Jason Stettner of Gamerheadquarters writes: "I immediately downloaded Miitomo purely based on the fact that Nintendo was actually releasing software on a non-Nintendo device and this is supposed to be a big deal since it's their mobile app."
Nintendo announced that it's 'retreating' from the mobile games market.
They’re being dumb about it, that’s why. They really just need to dump the top ten best sellers on the GBA, upscale the resolution (or not, honestly) and they’d make a lot of money without really having to spend a whole lot themselves.
I’m sure it wouldn’t be impossible to rework some DS games to work as well. Rework Pokemon SS/HG for phones, sell it for 5-10 bucks and call it a day.
5-10 bucks?? are you INSANE?? Nintendo will sell it at the very least, for 40 bucks.
knowing Nintendo.
So why did they sell Super Mario Run for $10 on mobile? Or the Pokemon Crystal, Gold, and Silver which cost $10 individually on the 3DS?
Aren't they releasing a Pokemon MOBA in just a bit. Does this mean Nintendo is not making the games, but allowing 3rd parties to use their IP's to make mobile games
Pokemon is a separate company, only partly owned by Nintendo.
And are you referring to Pokemon Quest? That's already out, I've tried it and it's even more lame than Pokemon Go, though I expect it will be a hit with the 6 year olds as it requires no skill at all, even less than Pokemon Go, and that's a pretty low bar.
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Thank you, Pokemon Unite is what I was talking about they just had a Nintendo Direct about it, and it is coming to Switch and Mobile.
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Nintendo is a hardware company thru & thru. The hardware game machines are their bread & butter, unlike Sony & MS. Going mobile means losing their control on hardware profit.
Mobile competition is stiff, they cant rely on their rip off tactics and profit on a platform they dont own. Stick to selling outdated hardware for premium.
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There's not much to do? It's a social media app...do you say the samething about Facebook or Twitter, I highly doubt it. Honestly, even though it's the internet and I will never know a large portion of the people I have on my friend-list already unlike Facebook or Twitter I actually feel like I am getting to know them with all the questions the app asks. Also the Miifoto app is absolutely amazing. Does it have issues, sure, but it's fun and once the initial hype dies down I'm sure it will slow down until future updates come out. But for Nintendo's first venture onto phones, they almost nailed it on the first try.
Yeah it's a great little app sure not to everyone's taste but does the job and at least it works, also any app that I can use to earn me points or more importantly free games (as they currently don't have an physical rewards) but still in the space of a couple of days I can now download a DS game on 3DS... Bargain. Not bad for a few taps.
Miitomo cannot even be used by its target audience. My daughter who is 7 wanted to try it out, but we cannot link to her Nintendo account due to age restrictions. The same will go for my 12 year old son. This is really poorly thought out as younger children would be the most likely to use this app.
It has potential more than anything. It is bare bones but I think it will get better...well, knowing Nintendo they'll drop it like VC.
I just hope that My Nintendo updates at least monthly with different Coin redemptions, and new ways to obtain Coins.