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to allow for wireless data between devices, as
Armanto felt this could be applied for a multiplayer version of the game. As the new Nokia phone was in the prototype stage, Armanto developed the game for a previous generation device. The two-player mode did not get tested as the previous phone lacked
193:. The marketing team at Nokia told Armanto's team to develop new applications for the phone as they wanted customers to have more things to do with their device. Armanto received the job to develop a game, as his colleagues believed he had experience in game development, which he did not.
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According to Nokia, 350 million copies of the game exist globally in some form, though
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