The Japanese console maker will develop mobile games

Mar 18, 2015 05:14 GMT  ·  By

In a new report from Wired, it would appear that Nintendo has announced recently that they will start developing games for iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android, and other mobile devices. This means that we might see those awesome titles we all love (Mario, Donkey Kong, Link or Zelda) on our smartphones and tablets.

Until today, Nintendo is the only game developer left on the planet that did not port its console games to other platforms than its own. The fact of the matter is that Nintendo still does not plan to port its games to smartphones and tablets, but create entirely new experiences. Frankly, we don't care if it's a port or a new game, as long as we have the real Mario game on our mobile devices.

Nintendo partners with DeNA to develop games for mobile devices

As such, it looks like Nintendo will partner with DeNA, a Japanese company that develops games for mobile devices, to recreate Nintendo's biggest game titles for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. Unfortunately, Nintendo still says that the "premium experience" will remain on its consoles.

"To ensure the quality of game experience that consumers expect from this alliance of Nintendo and DeNA, only new original games optimized for smart device functionality will be created," said Nintendo in a recent statement.

While there’s no news on what game titles Nintendo will actually develop for iOS and Android mobile devices, we do hope that Mario will be among the first. Personally, we’ve always wanted to play the real Mario game on a tablet or phablet and relive that amazing experience from our youth.

Is everything about money these days?

The report also says that while Nintendo will acquire 10 percent of DeNA's stock, which is worth 22 billion yen ($181 million dollars), the DeNA company will acquire 1.24 percent of Nintendo's stock, which is worth the same amount of money. Is everything about money these days or they really care about the mobile gaming industry?

It remains to be seen which game tiles Nintendo will actually bring to smartphones and tablets powered by iOS and Android mobile operating systems, and whether they will be worth our attention or not. On the other hand, it looks like the Windows Phone platform is not even mentioned in Nintendo's statement.