That's what I was wondering too... hmmm.. might be too early though. Maybe September...
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Nintendo/DeNA "currently making announcement plans" for their first mobile game
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That's what I was wondering too... hmmm.. might be too early though. Maybe September...
YES please.
It was the best free to play game I'd played, anyway, until it got stupid. Stamina costs got too high. Too much reliance on random drops and gacha stuff. Bosses that you needed to use a guide for to avoid wasting half a day's worth of stamina on because you couldn't possibly be prepared without setting the exact right party members, equipment, and abilities. No room for versatility. These problems got a lot more pronounced as the game went on.
This is why I'm kind of nervous about this Nintendo/DeNA partnership.
It's definitely not Pokémon. Pokémon apps are done separately from Nintendo (The Pokémon Company) and have been a thing since 2011.
Fun fact, until the DeNA announcement, whenever a Pokémon app was announced/released, there was always articles about Nintendo's first smartphone game and if Nintendo was going smartphone.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Nothing on phones will be the greatest anything ever.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Hmmm.... I think it'll be featuring Mario & Co.
10/10 would use during sex
What if they show their confidence by bringing an entirely new IP to the mobile fold.
It'd still get the mainstream exposure as Nintendo's first title.
Fox Mulder
Member
I'd play a Mario endless runner with microtransactions.
Pretty much been this since the initial DeNA partnership announcement.
This could go really well or really badly, and either of those scenarios could have positive or negative impacts on core Nintendo games in the long term. It will be good to see the first game and actually have something to base some conjecture on.
thisisvlad
Member
Although, if they stream one this week they can make the call that it's "less than a month till the release of Super Mario Maker" to start the marketing campaign hype.
Thank god for that .1% because it's much larger than that. It's really unlikely to happen.
James Scott
Banned
Seems unlikely to me. Nintendo wants their IPs to get exposure to a large audience, making a new IP seems counter productive in that way. I'm sure DeNA and investors would likely not be too pleased either. At least not for their first title
While I dont' think it'll be 99% sure to happen, being shown off on Apple's press conference would be huge for both parties.
This is about as likely to happen as Apple announcing their new iPhone in the next Nintendo Direct.
SlavetodaBOX
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I agree, it would be the perfect game for mobile. It just scares me to think of the payola part of these deals....
Apple gives them the much needed exposure that they need for something like this right now.
Holy shiit if that happens... An instant hit for sure. Or it could be the opposite like when U2 announced their new album there and it got worse when they announced their album will download for free and automatically on every single iOS user on earth while everyone got pissed for that hah.
Starwolf_UK
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Europe has saved us from that happening:
http://bitparade.co.uk/article.php?id=3682
That article is primarily about the Mii plaza sales bunny but in investigating why the author hit the nail on the head and figured out Rusty is a no-go.
It has a fair share of issues which are fundamental to the platform. Especially the gacha system. The 3* rares have a lot of same relm same weapon type (for example there are five 3* FFXII staffs) in order to make those hard to combine and also to make you want those 5*s a lot more and you know how you get more 5*? By spending an outrageous $30 on an 11-pull (then you'll get 11 3* items or something).
There is one shining hope though. Nintendo is not planning on going whale hunting if their last Q&A was anything to go by.
James Scott
Banned
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball was amazing, shame that Europe misses out.
Azure Dream
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First Nintendo mobile game...
Speculation Time!
"My Assistant Shizue"
Linkstrikesback
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I wonder if Animal Crossing : Happy home designer might be getting a mobile version.
It has to be mario, Animal crossing or some generic Nintendo crossover app.
It has to be mario, Animal crossing or some generic Nintendo crossover app.
James Scott
Banned
Likely not, Scott Motiff just stated that they don't plan on porting their console games to mobile recently. I imagine it's Mario related, but probably not a platformer
Father_Brain
Banned
One unanswered question: while they're obviously not porting anything from dedicated devices to mobile, would they produce something that could, at a glance, be mistaken for such a port? (i.e. a side-scrolling Mario endless runner using NSMBU assets.) How much of a priority is superficial differentiation?
I'd say there's a high priority. They want the mobile games, while standing on their own, to act as a stepping stone into the dedicated devices
dampflokfreund
Banned
Urgh, they should rather announce some exciting new games for their consoles. Wii U and 3DS are dying :/
But still, I'm pretty excited to see a Nintendo mobile game. Please be good...
But still, I'm pretty excited to see a Nintendo mobile game. Please be good...
This a vague bell. Is that a puzzle game?
Or they do both, which they are doing.
Original is a SNES game, made by Game Freak, controlled by the SNES mouse to make a path for Mario after he got a bucket stuck on his head
First video from Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tTuQvkKui4
papercan55
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amiibo tracking game that let's you know where they are in stock and how far away that location is.
Once two players or more have placed bids and are ready to start the game, the race is on.
James Scott
Banned
No. There have been pokemon apps on mobile before.
It's a joke
dampflokfreund
Banned
Both? Look at E3, they have nothing in store for Wii U, and furthermore they announced absolutely nothing at Gamescom. I guess its the right time for some mobile games when they have absolutely nothing in store for their consoles.
Yeah, full list on my site. Mostly it's small titles, but some substantial stuff is there.
You'll see.
Besides, Nintendo very rarely reveals stuff at Gamescom anyway. Yes, E3 was disappointing in terms of big hitters, but let's not pretend they have nothing.
maquiladora
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It's going to be Mario. It has to be.
Your more likely to see Pokemon Shuffle and Pokemon Rumble World style Micro-transactions. Which are generally not needed to enjoy the games, but make it either easier or dramatically reduce downtime. They also both offer in game ways to earn micro-transaction currency. In Rumble Worlds case, after you buy roughly the cost of a full game in currency, it unlocks a feature that gives you significant free currency every day.
I could totally see it being one of the Splatoon games.
But my money overall is that Nintendo's just going to do something easy, like a puzzle game (I mean, there's technically Pokemon Shuffle, but I think that's separate from this DeNA deal). My money's on a Candy Crush-esque Dr. Mario, or on a brand new puzzle game based on Animal Crossing.
Mario's a good way to make a big splash quick, but Animal Crossing seems to be Nintendo's new "Experimental Series." Plus, it's one of the Top 5 franchises for them right now, the brand fits mobile gaming, and unlike Mario, they're less afraid of tarnishing that brand.
Nintendo has outright said that they won't do that, so don't worry.
James Scott
Banned
There's a lot for Wii U and 3DS this year. They didn't say they would announce anything at Gamescom either. They have their Nintendo directs to announce stuff for next year.
They are also not going overboard with mobile development. Only about 5 within 2 or so years IIRC
They've seemingly been experimenting on 3DS for awhile now. Don't think it'll be that bad
hydragonwarrior
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Metroid Federation!
Hehe.
Hehe.
Are you high?
In the next four months Wii U is getting Xenoblade, Star Fox, Mario Maker,Yoshi, Animal Crossing, Devil's Third, Fatal Frame, Just Dance, Guitar Hero, and the Next Lego, Disney and Skylanders games.
Twelve Games across Eight Genres in Four Months is not nothing.