| RolStoppable said: As for Nintendo's smartphone games, it should become increasingly more obvious that money is only a secondary concern. With Nintendo's IP strength, they could get away with charging $2-5 for their games, but instead they are going to opt for what they call free-to-start. |
That's what they said in the investor's meeting.
[...] For each app, we will review and select the most appropriate payment system by taking into consideration the nature of each IP. But we are thinking of mainly deploying free-to-start type apps as we hope as many people as possible among hundreds of millions of people all around the world who own smart devices will experience our apps. [...]

Miitomo, 2nd, 3nd, 4nd and 5nd...
You can read all this in: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/160203/06.html







