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Nintendo Has no Plans For 'Mario on Smartphones'
- Thread starter Wishmaster92
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I don't know what investors are expecting to change strategically then if he's unwilling to even consider this yet. Price drops? That's not going to change what's going on. More Mario games? A rental service or something?
This seriously continues to show a real stubbornness that is going to continue to make 2014 impossible for them, and 2015 as well.
Come back here in 5 years >
This seriously continues to show a real stubbornness that is going to continue to make 2014 impossible for them, and 2015 as well.
Riki said:
Come back here in 5 years >
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
If nothing else, that's encouraging. Hearing Nintendo embrace smartphones is a bit worrying, but if they really intend to just use it to push complimentary products, I'm okay with that.
AtomicShroom
Member
Just imagine playing Mario with virtual buttons...
Has nobody actually played an emulated Mario game on a cellphone? Controls are horrendous!
Has nobody actually played an emulated Mario game on a cellphone? Controls are horrendous!
They CAN get their games out on VC (and have countless Mario games on VC, so uh...), they just choose not to because they feel that it encourages more sales if they have a drip, drop. I am sure they have the numbers to support that or something.
I don't know what investors are expecting to change strategically then if he's unwilling to even consider this yet. Price drops? That's not going to change what's going on. More Mario games? A rental service or something?
This seriously continues to show a real stubbornness that is going to continue to make 2014 impossible for them, and 2015 as well.
Come back here in 5 years >
i don't think putting these games on smartphones will solve anything....
Maybe in 10 when they merge with Toyota.I don't know what investors are expecting to change strategically then if he's unwilling to even consider this yet. Price drops? That's not going to change what's going on. More Mario games? A rental service or something?
This seriously continues to show a real stubbornness that is going to continue to make 2014 impossible for them, and 2015 as well.
Come back here in 5 years >
Software is where they make the most money. It's where their greatest strength remains. Leveraging their properties on some of the biggest platforms on Earth can be a huge boon to profits if done properly.
It doesn't mean it has to be SUPER MARIO BROS. port to phones, but it can mean completely unique Mario games designed around the strengths of the iOS platform. And I can't imagine that wouldn't net a huge return for their investment.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Reggie even told Keighley recently or not too long ago that money aside, they want to give the gamer the best gameplay experience and that can only be done with real buttons.
exactly what I been saying, they dont even put them all on the WiiU and 3DS in a timely manner and people expect them to flood mobile with those games lol not happening
MaximoffZero
Banned
This. No reason why it wouldn't work on a smartphone.
Majmun
Member
That would be huge. Or a Pikmin.
Nintendo hasn't been a competing company for awhile now, they'll continue to fade out to nothing at this rate, but ah well.
doesn't take a genius to tell that creating a retro Nintendo label on other platforms would in fact help them, but hey they'd rather nobody plays them than inferior western people that iwata hates so much.
doesn't take a genius to tell that creating a retro Nintendo label on other platforms would in fact help them, but hey they'd rather nobody plays them than inferior western people that iwata hates so much.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Anybody with some common sense knew this but I guess there's enough people without that they had to state it.
MarkMclovin
Member
Phew! Thank fuck!
Wickerbasket
Member
They should make unique games for smart phones using their IPs to draw a larger audience who want a fuller experience to their main hardware. Even making companion apps to coincide with their main console game releases would be a start.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Watch as they release a Nintendo branded dumb phone which plays OG gameboy games
Like I said in another thread, they are a competent hardware manufacturer that can succeed in the home console market if they pay attention to what consumers want. The Wii was a smashing success, after all. It proves they are not irrelevant. After one failure everyone is clamoring for mobile, which to me, makes no sense to me. Nintendo just needs to shore up their hardware -- make it desirable to your average gamer. Do this and they will succeed.
People want to play Mario, they just don't want to have to spend $300 just to play Mario games.
People want to play Mario, they just don't want to have to spend $300 just to play Mario games.
When people say 'Mario on phones', they always seem to put it in a narrow context. Like, 'oh, Mario platformers? With iOS controls!? No way!', but I think people are saying the property itself should go there, not necessarily does it have to be a port of old games.
Think the Rayman running games (which were quite well received) as how Nintendo could leverage their IP without degrading the unique value of their software on their traditional platforms. A unique iOS Mario game designed around the strengths of the platform. A unique iOS Pokemon game designed around it. Pikmin. Donkey Kong.
The idea would be to bring people who are fans of these properties into the mix on those platforms, but in a unique way that is a testament to Nintendo's gameplay dominant design prowess. Not in a way that tries to emulate the Mario console experience.
Think the Rayman running games (which were quite well received) as how Nintendo could leverage their IP without degrading the unique value of their software on their traditional platforms. A unique iOS Mario game designed around the strengths of the platform. A unique iOS Pokemon game designed around it. Pikmin. Donkey Kong.
The idea would be to bring people who are fans of these properties into the mix on those platforms, but in a unique way that is a testament to Nintendo's gameplay dominant design prowess. Not in a way that tries to emulate the Mario console experience.
Warm Machine
Member
Woudn't make sense at all because it sells nintendo handelds and uses the tech inside them greatly. And would eliminate the need for pokebank entirely . Forcing everyone to start over from numero onu. Pokemon spin off thingy on the IOS, yeah sure i think they got one of those.
Actual pokemon? No. Buy a 3ds if you want it that much.
Majmun
Member
So Reggie agrees that motion controls suck
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I thought I read a post around here that said the majority of their revenue has historically been from hardware sales?
RobFox64tm
Member
Mario platforming games should never show up on smartphones, period. Keeping Mario off them entirely, however, is short sighted.
Not putting Mario on smartphones is like not making, ugh, a Mario anime. Which can be okay for the most part, but can also miss additional popularity from potential old and new fans / customers. Which is to say, seeing smartphones necessarily as a "different platform" is very short-sighted. It might as well be treated as a different medium altogether, and Nintendo never had anything against non-video game media.
I think there should be Mario in smartphones for the same reason I think there should be ads on TV, promotional campaigns and animations/prints based on video game franchises.
I think there should be Mario in smartphones for the same reason I think there should be ads on TV, promotional campaigns and animations/prints based on video game franchises.
NonexistentK
Member
They need to partner up with Samsung to create a Nintendo version of Experia Play.
Warm Machine
Member
And $20 in IAP. The $1 stand alone game is fading into obscurity.
Enter The 36 Chambers
Member
Pokemon on phones makes perfect sense.
I still dream of super metroid on my 360... At this rate it's looking pretty likely
I still dream of super metroid on my 360... At this rate it's looking pretty likely
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
The Wii used both.
What I got from him is that there has to be some physical input involved or else it's going to be underwhelming.
Come back here in 500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 years >
Fixed it for you.
Belong on a Nintendo handheld, I am not having Pokémon going on a crappy smartphone.
That'd be a shock to me. How great must the margins on their consoles be to offset endless millions of games being sold from third parties and themselves!? @_o
Mr-Joker said:
Some of you are going to be shocked at the rapid changes headed Nintendo's way in the next half decade. You guys are in for a true shellshock if you don't prepare yourselves.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Yoshi Touch & Go and Kirby Canvas Curse would be cracking smartphone games. As would Punch Out.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
They could introduce hardware DLC! Start playing the game on your smartphone, unlock a Wii U with one small payment
of $299.99
Man I can't fathom how just speeding up the process from the 2-4 below average weekly trickle to at least 6 games a week of value can possible hurt their sales at this point..
Luigi endless runner incoming.
'The best gameplay experience' is going to differ from person to person.
How terribly quaint. Someone should introduce the dude to a mouse & keyboard. Or, better yet, a Wiimote. I don't think it was the buttons that made that device resonate with a wider audience. A wider audience that went on to embrace touchscreens. Hell, their handheld only has one stick, is he suggesting that is 'the best gameplay experience' for games with a 3D camera? 'cause it ain't.
'The best gameplay experience' is going to differ from person to person.