Capcom Europe has finally caught up with its Japanese division and is releasing several mobile phone conversions of classic arcade and console titles (the likes of 1942 and Mega Man have been available in the past, but through different publishers and distributors). Vintage coin-ops Gunsmoke and Final Fight have been selected to introduce Capcom's phone-based fare, along with a mobile-exclusive Resident Evil adventure entitled Confidential Report File 1. In this turn-based isometric outing, players control two STARS operatives, Tyler Hamilton and Naomi McClain, as they battle the undead and solve puzzles. All three games will be made available through various network operators in May.
As with other Japanese publishers such as Namco, Square Enix, Konami and Taito, Capcom has been converting key brands to mobile for several years in Japan, but it has taken a long time for those same titles to filter through to the European market. Indeed, it was only at the end of last year that the company extended its mobile operations to the US, announcing a new mobile division and promising that ten games would soon be available. Most interestingly, there are plans for an episodic version of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney in which players are given new cases to work on each month. A conversion of forthcoming Xbox 360 title Lost Planet has also been mentioned.
