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N-Gage 2 Announced

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the less-like-talking-into-a-taco dept.

Team Rocket Elite writes "According to Gamesindustry.biz Nokia's at it again. They plan to make it more like a normal phone and to fix the issues with changing games and using it as a phone. From the article: 'Nokia is planning a major press event on April 14, which will probably feature the first look at the new device.'"

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  1. Giving It A Chance by BigDork1001 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I felt like washing my hands after trying the first N-Gage, I felt so dirty after touching such a piece of crap. But I am not gonna just curse this one to the rubbish pile because of N-Gage 1. Perhaps Nokia will learn from the long list of mistakes it made with N-Gage and actually produce a quality machine. Lets not judge until we actually see the thing

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  2. Shouldn't be too hard to fix by Sentry21 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The N-gage (version 1) was a neat idea, but there were a few flaws. It was a game machine, a cellphone, and an MP3 player, but the cellphone aspect had some flaws. And the game aspect had some flaws. And you know what, the MP3 player aspect may have had some flaws, because I couldn't figure out how you'd get the damn things on there ('It can play MP3s? Really? How do you download them onto it?' 'I haven't got the foggiest idea.')

    The N-Gage 2 needs a few things to wsucceed where its predecessor failed so spectacularly. It needs to change games easier. It needs to be simpler to control where possible (using a numpad to control is less than intuitive, so the manual is a necessity). It needs to not look stupid as a phone. Finally, it doesn't need, but should certainly have, hardware 3D acceleration. Keeping in mind we're dealing with basically PS1 ports, it shouldn't be that hard to make a tiny chip to do this, considering how light-years ahead of the PS2 3D acceleration has leaped.

    Here's hoping.

    --Dan

  3. If Nokia was smart they'd partner with Tapwave by Thag · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If Nokia was smart they'd partner with Tapwave, which has a killer platform in the Zodiac but not enough games. Nokia has games but not a good enough platform. They'd have to add cellphone functionality to the Zodiac, but that's a pretty straightforward problem.

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