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fitbabits
04-25-2006, 06:20 AM
GamesIndustry.biz (http://www.gamesindustry.biz) is reporting that Nintendo have teamed up with Square Enix in order to bring the wildly popular Pokemon franchise to mobile phones.

You can read the full article here (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=16343).

Pokemon is coming to mobile phone handsets in Japan at last, in the form of an email application with virtual pet functionality which is being created as a collaboration between Nintendo and publisher Square Enix.

The new product, which will feature the signature Pokemon characters - including Pikachu - heavily, is the latest cautious move by Nintendo towards the thriving mobile phone content market in Japan.

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This new collaboration with Square Enix will allow Nintendo to leverage its publishing partner's significant experience in the mobile market - which includes publishing the hugely acclaimed Final Fantasy VII: Before Crisis mobile game, which utilised the camera in the phone as part of the play experience and is one of the most successful mobile games in the region to date.
Wow! This is awesome. :rolleyes:
KamaItachi
04-25-2006, 06:32 AM
They've been doing this sort of thing for a while now. Not with Pokemon, but certain companies ship their phones with little Tamagotchi style pets that you can "send" to your friend's phone to play with their pets and deliver messages etc...

It was hella expensive to subscribe to and you also had to pay per packet back in the day which meant it would burn a hole in your pocket something fierce.
The Great Gatsby
04-25-2006, 08:37 AM
Wow! This is awesome. :rolleyes:

Wow! Your insightful comment is even more awesome. :rolleyes:
fitbabits
04-25-2006, 08:38 AM
Wow! Your insightful comment is even more awesome. :rolleyes:
Wow! And your insightful reply to my insightful comment is even more awesome than that.
31 Flavas
04-25-2006, 09:17 AM
Wow! And your insightful reply to my insightful comment is even more awesome than that.Yet if it were some other game francise from Sony or Microsoft, it would be w00t w00t city :rolleyes:
fitbabits
04-25-2006, 09:38 AM
Yet if it were some other game francise from Sony or Microsoft, it would be w00t w00t city :rolleyes:
Not unless it was Final Fantasy! I can't think of any Microsoft license that's been milked quite like Pokemon or Final Fantasy.
gzsfrk
04-25-2006, 09:54 AM
Psshh... Pokemon is sooo 2nd grade. Me and all my friends have been on Duel Masters for at least a couple years now.
Zurik
04-25-2006, 10:06 AM
Didn't know pokemon was so popular with EvAv members that it warrented a front page news item.
mister_slim
04-25-2006, 10:25 AM
Psshh... Pokemon is sooo 2nd grade. Me and all my friends have been on Duel Masters for at least a couple years now.
Dude, Yu-Gi-Oh is the thing now.