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They'll also make entering your name in RPG games a heck of a lot easier for sure. :)
I think this little babby has some great potential. Anything that breaks up Nintendo's monopoly would be great though, even if this doesn't become a big success. Because I personally think the GBA and the 'new' SP suffer from laziness in design. (still no backlit... still only two face buttons...)
Sggg- damn you....:)
I knew I should have clarified that "USED in games." Ah well.
GameSpot said Tomb Raider used almost all of the buttons, intuitively.
Check out Gear.IGN's report:
» http://gear.ign.com/articles/385/385023p1.html
Tidbits:
« The N-Gage itself is oriented "horizontally," as the current Game Boy Advance is oriented. On the left you'll find a genuine D-pad and on the right a keyboard with a couple of hotkeys for gaming. Sitting in the middle is a somewhat large, backlit LCD capable of displaying, colors. »
« The best news is that Nokia seems to have nailed the controls and interface in general. Unlike most third parties, they actually did a solid job with the D-pad. Granted, I only got to play with it for a few minutes, but the pad felt fast, responsive, and very natural. Nokia announced that there were two "action" buttons, but in fact many of the other number keys function as game controls. I played a bit of the company's (first party) snowboarding game and most of the numbers performed specific air tricks. Having the spread of number keys under your thumb actually makes control very fast. »
Wow, handheld gaming with a nice D-pad again? NGPC-esque indeed. ;)
There is a video too
» http://gearmovies.ign.com/gear/video/ngage_020503.mpeg (22mb file)
:)
i suppose if you carry all those with you every time you leave the houseQuote:
Originally posted by sggg
I think needing something like a purse to carry around a GBA, a mobile phone, and an mp3 player is ass. :p
the only thing i take with me is the cell phone but thats me
w00t! Sounds excellent! I'm looking forward to this and the other Scandinavian system.
IGN:
A-hah!Quote:
you turn the unit on its side to make calls
http://gearmedia.ign.com/gear/image/ngagerocker1.jpg
I think that's the whole point.Quote:
Originally posted by Shin Johnpv
i suppose if you carry all those with you every time you leave the house
the only thing i take with me is the cell phone but thats me
If you had an N-Gage you would be able to play videogames and listen to mp3s without changing your existing lifestyle or carrying more things that you normally do.
:)
Has anyone seen the mobile shooters? More impressive than 90% of the stuff on the GBA.
That IGN preview thing of it got me really excited. Here's to hoping it's worth the hype. Oh, and the d-pad for it looks kick-ass.
I already mentioned that the screen may be really nice for shmups....like that portable version of ESP Ra.De! Imagine playing that on this system and it's nice looking D-pad?! :sweat:Quote:
Originally posted by xS
Has anyone seen the mobile shooters? More impressive than 90% of the stuff on the GBA.
*drool*
Also, the IGN movie just finished downloading for me.. and I am amazed.. that is some incredibly impressive handheld graphics. Also someone was wondering about multiplayer gaming? Well in the video they illustrate 3 N-Gages hooking up via Bluetooth, so worry not about being limited to 2 player games. :)
i'll just have to "wait and see" on this thing.
i just dont have a desire to do that *shrug*Quote:
Originally posted by sggg
I think that's the whole point.
If you had an N-Gage you would be able to play videogames and listen to mp3s without changing your existing lifestyle or carrying more things that you normally do.
:)
and seeing those up close shots that D-pad looks horrible
just liek the original Xboxs d-pad very very very bad
Wow! This looks really cool ... I am definitely interested, more so after looking at all the screenshots. *impressed*
One thing though ... is it just me or are there two different coloured models? I can't tell if they really are different or if it's just the lighting or something.
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John, would you rather have this d-pad, or the one that's on the GBA?
I need a new phone, i'm all over this shit.
If the N-Gage does nothing for someone, I don't see what merit there is spending an inordiant amount of time talking about it.
I think N-Gage = Rad so far. We all still need to see exactly what it can do. So far all of the features are very impressive and I think this product will do extremely well in the Cellphone market because the games are more advanced, and Bluetooth. If Nokia's line of accessories are available to it that will be all the better (digital camera!). It is much larger than the average cell-phone and will need a pocket or pouch instead of a clip but as it stands it looks like a great product.
I'm going to be on this too. I would like a phone that doesn't have lame games and the MP3 player is just gravy. Any other wonderfull life-enriching (ok, I'm streching) feature that this Phone (that's how I'm looking at it) offers is just going to make it more and more appealing. I guess I'm sold :)
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I'm just a little wary at the lack of specifics in the specs on the page. They claim it can do "3D" but there's nothing about how much RAM or what kind of FPU it has or even what the resolution is.
The GameBoy Advance will be Bluetooth enabled soon as well.Quote:
Originally posted by sggg
I am no expert on Bluetooth... but from the little I know about it I can say that it is for communicating of devices wirelessly within a relatively close proximity. It's a very popular and well respected technology and I am almost positive that it's speed for multiplayer gaming will not be an issue.
Here is some more info:
» http://bluetooth.com/tech/works.asp
I love the idea of wireless multiplayer. The GBA link cable is just too damn short... so any time you play multiplayer it's inconvenient. Especially since you have people trying to catch the light from different angles.. and it's a pain in the neck to play multiplayer on the go since you have to carry the cable with you....
Wireless multiplayer will it easy to play multiplayer anywhere. Now I just need to convince my girfriend she needs one too.. but I got her to buy a GBA and a Dreamcast so why not... the lure of Puyo should make it easy. ;)
http://news.com.com/2110-1040-277413.html?legacy=cnet
A few notes about Bluetooth: The range is not an issue. Close proximity isn't a need because this is RF signals being used, think Wavebird on steroids. In fact, on that note a couple of months ago Nintendo announced they were bumping up the power of the Wavebird:
http://cube.ign.com/articles/379/379722p1.html
I've tested my existing Wavebird and it can send signals from about 75 feet. 2.4GHz is the industry standard for Bluetooth, I believe. At 2.4GHz, range wouldn't matter, just select the right channel and get started.
On another note about the gba and bluetooth, the first link up there is about an nReach product for gba. I don't know if they are producing if for Nintendo or if Nintendo plans to produce their own, but I do know that Motorola has a contract with Nintendo to provide the bluetooth products for gba. Whether this means for the nReach device that Nintendo will sell or a first party developed device, I don't know. But Bluetooth is coming to gba for wireless gaming.
--Scourge .
4 megs of internal memory. I don't think it has an FPU. FPU's are a recent thing, and not common in embedded devices like N-Gage. Programmers can use fixed point math to solve their fractions. It's when you use integers to represent real numbers. It loses precision but its fast and is a life saver on systems without an FPU like old Macs.Quote:
Originally posted by Frogacuda
I'm just a little wary at the lack of specifics in the specs on the page. They claim it can do "3D" but there's nothing about how much RAM or what kind of FPU it has or even what the resolution is.
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