Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk - Kotaku Comments

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

Elixir — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:26:47 MDT

So basically they just ripped off Nintendo's nunchuk controller and decided to make one for cellphones? Lame.

Elixir

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

Dante18 — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:46:02 MDT

i would just play my DS or PSP when i want mobile gaming.

Dante18

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

ZombiePuppy — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:37:06 MDT

lol lawsuits.
@Witzbold: Care to elaborate on that? Relevant to my interests. Both zombies and cell phone games.

ZombiePuppy

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

LemonproX — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:04:04 MDT

Mobile "gaming" more like mobile "shit on fire"

LemonproX

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cheeseboybeans — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:35:53 MDT

yeah... but it's a phone.

the more like a console the phone becomes, the more people might as well just get a console. there may be phones with better games than before, but there will always still be consoles with better games than phones.

cheeseboybeans

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GamerNamedTim — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:02:02 MDT

I like how those dudes are playing on that tiny screen, when they most likely have a full sized TV directly in front of them.

GamerNamedTim

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Witzbold — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:15:19 MDT

@fuchikoma: Yes we have had them for a while, and the only cool game Ive seen that uses the motion sensing was the House of the Dead game. That was pretty interesting stuff.

Witzbold

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

DaveKap — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:57:49 MDT

Seeing those two excitedly go at it as they played a game on their cell-phone... you just know where that date is ending. ;-)

DaveKap

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athodyd — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:53:45 MDT

I'll buy a million of them if they keep releasing commercials with that theme music. ROCK THE FUCK ON WEATHER CHANNEL JAZZ

athodyd

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fuchikoma — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:49:27 MDT

Kotaku has bloggers like Bashcraft living in Japan...

...haven't you guys had cel phones with motion sensing for quite a while now?

fuchikoma

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

pikachumariachi — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:47:12 MDT

Wait... is that video for real? While watching it I was sure it was a bad joke....

pikachumariachi

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kuzuboshii — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:37:31 MDT

Cause I can totally see two grown men huddled shoulder to shoulder together squinting at a 3.5" screen to play 2-player XBLA quality games while on the go.

Wait, no I can't. This may have some applications, but that ain't it.

kuzuboshii

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

Schu — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:55:15 MDT

About as much fun as being hunched over and squinting, only now you can be hunched over and squint with a friend and pretend it's fun.

Schu

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

STARSBarry — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:43:15 MDT

AND THE ZEEMOTE "withfireworks"

i LOL'd he says the last part quiter and faster than the first bit... nottisable so

STARSBarry

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

bigman88zz — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:33:32 MDT

they seem a bit too happy to be playing a cell phone game. especially as far away as they are from the small screen

bigman88zz

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DranzerKire — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:26:04 MDT

It would be pretty awesome if they had pong! I can just imagine it now with two people playing pong on a cellphone

DranzerKire

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tehFluffz — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:21:16 MDT

Looks really damn comfortable, but maybe not as practical..
I doubt people would play multiplayer games on their cellphones and I doubt people would want to carry that little joystick around just for those rare few uses a day.

tehFluffz

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Rybanis — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:21:15 MDT

@Witzbold: Witz, I have read your comment, and well:

Mind status-Blown :)

Rybanis

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:16:17 MDT

Looks so much like a copy of Wii commercials... that well, are just awful. Happy people faking they are playing it and enjoying the game.

Not that Wii games sucks, but the ads are horrible with those hip young actors acting all goofy.

Problem with cellphone games is: at least to me, they are just something you'll play only if you have no other option. Like in situations when you only took your wallet and cellphone out.

If you are interested enough to play games with a joystick, it's a far better option to get a portable... like Nintendo DS or PSP.

I mean, Fireworks + Zeemote? Gameplay would be too limited (cellphone processor speed are usually poor), and you'd still depend on people developing games that uses the Zeemote.

That + tiny screen = no.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

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Citan359 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:10:12 MDT

"Nintendo showed what a difference the right input method can make to gameplay"
True enough, but Nintendo also showed that we don't need a cell phone for portable gaming with the GameBoy (DS). Seems they used a bad example.

Is there really a middle-ground who are enough into gaming to buy a controller for their cell phone, but not so much that they don't already have a GameBoy (DS)? (or PSP, Gamegear ect., just trying to stick to the Nintendo example)

Citan359

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MasterOfPastures — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:01:23 MDT

Brilliant. Now they need to make a standart feature in cellphones.

MasterOfPastures

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

Witzbold — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:00:47 MDT

Sorry but I use my cellphone to well, make calls and mail.

I use my game consoles to you know play games and stuff.

Witzbold

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hondo — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:00:45 MDT

I make games for cell phone and I see this as an interesting device, the down fall I see is that developers will still design games for people that don't have this ZeeMote, so that makes it kind of pointless. It's a fancy phone add on that most people probably won't pick up.

Too bad, it looks really cool.

hondo

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Kaemon — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:59:24 MDT

Thats just corny..... My goodness. I mean, I've played a few games on a cell phone before, but I would never really wanna sit down and do this.

Kaemon

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Shigamado — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:56:27 MDT

Well, at least they're honest about ripping off the nunchuck.

But, nobody's going to play two player games on thier cell phone like that. I'd like to keep from going blind, thank you.

Shigamado

Cellphone ZeeMote Is A Wii Like Nunchuk

Moonshadow101 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:55:15 MDT

I agree with the "As soon as the peripherals are stand-alone and no longer need the cellphone at all" message.

Moonshadow101

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Chewbenator — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:54:18 MDT

I like that man's QC shirt.

I don't use my cell phone, therefore I don't use my cell phone to game.

Chewbenator

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Rybanis — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:48:18 MDT

Priceless, indeed.

Rybanis