Official Nokia N-Gage Thread

[AaronChance]

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...)

[Jeremy]

Sggg- damn you....
I knew I should have clarified that "USED in games." Ah well.

[Andy]

GameSpot said Tomb Raider used almost all of the buttons, intuitively.

[sggg]

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)

[Shin Johnpv]

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.

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

[xS]

w00t! Sounds excellent! I'm looking forward to this and the other Scandinavian system.

[Andy]

IGN:

you turn the unit on its side to make calls

A-hah!

[sggg]

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

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.

[xS]

Has anyone seen the mobile shooters? More impressive than 90% of the stuff on the GBA.

[Jeremy]

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.