Monotone: Square-Enix colors the mobile kingdom
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Nov 6th 2006 at 6:25PM }
You won't find Kingdom Hearts director Tetsuya Nomura's new portable RPG on a Sony or Nintendo handheld. Monotone was developed exclusively for the mobile phone market and is a subscription-based (¥210 per month; under $2) puzzle-RPG, in which the protagonist must restore color and sound to his world (and no, he's not a wolf-god).For a limited time, Square-Enix is accepting fan-submitted content, presumably to inspire new characters, monsters, and quests that could be added to the game at a later date. There's also an in-game points system, which encourages players to redeem their hard-earned points for ringtones and wallpapers. Monotone is currently available on Japan's DoCoMo network. In other words, you won't be playing it.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
joane @ Nov 6th 2006 6:59PM
thanks for this information
Dan @ Nov 6th 2006 6:46PM
Every time Square-Enix makes another cell phone game, a little part of me dies. Especially Friends of Mana, those bastards.
Ed Fear @ Nov 7th 2006 6:28AM
Hey joane! Why don't you thank US at the Pocket Gamer blog, eh? ;D
Laurens Holst @ Nov 7th 2006 7:02AM
Yes I will :).
~Grauw *grabs his DoCoMo phone
Ian @ Nov 7th 2006 10:29PM
She..."she's" not a wolf-god...sigh
Godric E S Bader @ Nov 20th 2006 9:37AM
This looks similar to a game I purchased on my Nokia phone before. It was a mobile phone game. The goal of the game is different however. The one that I played was more of a role-play game like Mario meets castlevania. But less dark. They should think up more incentives than just wallpapers and ringtones.