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Cell Phones Get a Nunchuk

Peripheral company Zeetoo is coming up with a Nunchuk-like device for cell phones. The Zeemote, that's really what it's called, no lie, will connect to select cell phones using Bluetooth. The controller has an analog stick and buttons in a Nunchuk-shaped device. The company says they also have a motion-sensing version of the controller in the works and another prototype that will have a tracker ball.

Personally, I don't think it's the lack of controls that is keeping mobile gaming from realize the potential that mobile game developers are always harping endlessly about. I think the real problem is the lack of a single operating system, something that, dare I say it, the N-Gage platform might actually help fix.

Mobiles Get Nunchuk Controller [CVG]

2:09 PM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Brian Crecente
1,747 views, 42 comments

wii-mote

Do We Really Need A Wii-mote-like Phone?

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 »

11:00 PM on Mon Apr 23 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
589 views, 21 comments

Latest by dtrain: @Ashcraft: Although it may seem like it now, given the Wii's popularity, motion-sensing phones are not necessarily "inspired by Nintendo", nor do they betray a lack of anyone's "own ideas" -- I've been seeing multiple motion-sensing phones from a variety more »

malaysia

Malaysia's Mobile Gaming Queen Crowned

Fourteen contestants. One winner. MaxGames, Malaysia's leading mobile game publisher, held a mobile gaming tournament. The winner was crowned Miss MaxGames 2007 and signed a year contract to head up the company's all-female all-mobile gaming team for 15,000 Malaysian Ringgits (US $4,340). Oh and as a gaming non-sequitur, they also gave her a PLAYSTATION 3. Brian Ashcraft More »

4:00 AM on Thu Apr 12 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
877 views, 16 comments

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Mobile Games: Fun With Translations

Pocketgamer (via GameSetWatch) has a look at bad translations in mobile gaming. While bad localization in console titles is pretty much a thing of the past, the same isn't true for cell phone ones thanks to low budgets. Take this line from Magnetic Joe: More »

5:00 AM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
527 views, 6 comments

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Porn Manager 2 Finally Announced

Where the hell was I when Porn Manager 1 came out? Oh. Right. Not playing mobile phone games. Fortunately, I was around today when HandyGames announced the sequel to the hugely successful mobile game JeuxVideo called the "management game with a lot of various aspects." More »

9:20 PM on Wed Jan 31 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,351 views, 13 comments

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Mitsubishi's Nintendo DS Rip-Off Cell Phone

Japan's NTT Docomo unveiled a horde of new handsets, including this white dual screen clamshell from Mitsubishi. Jumping on the "Touching is Good" bandwagon, the bottom screen is a *surprise* touch screen (sound familiar?). With The Land of the Rising Sun gobbling DS Lites as soon as they hit store shelves, can't blame Mitsubishi for skiing in Nintendo's wake. What else, the cellie's a FOMA branded mobile, which means that it definitely doubles as a video phone as well, but probably not a music player. And the name of this product? Why, it's the D800iDS. Brian Ashcraft More »

7:22 AM on Wed Jan 17 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,996 views, 29 comments

Latest by EnigmaNemesis: paint the whole thing glossy white You mean the glossy plastic cover they ripped off from the PSP? more »

doom

Carmack Eyes DS

John Carmack, the man that brought us Doom, is now bringing us a cell phone game Orcs and Elves and possibly a DS version of, well, Orcs and Elves. The game is an old style RPG. Carmack tells Wired's Chris Kohler: More »

3:22 AM on Tue Jan 9 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
540 views, 26 comments

business

Some Suit: Mobile Phone Games To PWN

The future of gaming? Mobile games company honcho David Gosen says it is, brace yerself, mobile phones. A quote from the man: More »

4:22 AM on Wed Dec 13 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
906 views, 19 comments

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The PS3 Cell... In Your Friggin Mobile Phone

The heart of the PLAYSTATION 3? A suped-up Cell processor developed by Toshiba, IBM and Sony. A single chip contains a main processor and eight sub-processors to unleash 200G Flops (floating point operations per second) of power. And now Toshiba plans to put that chip in mobile devices. More »

5:21 PM on Fri Oct 6 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
918 views, 24 comments

my little dogs

Stop It With The Dog Games, Alright?!

Enough about Nintendo ripping off other people, and on to other people ripping off Nintendo. Back in 2005, Nintendo released pet sim Nintendogs. The game was a smash, and other companies attempted to ski in Nintendo's wake by releasing their won dog trainers. Time has passed, and now Bandai, the company behind Tamagotchi, is releasing a mobile phone pet simulator that borrows extensively from Nintendogs right down to the cover art. Titled My Little Dogs: Kawaii Dogsis a casual cell phone game for the Europeans. Don't know about you, but even now I am totally Nintendog-ged out and don't even want to see another animal sim. Brian Ashcraft More »

1:20 AM on Fri Sep 29 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
1,256 views, 10 comments

Latest by Koffdrop: "Enough about Nintendo ripping off other people, and on to other people ripping off Nintendo." Damnit, referred to on Kotaku and you go and mess the link up. Internet fame eludes me still. more »

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Power Your DS Lite (Another Other Crap)

Not sure about you, but my DS Lite's battery is an energy camel. I can go days without charging the portable. So all these DS extra batteries that keep popping up seem pointless. Though, this iPod-looking thingy is not just for the DS per se. It also provides extra juice for Japanese cell phones and PCs, actually making it a tempting investment. Brian Ashcraft More »

7:21 AM on Fri Aug 11 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
379 views, 6 comments

spore

Cell Phones Get Spore

When Electronic Arts shelled out US $680 million for Jamdat Mobile, the gaming giant put money were its mouth was and showed how important cell phone gaming is. EA confirmed that titles like Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Spore are in the pipeline. Out of all those titles, Spore seems like the best bet. It's casual if need be, but a title that could be played longer. Perfect for quick waits at the bus stop and longer ones at the doctor's office. And that is exactly what mobile gaming should be. Brian Ashcraft More »

7:22 AM on Wed Jun 28 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
475 views, 3 comments

Latest by Adam: Each species does have a card, it was in the e3 video, and I did hear something like that. The cell phone version seems really lame. I want it on 360... more »

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Mario Ringtone Pwns Cell Phones

My ringtone might be the Lupin The Third theme, but chances are yours ain't. If the Billboard Hot Ringtones ranking is any indication, it's probably Koji Kondo's Super Mario Brothers Theme, which is standing tall at #1. The song's been on the charts for a whopping 87 weeks, beating out Henry Mancini's The Pink Panther Theme. Anyone out there in Kotakuland got gaming ringtones? Brian Ashcraft More »

10:22 AM on Fri Jun 16 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
5,217 views, 36 comments

nokia

Nokia's One: Mobile Phones Now Have Decent Graphics

Thanks to Ruben to pointing us towards this video of the upcoming Nokia fighting game One The video claim that this is real-time rendering on a mobile phone, and the designers are also promising the ability to customize characters with accessories and texture mappings... possibly microcontent. We're as excited as anyone else to see some great graphics finally come to mobile phones, but the issue with mobile games isn't graphics: it's absolutely terrible controls. Until a company can figure out how to get over that hump, we'd rather carry a DS Lite around for our portable gaming. - Florian Eckhardt More »

12:40 PM on Fri May 19 2006
By brownlee
167 views, 3 comments

Latest by Altima: Interesting. I wonder if thats running on that Radeon for mobile devices. more »

id software

Carmack on the Future of Cell Phone Gaming

Do you need any more proof that id software is utterly bankrupt of imagination than the fact that their first new intellectual property since 1996's Quake is a game called Orcs and Elves? More »

10:40 AM on Fri May 19 2006
By brownlee
523 views, 8 comments

xbox 360

The Xbox 360 Japanese Fish Sim

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 »

8:27 PM on Thu May 18 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
661 views, 9 comments

lumines

Lumines Grooves Cell Phones

Gameloft is bringing Tetsuya Mizuguchi's dazzling puzzler Lumines to cell phones. The game will include 11 skins/musical tracks from the likes of Mondo Grosso and Andy Hunter. There are a total of six game modes, including an all new arcade mode that was designed specifically for mobile play. It's no longer just squares as additional shapes are present, as well as a third color. New ideas and innovation, the game is more of a sequel than the upcoming PSP version. Even if it sounds kinda like Tetris, but with better music. More »

6:24 PM on Mon May 1 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
100 views, Comment

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Upstart CEO Talks Mobile Brain Gaming

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.
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5:22 AM on Wed Apr 26 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
363 views, Comment

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