Rumor] Nintendo and Disney are negotiation a big deal, including a videogame with Mario and Mickey.
The mobile Nintendo games are getting an Amazon Store App release according to our source.
In November of 2014, before the first release of Amibo, we at Revogamers told you about the negotiations that Nintendo had going with third parties to externalize its figures, inside and outside their software and hardware. A little bit after this Pac-Man, Sonic and Mega Man got announced. And this E3 the Skylandres Superchargers compatibility was announced.
¿So what was wrong about our information? The other half of the deal, its use on Disney Infinity. Our source, ricardo2001, explains to us what happened and its happening alongside new information of what is happening at Nintendo.
The search for a big deal with Disney; Movies, videogames and more
The negotiations between Nintendo and Disney are still coming along with intensity (as in heated discussions). The first issue was that Disney wanted Mario to appear on its game, and Nintendo has not accepted yet (Skylanders got Bowser and Donkey Kong), and that is why there is no amiibo in Disney Infinity 3.0. Nevertheless, the negotiations continue.
According to our source, Disney has a throbbing desire for Mario since years ago and has offered Nintendo the possibility to use their big icon in multimedia products (Movies, interactive products...) but its owner resisted. Until 2014 when Satoru Iwata announced a change in policy and opened the licenses to other companies.
This is why the negotiation is more intense and higher in scope. The deal between Disney and Nintendo could be huge and would include all kinds of collaborations, like movies, videogames, merchandise, etc. And as an example they give us the possibility of a future Wreck-it Ralph 2 with Mario or that hey could do an spin-off with the plumber in a bigger, protagonist-like role.
Meanwhile, the videogames and as a more astonishing part of the deal, there would be a title leaded by both Super Mario and Mickey Mouse. The crown jewel that is the reason why Disney is dealing pressure. But Nintendo could be pondering delaying this deal to make it an announcement to the public when the time is right for them, because they know this could have a huge media news, even in the General Press.
This is the current stage in the negotiation. The deal is not closed and it depends on legal themes and how they would divide the benefits before or after is signed. Or perhaps it could never be produced.
Nintendo, Amazon, and the mobile (market)
Another big company that Nintendo is working with is Amazon, the giant of the Online Commerce. When Iwata announced his incorporation into the mobile market, at Amazon they really wanted to tell them that they wanted their game in their App Store. nintendo liked the idea and it seems that, along with the Google and Apple stores, the (Nintendo) mobile games would also be in the Amazon Store, if not at release date, not a lot later.
The curious thing about this, according to our informant, is that Nintendo had an interest for the Amazon exclusive games and they even asked what they had to do so those games (specially the ones that had traditional controls) could be run on a Nintendo console. After talking with a few technicians, the idea that Amazon had was that Nintendo has some type of Android emulation in mind. Not a native android system, but an emulated one. Its something they couldn´t confirm, but its an interpretation of this conversations.
By the way, another thing that affects the american giant is that he is been damaged by a strong restructure of the online services that Nintendo is doing. Its retiring services from some areas while increasing many others, at the same time they are taking Amazon data and delivering it to DeNA, its new partner.
Once again, none of this information is confirmed by Nintendo or any other official source, so its going to stay in rumors.
