| RolStoppable said: When Nintendo was asked which games they were going to make for smartphones, Iwata made it clear that Virtual Console was not up for consideration because the differences in control input would not serve the experiences well. There is an understanding that the lack of physical buttons is detrimental, so why would Nintendo make a controller without them? It would be detrimental for many of their longrunning IPs, and those are among the cornerstones that have to sell the hardware. A controller like this supposed prototype would tremendously undermine Nintendo's aspirations to sell a lot of dedicated gaming hardware. That makes it a stupid idea. I can't think of any angle that would make such a controller a good consideration for Nintendo. Therefore it can't be real. |
He could have been referencing the audience on mobile and the types of games that do best on them as opposed to the input.
I'm just being the devil's advocate. I know it's a stupid idea, but Nintendo makes stupid mistakes. Nintendo made two Zelda games controlled primerily with a stylus. They also made Star Fox Zero.
