What if Nintendos Next Handheld was a Smart Phone.

[Barkley]

zero129 said:

Barkley said:
Depends, what operating system does it run, what hardware features does it have, how are the games monetised...

I think in the mobile space Nintendo are better off sticking to third party releases.

Its own version of Android with its own exclusive Store Front.

Can it run every android app then? That's the only way I see it being a success, the other problem is not enough models. There is so much choice in the mobile market you can get exactly the phone you want and spend just as much as you want to. Would people be willing to compromise and choose the Nintendo Phone when one of the 1000's of other current phone models suits them much better.

Also even if the Nintendo Software is exclusive to the Nintendo Phone, it's still running android. I'd think it wouldn't be long before people get Nintendo's games running on other android devices.