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Nintendo has long resisted the call of mobile gaming, but today it entered the space in a big way. The company has announced that it will team up with DeNA, a major Japanese mobile gaming company, to make smartphone games featuring Nintendo characters. The two companies "intend to jointly operate new gaming applications featuring Nintendo IP, which they will develop specifically for smart devices," Nintendo said in a statement.

Nintendo has flirted with mobile gaming before. In a tie-up with GungHo, the company will release a Mario-themed version of Japanese mobile smash hit Puzzle & Dragons for 3DS next month, and recent experiments like Pokémon Shuffle have adopted similar free-to-play business models.

We're at a hastily convened press conference in Tokyo that's due to start soon, and will bring you any further news as it happens.

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Iwata：

Of course, Nintendo will utilize smart devices as communication media for Nintendo IP. In addition, so that our consumers will be closely connected with them, we will deploy a game business which takes advantage of Nintendo IP.



Iwata：

Quite a few of you must be wondering why Nintendo, which has never deviated from its cautious stance in regard to the possibility of deploying its game business on smart devices, has now changed its policy.
Please note, however, that I was not dismissing the idea of making games for smart devices per se as I stated at the January 2014 Corporate Management Policy Briefing that a development team of Nintendo would create a smart device application, and please also note that I had not ruled out the possibility of making games when we make use of these devices.

Iwata：

Nintendo and DeNA will jointly develop and operate gaming applications for smart devices in global markets.

With this alliance, new entertainment that utilizes Nintendo’s IP will be provided globally via smart devices.



Iwata：

Needless to say, now that we are challenging ourselves in this new business area, we hope that hundreds of millions of people will use and enjoy these products.



Iwata：

As for which Nintendo IP will be used, we do not intend to make any exceptions. Potentially, any Nintendo IP could be used in our smart device software. On the other hand, as I just said, games on smart devices require ever-evolving services rather than just being a finished product. A combined effort will be necessary to operate them. People’s attention would only be dispersed if we simply increased the number of the titles we simultaneously released, and we could not expect to expand our business. Accordingly, we will narrow down the titles for development and operation to some extent.

Master(G) hat geschrieben:viel interessanter isch doch das neue gamesystem 'NX' wo 2016 enthüllt werde söll..... verzell mal lieber vo dem!

Shadow hat geschrieben:zudem werdeds neui games für phones/tablets sii und nöd alti.... dh. spezifischi Nintendö Games für ios/android phones/tablets.

Shadow hat geschrieben:git aber massiv meh kohle für nintendo. zudem werdeds neui games für phones/tablets sii und nöd alti.... dh. spezifischi Nintendö Games für ios/android phones/tablets. findi scho no geil. gitt ne viel geld zum neui hardware zfinanziere.

mr.raw hat geschrieben:logo... Ice Climber...
Level 1 bis 3 isch gratis...

....ein Energiesystem ein, das sich leert wenn man Missionen im Singleplayer spielt oder in Multiplayer Matches antritt. Man erhält neue Energie indem man entweder wartet oder sich Werbevideos anschaut. Wahlweise darf auch bezahlt werden...

Master(G) hat geschrieben:DENA isch alles Free-To-Play... super. jetzt macht Nintendo au no bi dem Free-To-Play Shit mit. :typej:

Shintaro Asako, der Frontmann von DeNA West, schätzte derweil in einem Interview, dass sie mit einem Mobile-Titel von Nintendo ungefähr 100 Mio. tägliche Nutzer (DAU) erreichen könnten.

Xinobrax2 hat geschrieben:Isch doch gar nid mal so dumm...damals zu CD-i Ziite het das au prima funktioniert