The colorful app, which Ueno said will later be available for Apple devices, features unlockable characters, backgrounds and shells.

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Bazooka TV will also stagger its content throughout the year and keep updating the site with content only unlockable through the product codes.

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Unlockable soldiers from different countries are another.

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They do not know when this unlockable phone will come out, but you can be sure the release has been timed (read: delayed) to make sure that everyone has a chance to buy a locked model first in order to protect the carriers.

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