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Here is the reason Apple and mobile gaming is no threat to Nintendo: Games.

At the end of the day its games that sell systems. No one buys iphones and Androids for Angry birds or such, they buy it as a phone with a lot of features, games are an afterthought. People will buy DS and Wii for the games, even without extra features. This is why Nintendo has no need to entertain mobile games, or garage devs, because their games don’t propel buyers, it won;t bring people out to buy the systems.

Yes 3DS’s lineup is pretty weak, but if you recall, the DS was even weaker, only Mario 64 as is big launch game, and now its the highest selling game system in history, console or handheld, why? Because of software that brought people out.

New Super mario bros and the like ignited DS sales, and it never looked back.

Apple is no threat to Nintendo, nor is Sony or MS, the only threat is Nintendo itself, if they release compelling, and interesting software on the 3DS, it’ll sell like there is no tomorrow, if they don’t, it will flop, plain and simple.