Japan leads mobile game craze

The BBC covering The Game Developers Conference Europe in London, describes some of the mobile games being showcased, with insights into the sort of things keeping Japanese thumbs busy. They include virtual pets which are fed by photos, pronunciation puzzles and games that are the quality of PlayStation.

Cameraphone gaming and Educational games:

"Other games also make use of the camera on handsets. Mr David Collier -- of Namco, one of the most successful Japanese mobile game publishers -- demonstrated a game which creates a fighting character based on your photo.

It interprets your image to give your character speed and power. You can then send this to a friend's mobile to do battle.

Another game uses a phone's microphone for educational purposes. The game is intended to help children with their pronunciation and works by comparing what they say with a sample on the handset2.

emily | 2:59 PM | SMS and Gaming |
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