SKIRMISHER

NTT DoCoMo’s D9041 cellphone detects shaking and tilting, redefining playing games on a mobile phone by allowing the user to play games like the Wii.

Instead of punching a keypad, users can move the handset like a tennis racket or fishing pole in easy-to-play games, similar to those on Nintendo Co.’s popular Wii.

In the “Tokyo Highway Battle” racing game, users twist the handset like a steering wheel to control driving. In “Skateboard Dash,” the phone can be tilted to control the board’s speed and direction.

Too bad these phones will only hit Japan. But still, Huzzah! And a big bottle of booze for pedestrian lanes and sidewalks of the future, made more fun with jerking, cavorting people avidly playing “Duck, Or I’ll Swallow” on their phones.

Stumble it!