Konami to bring Metal Gear Solid to N-Gage
Published by Rafe Blandford at 10:33 BST, May 20th 2008
Konami and Nokia have announced that a number of Konami Mobile titles will be added to the N-Gage platform. The first game will be the award winning Metal Gear Solid Mobile, which a 3D tactical espionage action game that sees the player carrying out solitary infiltration. The game is being developed in conjunction with Ideaworks3D and using its Airplay 3.5 SDK.
Metal Gear Solid Mobile is currently available for the BREW platform. The BREW version has several innovation that may also make an appearance on the N-Gage version including the use of the camera to capture real world colour sample for the in-game camouflage system and multiple view points (first person / third person).
Here's an extract from the press release:
The new version of the classic game features original content that can only be found on the mobile platform. METAL GEAR SOLID® MOBILE includes never-before-seen dramatic 3D art displays and camera work. The detailed in-game graphics capture the atmosphere of the METAL GEAR SOLID® series and create a depth that completely draws the player into the game, and pushes the capabilities of the mobile platform. Players face the extreme tension of solitary infiltration in this version of the tactical espionage action game developed in conjunction with Ideaworks3D and utilizing its Airplay 3.5 SDK. An in-game camouflage system utilizes colour samples from the scenery of the real world captured by the handset's camera. Moreover, additional controls are introduced that are made especially for mobile devices.
"We're excited to see KONAMI tap into the performance and community features we've built into the N-Gage platform," said Gregg Sauter, Director, Third Party Games Publishing, Nokia. "METAL GEAR SOLID® on N-Gage will raise the bar with respect to graphical detail and made-for-mobile features. We look forward to the launch of this great franchise on N-Gage."
"It is my sincere hope that global Nokia N-Gage users will experience the appeal of "METAL GEAR®" that has been brought to the mobile platform in the form of "METAL GEAR SOLID® MOBILE," said Hideo Kojima, Executive Producer of Kojima Productions, Corporate Officer of Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. "I believe that this cooperation between Nokia and KONAMI will form the perfect match to share the vast potential of mobile entertainment content with users all around the world."
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Categories: Games
Platforms: N-Gage, S60 3rd Edition, N-Gage
News Discussion
krisse
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The game is being developed in conjunction with Ideaworks3D and using its Airplay 3.5 SDK.
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If Ideaworks3D is involved then this game will probably be done very well, and push the N-Gage platform to its limits.
All their ports have been brilliant: Colin McRae, Tony Hawk, Pandemonium, The Sims etc. And their own System Rush games have been pretty good too.
Perhaps Ideaworks' only major blunder can be summed up in two words: auto run. ;-)
Kazutoyo
This is great news :)
I'm a big fan of the Castlevania & Suikoden series from Konami, and it would be great if they appeared on the N-Gage.
krisse
On a side note, the Airplay SDK allows Nintendo DS games to be ported to the new N-Gage platform, so maybe Konami might consider some of their DS titles as well as mobile titles?
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I'm a big fan of the Castlevania & Suikoden series from Konami, and it would be great if they appeared on the N-Gage.
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The press release does talk about games in the plural, and Konami has already done a mobile version of Castlevania, so it would make sense if we saw some form of Castlevania on N-Gage.
Has Suikoden had a mobile version made of it?
Kazutoyo
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Originally Posted by krisse
On a side note, the Airplay SDK allows Nintendo DS games to be ported to the new N-Gage platform, so maybe Konami might consider some of their DS titles as well as mobile titles?
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That would be awesome. The GBA game Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow was released for phones not long ago and I would love to play the DS sequel Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, but don't have a DS.
It would be great to see the PS1 game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night released for N-Gage too.
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The press release does talk about games in the plural, and Konami has already done a mobile version of Castlevania, so it would make sense if we saw some form of Castlevania on N-Gage.
Has Suikoden had a mobile version made of it?
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Nope.
Here are their mobile games. They did re-release Suikoden 1&2 for PSP a few years ago, but only in Japan. Suikoden 1&2 are PS1 titles so the N-Gage should easily be powerful enough for them.
machimshin
Does anybody have an idea where can I get the original Metal Gear and Metal Gear II: Solid Snake? I know for a long time that Konami made Java versions of them but I simply cant find them.
krisse
machimshin, your best bet would be to install an NES or MSX emulator on your phone and run the original versions of the games.
There are NES and MSX emulators for N-Gage-compatible phones, they use Symbian S60 3rd Edition (aka S60v3) applications so any emus compatible with that standard will work.
See our article about emulation on S60 3rd Edition:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/featu...on_devices.phpKazutoyo
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Does anybody have an idea where can I get the original Metal Gear and Metal Gear II: Solid Snake? I know for a long time that Konami made Java versions of them but I simply cant find them.
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You can buy the first one
here if you're in USA. Other than that, I have no idea. Doesn't seem to be available for sale on the
european Konami mobile site.
Emo185
This is one game i won't be thinking twice about buying (but i'll still try before i buy it as MGA (Metal Gear Acid on PSP was horrible, but portable Ops was good).
Even so this is gonna rock on the n-gage!
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