Japanese Mobile Games
The games of late on mobiles are quite stunning - the screenshots look good but you will get a true feel of how good the graphics are from the video below.
I've never had any luck with mobile games. First I was with the NTT Docomo carrier which had crap games and phone designs. I changed to AU but quality of the designs and games hasn't advanced for the past two years. And now these NTT phones come out with graphic abilities to rival current portable game systems.
What are mobile games like i your region? Do you find the time to play games on your mobile?
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Student
Hey danny...
Japanese phones are honestly not that bad in terms of size etc...
I just moved out to the UK (so like... opposite of you >_> Japanese -> UK...) for Uni... and like... honestly, the phones here are pretty sh*t compared to the ones back home...
Japan is the best place to get phones... well, good ones anyway.
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
http://otterhangar.blogspot.com/
easily said, unless you have an iPhone, which honestly, you shouldn't be watching movies on that screen anyway, just carry a DS or a PSP. and even with the PSP, you shouldn't be watching or listening to music on those...
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com
I kinda agree with Danny on the cellphone sizes... I once had a HUGE phone (not to mention how shitty it was), a Nokia 7710.
Now I exchanged it for a Sony Ericsson W810i. And it was the best thing I ever made.
I just can't get bigger cellphones after having such a small little functional phone like the W810i. 2Mpx cam just retired my 5Mpx Canon digicam, and the mp3 capabilities are a blast.
Not without setbacks though. The screen is kinda small, and I can only play crappy worse-than-flash games on it. But I don't mind. I don't use the cellphone to play games anyways (have a DS).
For movies and other stuff, my Archos 604 is just enough. And for stuff that requires more *OOOMPH*, I recently decided to completely replace desktop for laptop at home...
Back on the subject, I seen some smaller japanese cellphones though. But I guess it was a basic phone. It'd be kinda hard to stuff a cellphone with 1seg tuner, near PSP 3D graphics chip and other incredible stuff like that in a smallish cellphone anyways.
Also, there's also this: One of the main reasons I use a small cellphone here is for concealment. Fear of being robbed. Something I wouldn't have to worry in Japan...
student
http://animesugoi.animeblogger.net/
I have a Motorola RAZR VT which is nice when you want something slim. I don't really use my phone other than as a phone lol. I have games and music on it but its only played to pass the time. My games are java based and are usually 2D, still can't beat tetris as a way to waste time. Though I wouldn't mind playing gundam on it lol.
Game Designer & 2D Artist
http://catzstudio.blogspot.com/
While it's true the chance of mobile gaming is bigger than portables, but one of the main reasons handheld games still more successful than mobile games is due the controls.
No matter how powerful a mobile phone, if it have crap controls for games, nobody would like to play with it.
Nokia tries with nGage before, it still fails because almost nobody make games for the platform. Now they're trying to do that again... we'll see how it goes :P
Student/Writer/Editor
http://emcreations.wordpress.com/
Games look great. I haven't played hand held games for more than 3 years. Although, I think it's going to be a pain having the screen to the left and having to press buttons on the right. Furthermore, I only have a phone for communication purposes.
Network security professional
My own opinion, i think All handheld games / gamecolsoles suck PSP/DS/Cellphones etc
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph
imo, mobile phone games here are total crap. it's not the worth of the price of downloading it ><
maybe that would change if Nokia brings their N-Gage service here but i doubt that would come and i hope that service would have at least decent games
Designer
http://kenton-news.blogspot.com/
いい携帯だ。私が日本人をなりたい。
http://www.marvinryan.com
Henry is right, mobile games here are probably comparable to the old NES system. lol you'd probably get more entertainment value from drumming your fingers on the back of your phone. ^^
Studen
http://www.foxkei.com/
Seen the MGS Mobile?
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/14896
CG映像専門学生
http://slyphnier.atelier-freya.net/
as P90*i series lover, i amaze how panasonic improve the mobile capability
if you following japanese mobile phone changes u will know in docomo mobile line up, P90*i series usually have maximum capability on its mobile line up series, even usually P-series not number 1 user favorite choice but it have its own fans (like me)
the current phone i use P904i didnt have TV capability (1seg) but seems P905i going have it with its viera display and more impressive with those gaming capability and 2 way flip, i will get this phone as it hit on the market!
Design Student
http://totoro88.vox.com
I like how those flip phone screens slide over to become little DSs- not flimsy?
Student
http://www.xfire.com/profile/power1x1/
Nvidia probably copied the idea lol take a look
http://www.nvidia.com/page/goforce_5500.html
well sorta I guess T_T
TV Watcher
http://appleotaku.com
Make a mobile version of Diablo II and I'm there.
Singapore Polytechnic Student
http://espada.uverworld.org
Mobile games here are crap, waste of time playing.
Rather spending time on other platforms.
Electro/Dance Musician, DJ
http://www.myspace.com/colorsucker
I got Contra on my cellphone. It pretty much = shitty crapness.
Student
back in middle-school, in asia, i was crazy for cellphone games. now, i just don't have the time. plus they aren't that good anyway...
College Student/Model Enthusist
http://www.lostmymusic.com
Sadly, I recently switched over to a Windows Mobile based phone, so I don't have any games provided by my carrier :( Though when I had a phone with such capibilities, I found that they were very lackluster, and fairly over-priced.
I enjoy having a tad more freedom of what applications I can run (I.E. a NES emulator, Fire Emblem on the go is just so rad!) That Gundam game looks pretty sweet, and so does the Char Phone! Does it support Simcards? (Not that it would matter for me, I'm stuck with Verizon :( )
Student
the only games ive played on an american cellphone (Verizon) that werent slow/unresponsive/jaggy were namco classic games (pacman, digdug, etc.)
that mobile gundam game theyre releasing totally reminds me of zeta and seed arcade games
IT-オタク
http://picasaweb.google.com/ait.meijin
Mobile phones and games are pretty much crappy in our area. So PSP is still the best choise for gamers. As for me the best choise is not playing games but listen my iPod nano all day long instead ヘ(^_^ヘ)(ノ^_^)ノ
Student of all things
Personally I dont really find myself in the situation where i need portable games. my phone is 6+ years old now and it does me fine. Aslong as it phones people im happy :P
Ive never really had much of an interest in portable gaming.
Id rather spend my time day dreaming or reading a book :P
Web designer
http://www.centurykings.com
Great stuff, I remember playing some great looking 3D racer last year in a DeCoMo shop. I finally got my first mobile phone (USA, Sprint), and the game choices are lukewarm. They're simple Java games that are basically ports of older arcade/puzzle games. They're not bad games per se, but they're not awe-inspiring.
I play my portable games pretty often, especially since I didn't have a TV while I was in college. I still can't see myself playing mobile phone games with controls like that, but it's definitely impressive tech!
Student
http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/
I played games on my mobile phone a lot when I first got it years back. Now I rarely use it for gaming anymore. I guess I'm bored of the small screen already ^^;
Service desk support
http://lookingglass.kokidokom.net
That ridge racer game looks amazing! Don't think too highly of the control method tho. It must be hard to play games when the controls are on the right of the screen.
European games are so bad that they may as well not be there...
Software Developer
I recently bought a p905i, for the ridge racer game, you can either use the directional key or there's a center key where you can hold down and tilt the phone to steer left or right..
I wanna know where i can get that Gundam Game, it's just like the arcade one.
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
yes i have mobile games on my phone. mostly 2D action games. they don't interest me anymore. game play is simple and not much of a re-playability.
i much prefer my PSP Slim. ('~')
Techie
http://squeejunkyard.blogspot.com/
They would have to pay me to waste my phone's memory on the dumb games we have here.
Aero-mechanical engineering student
i get bored playing mobile games. they are too simplistic and provide no challenge.
Systems Analist
http://www.upperland.net
I have a Sony Ericsson where I play Java 2ME games and even use gameboy and NES emulators.
My favorites games are Darkest Fear, Elven Chronicles, God of War, Knight Tales, Larry Laisure, Metal Slug, Shrek 3 and all Symphon Filter :)
I bought a 512 MB M2 card to be able to put a lot of games inside my cellphone, so yes, I do play a bit ;)
Psychology Student
The gundam game looks cool...
but playing srw on ds are better
Student
http://www.otakublue.wordpress.com
We get crappy games like Bounce in the UK. Not amazing Gundam games that look like a PSP game T_T Japanese phones are so leet! This makes me want one even more.
.NET/Web Developer
http://scrumptious.animeblogger.net
japanese mobile games kicks every other mobile game out there. If we had that here then I'd probably find time to play them once in a while. I mainly use my phone for texts, calls, notes and calendars.
Custom Pc Builder, Muppet, Pyromaniac, Demolitions Expert, Guitar Slinger,
http://myspace.com/dyingoblivion
OMG OMG OMG!!!!! where can you download that gundam game???? I dont care if it dont fit my screen!!! I want it!!!
seriously british culture sucks :( everythings crap, the food, the cost of living, public transport, immigration, the list goes on....
our mobile games are predominantly also the worst. as all the decent phones seem to get released in the UK last & by the time it is released. Japan is already on its 3rd model up.
:( *sigh* If I can pay for a Courier. I will need an adress of one of your many safe houses in Japan I can defect from britain to Danny.
Design Consultant
Oh Look! A game that will NEVER be available for my phone. NEEEEVVVEEERRRR.
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
umbrae,
MGS looking good.
Reikai,
I guess it gets on my nut as I dont like carrying a bag and have in in my pocket.
College Student
http://nategreene.wordpress.com/
I haven't seen too many games on cell phone, maybe PDAs and such. The best we have here in Oregon is the Nintendo DS and PSP.
Student~
wow we no longer need a nds nor a psps lol
4th Year Business Economics Student
Although mobile phones in Europe have great designs, their games suck big time. However, you can download some better games on your mobile, but that usually subscribes you to very annoying services that cost a load of money as well afterwards. These services will keep sending ringtones and/or games you didn't ask for every week and they charge you for every ringtone and/or game.
student
http://jk-pictureaweek.blogspot.com/
Games here in Singapore are bad. mostly S60 games. like some RPG or pokemon. nothing much like the stunning graphics they got in that Japaneses phone
Student
Hey anybody living in Japan willing to buy me a phone and download Shining Wind X (Cross) mobile phone game next year January please? I'll pay via Paypal.
Scroll down here please.
http://shining-wind.jp/info/
Student
whoa! lokks convincing, even on mobile phones the graphics looks great, wonder if they will also develop the software on other brand of mobile phones...