Geeky gadgets are in, right? I mean, you’ve got Atari Wall Decals and Space Invaders Packing Tape, so why not, then, have a full on NES as a coffee table? I can’t think of a good reason not to.
Images via mattcyborgelt
That company was Nokia, and during the early 2000s the Finnish phone giant and Nintendo had plans to release a portable gaming device that doubled as a phone. These plans - with the device being worked on by Nintendo's R&D team in Japan - made it all the way up to Nintendo's board of directors before being binned.
Its deal with Nintendo coming to nothing, Nokia would then go on to release its own gaming/phone hybrid, the N-Gage, and, well. Yeah. It was rubbish.
No reason was given for why Nintendo backed out of the plan, but seeing as this would have taken place at the same time as planning for the DS, perhaps they wisely saw which of the two devices had a brighter future?
We're following up with Nintendo, and will update if we hear anything back.
Exclusive: Nokia Nintendo phone went through R&D at Nintendo HQ [Pocket Gamer]
You could keep reading this post. Or you could pop open a new browser window and try playing late-80s Zelda II: The Adventure of Link as a first-person-shooter.
This wonderful little late-May creation that I somehow missed puts a player in the head of Zelda hero Link in what may be the worst non-spin-off Zelda game, but so what? The creatorcalls the game, simply, Zelda II FPS.
Imagine shooting some Zelda-style sword-bullets out of a sword you can see down your line of sight.
Give the game a shot at the link below, which enable you to play Zelda II FPS in your web browser. Decide for yourself whether the classic second Nintendo Entertainment System Zelda just needed a little more Doom.
Zelda II FPS [Thanks Jason!]
