Ngage price

I'm surprised you all are reacting so skeptically to N-Gage.

Just imagine the possibilities of this thing. It's a CELLULAR gaming platform, people. That means you can play people over the network. Imagine Advance Wars-type network games, fighting games, card games...the possibilities are endless.

As diffx said, it's not going to retail just at $280. Some (or several) providers will offer package deals. Besides, when's the last time you bought a $300 cell phone and nothing else? Same deal here.

I have high hopes for N-Gage. Cellular gaming is the future.

I dont buy cell phones plain and simple... plus just look at the thing... it looks so hard t play... wierd btton lay out and all...

I personally don't want to play handheld games against other people, online or otherwise. I play handheld games usually for 5-10 mins at a stretch and at odd times, which would make online gaming difficult in that situation.

As for GBA's library... I bought my GBA for one game, which was not a port, and it's the only handheld game I'll need for the forseable future. Sure, the Ngage could have a game like that, but it'll cost me a heck of a lot more to get it.

If they just made it a Video Game System rather then a Phone + Game System it would be better, I don't want a lame ass cell phone. And at $279, hahahahahahahahahahha! Say good night to the super ugly Ngage.

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Originally posted by diffusionx
The word "amazing" in reference to Game Boy Advance is pretty iffy. I would prefer the term "the same fucking shit I played 10 years ago on the SNES with a bunch of crap THQ and other 3rd party companies that dont put out anything good".

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IMHO:

Tactics Ogre
Metroid Fusion
Dodgeball
Mega Man Battle Network
Mega Man Battle Network 2
F-Zero
Castlevania Circle of the Moon
Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance
Sonic Advance
Golden Sun
Mega Man Zero


Would make it a worthwhile library.

Then when you consider the titles that are coming out soon:

Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
Final Fantasy Tactics
Golden Sun 2
The Final Fantasy Legend Remake - (which seems that with its new graphics/story/gameplay elements will be removed from the port syndrome)
Mega Man Battle Network 3
Mega Man Zero 2
Sonic Advance 2

When you factor in the ports (because not everybody has played all those games), the GBA has a rock-solid library. IMHO of course. :)

cellular gaming our future? :o

god, I hope not.

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Originally posted by Sl1p
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A cunning reference, no less.

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Originally posted by sleeveboy
I'm surprised you all are reacting so skeptically to N-Gage.

Just imagine the possibilities of this thing. It's a CELLULAR gaming platform, people. That means you can play people over the network. Imagine Advance Wars-type network games, fighting games, card games...the possibilities are endless.

As diffx said, it's not going to retail just at $280. Some (or several) providers will offer package deals. Besides, when's the last time you bought a $300 cell phone and nothing else? Same deal here.

I have high hopes for N-Gage. Cellular gaming is the future.

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The possibilities won't be reached. Not in this generation. N-Gage's target market is more enamored with Snake than Solid Snake.

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Originally posted by ChaoofNee
Fuck, this thing better be available through Sprint or Verizon. T-Mobile and AT&T suck.

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Nope, wont be. No CDMA version is even in the works. GSM is great, in europe. To bad the dominate cell phone standard in the US is CDMA.

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Originally posted by burgundy
The possibilities won't be reached. Not in this generation. N-Gage's target market is more enamored with Snake than Solid Snake.

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I don't get it. Snake Plisskin?