Joystiq is reporting that Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes- Encore by Square Enix, includes touch enabled versions of the first Song Summoner, which was a click wheel iPod game. It also includes Song Summoner 2, which was never released, reportedly due to Apple abandoning the click wheel game format.
Rather than being a simple touchscreen-enabled port of the original click wheel game, the iPhone Song Summoner contains both Song Summoner and Song Summoner 2, which was never released due to Apple ending support for click wheel games.
Apple still offers click wheel games in the iTunes Store, 50 in total since it’s inception in September of 2006. That said, no new games have been added to the list since February of this year.
Worth noting, Apple has never publicly or officially abandoned the format. I suspect they will just allow it to dry up on the vine.
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