Sega Debuts Online RPG For N-Gage

In anticipation of showing not upon its latest wares at the CEBIT trade display in Hanover, Germany this week, Nokia today announced pouch Kingdom, the first online RPG for its N-Gage handheld. unfolded by Sega, Pocket Kingdom allows a multitude of players be rivals to build their own fantasy fiefdoms in a two-dimensional world.

Pocket Kingdom is an empire-building game, where players gradually build up a castle, gather fighting units, and do battle against other armies to acquire more land and power around the world map of Ulgres Combat takes place from a adroit sort of side view -- it direct the eyes for all the world like single of Namco's Tales RPGs.

More than 100 different units are available to field against the couple computer-controlled bosses and other human players, and Sega boasts more than 50000 collectable items with which to customize your forces. Cash won in battles can purchase items in shops, or you can disburse it in an online auction a whole to snag equipment from other players.

Nokia's N-Gage Arena, of course, will tender online competition between players and community features like chat, messaging, and freshs updates. Players will be charged for their time online according to download bandwidth usage (the connection isn't the same as an ordinary phone call), in like manner N-Gage owners with unlimited bandwidth plans may adventure online indiscriminately.

"Sega has drawn out been a pioneer in the world of online gaming. We are actual proud to have been a part of bringing pouch Kingdom: Own the World to the N-Gage platform," said husbandman Hiroshi Okamoto. The trivia-minded may be interested to know that Okamoto was one time a programmer on Knuckles Chaotix and the Dreamcast version of Sega Rally 2

For a small in number more details, and a actual entertaining selection of screenshots (Nokia's choice of dialogue mirrors a mix of British slang and online RPG jargon), check without the game's entry at N-Gage.com.

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