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POE on 29 June 2015

this was obvious.



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generic-user-1 on 29 June 2015
kitler53 said:

http://arcadesushi.com/nintendo-wont-port-classic-games-to-phones-doing-the-opposite/

"And, if I can talk a bit further about our game development plan, we will continue doing our best to develop dedicated game titles for our dedicated game hardware platforms just as we have been doing. For smart devices, even in the case where we utilize the same IP, we will create completely new game software that will perfectly match the play styles of smart devices."   ~Iwata, March 2015

 

http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/14/6949455/pokemon-mobile-game-freak-omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire

"If we were to bring Pokémon to iPad or mobile or smartphones or anything, I think there would need to be ... some sort of problem it would be solving, not just that it would be porting over old games, for example," Masuda said via translator.

 


thats why mobile gets an adicting f2pish puzzlegame and not pokemon x/y



fleischr on 29 June 2015

Imagine all the whiners who don't know any better asking "why no Pokemon RPG on iOS/Android"?



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StuOhQ on 29 June 2015

Good call. It's a stupid game, but very popular. It will be a moneymaker for Nintendo and the Pokemon Company.



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Kotastic on 29 June 2015
spemanig said:
The Pokemon branch has nothing to do with Nintendo's mobile branch, so I would not be worried about how indicative it is of Nintendo's first mobile game.

If Nintendo's mobile games are just like Shuffle, they're in trouble.


Why? If anything this is a perfect model. They'd be in deeper trouble if they made actual quality games for mobiles.

 

This is nothing but a pool of money for Nintendo. They have nothing to lose with this. If they can get by with the 3DS version (which is probably the worst place for that particular f2p model game there), they can definitely make a huge racket in the mobile department with the Pokemon IP alone. 



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Platina on 29 June 2015

I am surprised it took this long for them to release it on mobile..



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SuperNova on 29 June 2015

So they tested the water on their core audience to see if it would find any kind of acceptance, were satisfied with the results and are bringing it to mobile now. I wonder how much actual microtransaction money they actually made on 3ds with it.
I tried it out, and while the core gameplay is addictive it's the worst sort of wait-to-play ftp. Haven't touched it since.
Also I assumed they advertised the game on all 3ds systems, but maybe that wasn't the case? I got a message saying new software was available and if I wanted to start the download automatically. Turned out to be Pokemon Shuffle.



Frogger on 29 June 2015
Kotastic said:

Why? If anything this is a perfect model. They'd be in deeper trouble if they made actual quality games for mobiles.

 

This is nothing but a pool of money for Nintendo. They have nothing to lose with this. If they can get by with the 3DS version (which is probably the worst place for that particular f2p model game there), they can definitely make a huge racket in the mobile department with the Pokemon IP alone. 


Why? Because a game like Shuffle has no staying power and no potential to become a smash hit. It's like that new Sonic mobile game. It's been downloaded like 100m times, but that doesn't matter because no ones talking about it, which means that no ones playing it. Shuffle was downloaded by 4m 3DS owners. Be surprised if even 2% have dropped a penny on it, and I'd be surprised if more than 10% touched it after there first week owning it.

So yeah, if that's all they're games will be, they're in trouble. They need something like words with friends. Something that becomes culturally relevant, and that is played for a long time. 



PixelPerfect on 29 June 2015

Considering the freemium model of the game, this was bound to happen at some point.



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Kotastic on 29 June 2015
spemanig said:
Kotastic said:

Why? If anything this is a perfect model. They'd be in deeper trouble if they made actual quality games for mobiles.

 

This is nothing but a pool of money for Nintendo. They have nothing to lose with this. If they can get by with the 3DS version (which is probably the worst place for that particular f2p model game there), they can definitely make a huge racket in the mobile department with the Pokemon IP alone. 


Why? Because a game like Shuffle has no staying power and no potential to become a smash hit. It's like that new Sonic mobile game. It's been downloaded like 100m times, but that doesn't matter because no ones talking about it, which means that no ones playing it. Shuffle was downloaded by 4m 3DS owners. Be surprised if even 2% have dropped a penny on it, and I'd be surprised if more than 10% touched it after there first week owning it.

So yeah, if that's all they're games will be, they're in trouble. They need something like words with friends. Something that becomes culturally relevant, and that is played for a long time. 

The 3DS crowd =/= Casual crowd. They are the people that want quality hardcore games, not casual games.

Most 3DS owners hate Shuffle, but I can guarantee most casual crowd will eat this up. The Sonic IP is nowhere near as powerful as the Pokemon IP, and Shuffle is taking on the model of Candy Crush (which is far too popular than it needs to be). I see no reason why Shuffle would fail. 

 

Whatever, it is theory and if it fails, shame.