Nintendo Staffing Up Internal Smart Device Development Team

Miitomo: Part Deux.

I am rootin' for mobile multiplayer action.. Mario Kart or Splatoon would be awesome. Although I want something fresh as well (besides splatoon hehe)

I couldn't care less about smartphone games - hopefully Nintendo won't put all their attention to these kind of games.

@CCHawk stay fresh!

I thought all of the mobile games were already being developed internally by Nintendo.

As long as the mobile games made are better than Miitomo, I'll be very happy.

Can't wait for Animal Crossing on my tablet and Fire Emblem on my smartphone!

@Oubie neither will be the same as you expect from a full game

It's 2016. It's only a matter of time until core Nintendo franchises are going to be developed for smart devices. Nintendo is just bracing themselves for as much.

Face Raiders for Android/iOS could be fun.

@NintendoPete
I agree.
It's cool to see Nintendo continuing to expand their business practices. But, yeah, I don't play mobile games at all.

I'm not sure why but I think this might be for things like Miiverse and eShop.

again no idea why

@Vegaphil I actually don't want them to be just like the core ones on my 3DS. Otherwise I could keep playing those games and I am haha.

@Oubie you'll be alright then

@abe_hikura Was thinking the same thing. Apps to make them more accessible would seem smart.

It's okay for Nintendo use mobile for promoting their stuffs, as long not too many. I think freebies mindset for mobile gamer must be fixed. Not every freebies have good quality. Like introducing an epic orchestral music to mainstream pop music lover audience. The quality between them are extremely different.

I'm glad Nintendo is expanding their workforce to develop their mobile software rather than taking employees who may currently be working on NX software and forcing them to shift over to mobile software development.

@CCHawk Honestly, the Splatoon mini games you play while you wait between matches could be bundled into a super-cheap app and I'd probably play the heck out of those. And they all pretty much require 1-2 inputs, so I think it could work well!

I assume the NX is partly a mobile device. Since when does Nintendo make games for other platforms?

I wish Nintendo would staff up all of their studios and release games about 1 a month

I'd prefer Nintendo developing big games for big platforms (One/Scorpio, PS4/Neo, PC) but if they want to focus on cheap apps for phones is up to them. Who knows what NX will be at this point?

That would be great, because Miitomo proved that DeNa don't know what they're doing. The last update finally made the app snappier, but before that Miitomo was really terribly programmed.
Nintendo should ditch DeNa as soon as possible (don't know their contracts) and make their own apps.

@shani Yeah, I was worried about the DeNA capital alliance when it began, myself. We'll probably see how much good they've really done for Nintendo next year... For now, they haven't done much at all. DeNA isn't going anywhere any time soon.

They already make good DS games, can't wait to see the mobile games (why won't they just release a Nintendo phone already?)

@VanillaLake I'm a bit worried they might turn into sega 2.0 if they focus on 3rd party development and Nintendo will most likely make kickass mobile games like the DS era

@Snow-Dust Well, I'm not sure. We'll see next year, I suppose.

@shani You do realise Nintendo cannot simply "ditch" DeNA, especially after Nintendo purchased a whopping 10% stake in the company after they announced their partnership.

@HopeNForever That's why I wrote "as soon as possible" and also mentioned their contracts. Did you even read my comment till the end?
Anyway, I don't see the problem with the 10% stake, they can simply sell it (and fast - before they lose their worth), no?