With a recent scanned pic of a private Square Enix document that has leaked onto the internet, it may seem that KH is confirmed for the iPhone/iPod Touch in 4th quarter 2010.

In the document it appears that the platform’s that it is being created for is the  Apple iPhone 3GS and the iPod Touch 3rd generation. It may seem that the iPhone 3G/2G and the iPod Touch 1G/2G won’t be getting it because they don’t have the updated full OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics thats in the iPhone 3GS and the iPod Touch 3G.

It will be controlled with a virtuall joystick and control pad, just like all the other iPhone/iPod Touch games. It is used in games ranging from Madden NFL 2010 (EA Sports) to shooters like Modern Combat: Sandstorm (Gameloft).

Although the pricing is not yet known, it will most likely be in the $9.99 range like all the current EA titles that are new releases. Seeing as how games about $9.99 is going to be hard to sell over to users, it might not be out of the picture though because of the popularity of KH. Then again, the Sims 3 is very popular and was priced at $9.99.

There is also a 4 local wireless device synchronization mode, so you can play at the same time with your friends. This sounds like a great option if you want to play the game with your friends just like CO-OP in console games like Halo 3: ODST (X360) and Uncharted 2 (PS3).

With a release date of fourth quarter of 2010 for North America we have plenty of time to get more information on the story, how it looks like, and how its going to work. Let’s hope that it turns out to be a good game that is not a flop on the iPhone/iPod Touch like the way MGS: Touch was (not saying that it was, it was just a letdown).

Although we don’t know if the image is a fake or this is even real, we decided to let you decide.

Thanks to the anonymous tipster that sent this in with the translation!

Description:

Enjoy a 100% authentic NFL game experience with real teams, real players and real action. Whether you’re are a fan of the Steelers, Cardinals or Cowboys, you can lead your favorite team through an entire season and battle for the ultimate prize: The Super Bowl.

We start out with how the game looks and feels.

You are greeted with a loading screen and when loaded it asks you to “touch screen to continue.” From there you are given a basic menu with options for: Quick Play, Game Modes, and Settings. You can play a “Quick Play” game, which chooses two random NFL teams for you to play with or go into “Game Modes” and play an Exhibition game (like Quick Play, but you choose the team to play with and against), Season (Franchise Mode), or Playoff games.

In “Season Mode”, you get to chose the team to play a whole season with. After you choose your team, I chose my favorite team the Green Bay Packers, you are greeted with a screen that shows your schedule, stats, team roster, standings, settings, save & quit, and play your next game.

When you start your next game, you are greeted with a screen that tells you what team you are playing and at who’s stadium it is at. After that it loads the game and you are greeted with two helmets of both teams clashing against each other with the announcer talking about the game. The stadium’s fan’s can be heard cheering, but they do not move at all.

After the introduction you are greeted with the coin toss. If you win you get to choose whether to receive or kick the ball. If you lose, the other team chooses what they want to do.

We will start with offense in our review. When you start your offense you are greeted to choose from basic plays or advanced plays in the play book. In the basic play’s you can choose to run the ball or throw/pass the ball.

In the basic play’s option, you can choose to run the ball or throw/pass the ball.There is an option for special teams, but you use that for 4 down situations.

In running you have three offensive play options. You can run straight forward, run wide to the outside, and make a fake run and throw the ball.

In the image above it shows offensive plays for running to the outside.

In throwing/passing you also have three offensive play options. You can pass the ball for a shot gain, medium gain, and a longer gain.

In the image above it shows offensive plays for passing the ball a medium range to the receiver.

When you have chosen a play to run with, whether it is to run the ball or throw the ball, you are in the formation to hike the ball.

You can also choose to do an advanced play, in which you can choose what formation you want to run the ball. You can see that in the above picture.

When you have hiked the ball and you are going to throw it you are given symbols over the receivers names. They can be stars, squares, circles, or diamonds for the receivers. A symbol with the color red means that its going to be very hard for the receiver to catch it, yellow means that its going to be a 50-50 shot, and green means that its going to be a very good chance that it will be caught.

When a defender is in front of you, you are given three options to try to avoid a defender. The game pauses for you to choose what you want to do. You can spin, fake them, or truck them. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t, so it’s all chance to avoid a defender.

Kickoff’s and field goals are done the same way. On the left there is a cursor that moves around and you have to try to get it as near or on the center for it to go straight into the goal or for it not to go out of bounds during kickoff. The right is the power meter. The higher the power, the farther the ball will go to the receiving team or the farther you can be to hit a field goal.

In the end, you can either win the game or lose the game.

After you have won or lost the game, you are greeted with the stats of the game. It shows you the final score, total yards gained, passing yards gained, rushing yards gained, how many first downs you got, how many sacks/interceptions you made,  and your possession time with the ball.

When you have won the game you are sent back to the main screen where you can see your stats, standings, and what your next game is.

Story: There is no story. You are a football team that is trying to beat other football teams.

Presentation: The visuals for the game is good for a mobile game on the iPhone/iPod Touch. The games menus are easy to navigate, simple, and to the point. The game does not integrate weather effects into the game, which would have been a nice option. The crowd just makes noise and does not move at all, which is unrealistic, but it is a mobile game, which means less resources available to use.

This is the first game on the iPhone/iPod Touch that uses official NFL team names and player names. That gives the player a better feel for the game that they are playing.

Overall it has a good NFL football vibe, which Gameloft was going for.

Gameplay: Controls are decent for a football game. You use the joystick to move the player that you are controlling and there are buttons that allow you to change who you are controlling. When there is a defender in front of you, the game pauses and allows you to chose a move to dodge. This disturbs the free flow of sports games, as other football games don’t just pause in the middle of the play for you to dodge the defender. This might appeal to some, but for others it might not.
Defending the other team’s offense is very simple. If they are throwing it is VERY easy to intercept the ball or throw the ball down before the receiver can grab it. If they are running it is also simple to tackle the runner before they can get away from you.

We are sad that there is no multi-player for the game, but Gameloft has said that in the next version there will be Online, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi multi-player.

Overall game play is well done, but the pauses might not bode well with some fans.

Sound: The sound in the game is basic. There is one announcer and after a couple of games it is just the same thing being repeated over and over again. There is no commentary like in Madden if that is what you were expecting. There is the basic noise of football going on and with the crowd’s cheers in the background.

In Conclusion: All in all the game is not perfect, but good. It can be fun and very easy if you get the hang of it. It is no Madden NFL for consoles, but it is a very well sports game done for the iPhone by Gameloft. WE also love that it is a licensed NFL game.

This game is very fun and worth it for the $7.99 that is being charged. If you can wait until Madden ‘10 on the iPhone/iPod Touch I would suggest that you do. That way you can compare which is better and can let you have more fun. If you are planning on buying both football games though, then this is a great football game for a mobile device.

In the next version of the game Gameloft will be adding: Online, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi multi-player, NFL RSS feed of your favorite team, upload re-play’s to youtube, a Special match: Zombies vs. Skeletons, and Gameloft Live compatibility.

Final Score:

App Store link: Gameloft NFL 2010, $7.99

NFL 2010 – Gameloft
Price: $7.99 [App Store Link]
Played On: iPod Touch 2G

Tell us what you think about the game or review in the comments! Stay tuned more reviews are coming your way! We will be reviewing Madden NFL ’10 for the iPhone/iPod Touch as soon as it releases!

Description:

Based off the table top version you loved as a kid, Atari Football for the iPhone and iPod Touch amps up the game with a new look and feel for the new platform! Name your team, pick your logo, and customize your helmet before you crush your opponent. Catch the The Bomb or Blitz the QB to defeat your friend via local Wifi Multiplayer!

We start out with how the game looks and feels.

You are greeted with a screen that asks you to “touch to start game.” From there you are given a basic menu with options for: One Player, Two Players (Local Multiplayer Wi-Fi), Team Stats, Options, and More Atari Games. To start the game you click on One Player and you can customize your team and the game settings.

You can choose your helmet and stripe color, choose from 11 logos, and name your own team. Once you have all that done the game actually starts. You play as the team that you created and there is a coin that is tossed up to see whether you play offense (heads) or defense (tails). If you play offense you get the playbook for being on offense and if you are on defense you get the playbook for being on defense.

We start off on Offense. On the screen you see the playbook for offense and you can chose any plays to run for your team. Below the plays are the power-ups that you can use in the game, whenever you feel there is a need to use it. There are three different power ups that you can use. The first one is a Turbo Rush, which makes you run super fast! The second one is a Big Helmet, which increases your size, so you can stun any 3 opponents you hit. The third and final one is sure Hands, which is magnet-like hands that makes catching and stealing the ball easier.

Story: There is no story. You are a football team that is trying to beat other football teams. It would have been better if there was a Association/Season mode for you to play in.

Presentation: The visuals for the game is good for a mobile game on the iPhone/iPod Touch. The games menus are easy to navigate, simple, and to the point. The game integrates weather effects into the game. Sometimes the games are played in the sun, sometimes it rains, sometimes it snows, etc. Atari has done a good job at making the game look visually appealing to the old arcade and flash games.

Overall it has a good arcade football vibe, which Atari was going for.

Gameplay: Controls can be a pain sometimes and sometimes it’s not. To run you are supposed to swipe your finger across the device, in the direction that you want, to run. To pass you are supposed to position your QB (Quarterback) by running backwards a little and then with one finger you are supposed to touch the ‘Hold to Pass’ bar at the bottom of the screen. While doing that you are supposed to use your other finger and swipe your hand toward the player that you want to pass it to. To defend you swipe your finger across the screen to get the defender to get the other team’s player with the football.

These controls are not perfect, as there are no buttons, but it can mess you up sometimes. Occasionally when you are trying to swipe to move the quarterback backward or to move the defender to get the other team’s player, it does not register always. That will slow you down and it can make you either lose yards or allow the other team to gain some yards.

Once you master the controls though it can get really easy to gain yards or be a good defender though, even with the occasional un-registering of movements.

Sound: The sound in the game is basic. There are no announcers or anything in that sort of area. There is the whistle from the referee, the crowd, and the player getting tackled. When in the menus there is music, but none of that during the game. Playing an arcade like football game you shouldn’t expect music or announcers anyways.

In Conclusion: All in all the game is not perfect, but good. It can be fun and very easy if you are strategic and if the controls register.

If you are an avid football fan and you can not wait for Madden ’10 on the iPhone/iPod Touch then get this to get a tiny fix of football. If you can wait and save the money for Madden then do it. You are not really missing out on anything breathtaking and will need to buy the game. It can be fun, sometimes, but controls are messy and there is no real story for the game. If there was an Association or a Season mode it would have made the game a lot better.

Final Score:

App Store link: Atari Football, $2.99

Tell us what you think about the game or review in the comments! Stay tuned more reviews are coming your way, like the Terminator Salvation Game for the iPhone/iPod Touch.

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Could this be the next iPhone? A photo that was recently posted shows these images, but are to be taken with a grain of salt. If this is the next generation iPhone its pretty sexy and it looks to have a bigger screen and the silent toggle switch moved.

As said before, take this with a grain of slat until Apple finally announces the next iPhone.

In a video that Kevin Rose posted, he announced the Copy and Paste feature with a couple of other features that the iPhone FW 3.0 will have. He also leaked information that the wanted Video function will still not be available due to some difficulties. Another big feature that he leaked was “Flash” will be released for the iPhone after a long wait from users of the iPhone. The iPhone Software 3.0 will also have all the features that the Palm Pre has (which made it a more attractive device), so that the iPhone is not left behind in features.

• Doing a double space will result in a period (with auto correction on) and and a space.
• If you want Caps-Lock on, then just double-tap the shift button.
• When downloading an app on the iPhone you can pause the download by tapping the icon.
• Double-pressing the Home Button when on the Home Screen will take you back to the first page of apps.
• Screenshots are taken by holding the Home button and pressing the Sleep/Wake button. Screenshots are saved to the Camera Roll.
• Turn off WiFi when not needed. You aren’t going to be in a WiFi hotspot all the time. If you are, turn off 3G. Save some of your battery.
• Turn off Push if you don’t use Push Email, Contacts or Calendars. Push definitely drains battery. Settings > Fetch New Data > Push > Off
• You can bookmark a web page to the Home Screen as a Webclip.
• You can save images in both Safari and Mail. Do this by tapping and holding the image. After a couple of seconds and Action Sheet will slide up. Tap Save Image. The image will be saved to your Camera Roll.