Japan to get game phones like Wii

Company NTT DoCoMo have announced a cellphone with a motion sensor that will let gamers play games using motion - the cornerstone of what makes Wii gaming great.

The D904i allows users to wield the phone like sword to control game play rather than pressing on the keypad, as well as other motions that mimmick Wii gaming.

To lure more game fans, the Japanese operator also introduced two other phones, made by Sharp and Matsushita, which uses a camera to detect motion. Games are among the most popular downloads for mobile phones in Japan, where most of the users are signed up to third-generation (3G) networks.

It's no surprise that technology coming initially out of Japan should continue to flow from there, after all the Wii isn't the sole machine allowed to develop motion sensing for games. What will make or break the cellphone industry using it will be whether or not your averege phone user will want to find a space to create such actions within - a Wii is typically located in a lounge of sitting room whereas mobile phone users are often on the go.

Whether or not someone sitting on the bus wants to risk taking out the little old lady standing next to them with a blazing uppercut remains to be seen.