigoku ("The Overwhelming Hell") for the PS2 is precisely one of the those games. The plot is Alice in Wonderland gone bad. It's a "panic action" game and centers around a schoolgirl named Erika, her missing cell phone, giant bugs and a rabbit in a top hat. See, the rabbit in a top hat stole her cell phone (of course!) and as the girl goes searching for it, she's attacked by cockroaches, centipedes, crickets, spiders and snakes. When the creepy-crawlies start to attack, Erika shakes them off or smacks 'em with poles and sticks. Though, don't know which is worst for most schoolgirls: Giant insects or not having a cell phone. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=221340&view=rss&microfeed=true This isn't just a video of some guy kicking ass on Taiko no Tatsujin. Sure, that's the surface, but underneath, it's deeper. This is the story of a young man and a girl. With his buddy supporting him, the drum master pounds out a tune on the taiko. He's trained countless hours for this moment, just hoping he could catch the attention of a female. Any female. And for a fleeting moment, he did, and the two connected on so many different levels. There is real human drama in Akihabara game centers. Brian Ashcraft More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=178274&view=rss&microfeed=true Tokyo game maker Frontier Groove has made its underwater 3D aquarium game AQUAZONE for computer gamers and cell phoners. And now add the 360 to that list. The console version boasts 14 type of fish, including that one from Finding Nemo. Think of it as your own personal HD fish thank, but without minus the algae scrubbing. —Brian Ashcraft More »
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Taking a page from a Three's Company script, Bandai Namco's cell phone dating sim Koi no Shutter Chance puts players as newbie photographer, living with two foxy idols. The story undresses unfolds through conversations with the ladies. Chit-chat like (see above): More »
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Earlier this week, we reported on the slew of Brain Age knock-offs headed our way. Barry O'Neill, CEO of the Dublin-based Upstart Games, emailed us to let us know his company had been "sitting on" a cell phone brain game that predates Brain Age by about two years. Originally called Right Brain Paradise, the game was released by G-mode in Japan. Upstart's English version is titled IQ Academy and will be on in major US and European carries this July. We sent questions to Mr. O'Neill, regarding the upcoming title, the brain game craze and skiing in Nintendo's wake. More »
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Microsoft Japan is launching a mobile content site for the upcoming RPG Ninety-Nine Nights, which goes on sale April 20th. Fans can sign up at the Vodafone site for 315 yen (approx. US $2.80) and download keitai wallpaper, ringtones and read the adventure novel. How exciting. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=164854&view=rss&microfeed=true Over the weekend, MTV's Stephen Totilo checked out the "Mobile Game Mosh" at New York's Parsons School of Design. The Glu Mobile and Atari-sponsored design contest challenged college and grad students to churn out a Nokia compatible cell phone game in 24 hours. Contracts, Totilo reports, signed by the participants forfitted game rights to Atari and Glu Mobile. Yuck. More »
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Not all cool gaming accessories should reek of I'm-a-gamer. During the Christmas holidays, 360 diehard Esko picked up a new cellie and had a custom faceplate made for it. For $50, StepUpCover stamped out Xbox 360 rings for Esko's Sony Ericsson z520. Xbox symbol on Sony product and a word play on ring/rings. Clever. More »
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Sega's bringing their hit DS title Where do babies come from? to Japanese keitais in the form of the above pictured mini-game. Folks can access the game via Sonic cafe and start flirting like crazy. Neato! More »
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Rejoice kiddos! Now y'all can use keitais to support yer Mushi King and Oshare Majo habit. Just swipe a cell phone on the reader, which automatically deducts e-money stored on the cellie. This is not a new service, but it is new for kiddy games. Sega will start testing to see how the customers respond in a trial run. Wait, wait, wait. What are eight year-old children doing with mobiles? Scratch that. What are eight year-old children doing with mobiles that have e-money? More »
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Who's the fastest finger in the West? There's only one-way to find out: Quick Gunman. This cell phone game takes advantage of the calm shell phones so popular in Japan. Players close their phones, whip them open and press the "shoot" button as fast as possible with their finger. Good for killing time on the commute home. That, and annoying the crap outta other passengers. Bang, bang! More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=135779&view=rss&microfeed=true On Nov. 1, fanboys and girls in Japan can download Nintendo content via keitai. Classic images, ringtones and flash animation should be available. It costs about $1.50 a month. I'll report about the service after I sign up tomorrow. More »
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Gotta love these Japanese Biohazard (that's Resident Evil for us Yanks) cell phone covers. Personally, I'm all over the blue Raccoon City Police Department phone skin. If that weren't cool enough, there are even itsy bitsy matching cellie charms. Take that zombie scum! More »
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Remember high school? Picking up chicks might have been tough, but now it's gotten easier thanks to True Love Story. Originally a PS2 game, True Love has hit Japanese keitais. Players chat up cute girls. If the lady likes you, her heart starts beating faster. Yer sister Ruri keeps tabs on all the gals and even complies a list of prospective candidates. Best of all, the game has a "short hair version" and a "long hair version" for guys with very particular fetishes. More »
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So, you don't live in Japan, but want to play the keitai cooking game we reported on last week. What's a gamer to do? Buy a ticket to Tokyo and swipe some salaryman's cellie? Good thing there's a freeware version of the game. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=125023&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's a novel game idea that sounds like torture at the same time: My Dish DX, a restaurant management sim for mobile phones. The last thing I want during my hour-long train commute home is to think about food whem I'm starving. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=124695&view=rss&microfeed=true The game that has over run America is coming to Japanese cell phones. Nintendo has set up a keitai site where kids can download movies, screen shots , and get tips on how to raise their muts. More »
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