| maxleresistant said: I said it, and I'll say it again, this is the beginning of the end for Nintendo as we know it. They're going to make a lot more games for smart devices, and their games and hardwares are going to be more and more casualised. So long, old friend. |
Well it is definitely the start of a new era for Nintendo. Lets hope it doesn't go the way you predict.
On one hand maybe Nintendo's embrace of smartphones could be a net positive in that they can take out their "need" to appeal to casuals and beginner gamers on the smartphone rather than creating an entire platform to that idea and trying to balance it out so more experienced players can also play.
I'm sure they'll still make "core" Nintendo titles like Zelda and Super Mario, in fact the NX will need to now have more "epic" versions of those games to justify the need for dedicated hardware versus just making a controller on iPhone and letting everyone play that way.
For example now that "Super Mario Run" is on mobile and taking care of beginner/casual players, maybe Nintendo can push the console Mario platformers a bit. The NSMB series was really getting stagnant.
But I agree, once Nintendo gets a taste of the massive profit smartphone apps can generate ... they could very well get the wrong message and start shifting priorities. Money talks.
