Mobile21 Co., Ltd. was a Japanese video game developer that was a 50/50 joint venture between Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

 and Konami

Konami

is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...

 established in 1999-10-07. Mobile21 primarily concentrated on next-generation Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

 development, with a particular interest in mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

 linking features.http://www.japaninc.com/article.php?articleID=461

History

On 1999-09-02, Nintendo Corporation and Konami Corporation announced the establishment of Mobile21 Co., Ltd., with Game Boy Color phone adapter on sale in April 2000.
The mobile adapter GB service began on 2000-01-27, and was terminated on 2002-12-14. However, the wireless feature was later found in Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter

Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter

The Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter is an accessory for the Game Boy Advance, and was released by Nintendo in 2004. It provides an alternative to the Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable but does not enjoy the same popularity due to a number of issues...

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Games

Game Boy Advance

• Jurassic Park III: Island Attack (2001)
• AirForce Delta Storm
  AirForce Delta Storm
  Airforce Delta Storm, known as Airforce Delta II in Japan and Deadly Skies II in Europe, is a fighter jet video game released in 2001 for the Xbox...
  
   (2002)
• Doraemon GBA
• Gradius Galaxies
  Gradius Galaxies
  Gradius Generation , also known as Gradius Galaxies and Gradius Advance , is a horizontally-scrolling shooter handheld video game published by Konami in 2001. The game, released for the Game Boy Advance, is the only Gradius title to be available for the system...
  
   (2001)
• Mail de Cute
• Meine Liebe
  Meine Liebe
  is a series of dating sims by Konami for the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation 2.Meine Liebe has been adapted into an anime series produced in 2004 by the studio Bee Train, which was broadcast across Japan by the anime television network, Animax...
  
  
• Monster Guardians

PlayStation 2

• Meine Liebe: Yuubinaru Kioku

External links

Archived Official website Mobile21 history page