Nokia game phone gets big names

NOKIA HANDHELD GAMING looks set for a haul of big name games later this year. The Finnish company has managed to sign Sega, Capcom and Taito with the possibility of Namco joining the fun. Nokia is set to announce the specifications of its mobile phone equipped competitor for the Gameboy Advance sometime soon.

The move into mobile gaming was announced last November with Sega being named, Capcom and Taito have just announced their involvement according to Nikkei Net. The games being converted will almost certainly include the usual suspects of Space Invaders and Sonic the Hedgehog.

The new phone will be called the Nokia N-Gage mobile game deck. It uses the Series 60 platform and the Symbian operating system so the possibility of the games making their way onto other phones is there. Games will be available separately on memory cards. µ