Square and Nintendo Bringing Game to Cell Phones

With the help of publisher Square Enix, Nintendo will be bringing its wildly successful Pokémon franchise to mobile phones. In the Japan, compatible phone owners will be able to download an application that will act both as an email reader and pocket monster pet simulator.

This new piece of software, available only in Japan, is part of Nintendo’s inital foray into the mobile phone market. Only recently has the company allowed for the licensing of some of its more famous trademarked songs as ring tones. Whether or not anyone outside of the country will be able to use this application remains to be seen, depending on its success and any shifts in cell phone culture in North America and Europe. I can see this coming stateside too so we’ll be sure to keep you updated.

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3rd Party Revolution

What is a system without some 3rd party support. It seems that 3rd party support for Nintendo’s 5th console has been really beefing up as of late. 3rd party developers are falling in love with they system and cannot wait to develop new and innovative games for the Revolution. joystiq has put together a list of games that are in development from 3rd parties for Revolution.

· Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Revolution-SquareEnix
· Flight Game-Hudson
· The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross-AGFRAG Entertainment Group
· Orb-Crossbeam Studios
· Raid Over the River-Nibris
· Red Steel-Ubisoft Paris
· Sadness-Nibris
· Sunder: Land of Divide-LifeSpark Studios

Couple these with Nintendo’s internal software and looks like we are going to have one amazing launch lineup with all the right components of a successful machine. May 9th is quickly approaching us gamers!

Releases This Week

Here are this week’s releases. Pretty solid week for Nintendo. Lost Magic looks to be very interesting and is Wi-Fi compatible. Gamecube is also getting some love as it is seeing 3 releases this week.

Nintendo DS

April 24 - FIFA World Cup 2006
April 25 - Guilty Gear: Dust Strikers
April 25 - Lost Magic (Wi-Fi)
April 26 - Top Gun

Game Boy Advance

April 24 - 2006 FIFA World Cup

GameCube

April 24 - 2006 FIFA World Cup
April 24 - Major League Baseball 2K6
April 24 - Rampage: Total Destruction

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Revolution Rumors

Hey guys be sure to check out 4cr for some juicy rumors regarding Nintendo’s revolution. Rumors rang from Super Smash Bros. Official name, to Pikmin 3 being completely finished. Click on the above link and check it out. Definitely worth reading. E3 is coming faster than a locomotive! Game ON!

NIBRIS releases Sadness Logo

Hey guys check out the newly released logo of the upcoming Nintendo Revolution Game “Sadness”.

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