ScreenGurus Shaun explores what Apple and Nintendos working relationship means for gamers - and Nintendo's future.
Princess Peach. Beloved royalty of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the constant damsel in distress that sets the tone for most Super Mario games. However, there is a darkness in this one, and she is not all smiles, pink hearts, and expensive parasols. No, no. She is not quite what she seems.
Many immediately found the negativity of Nintendo's approach to mobile gaming, but The Never Yak thinks that the move is actually a positive one for both Nintendo and gaming in general.
I really liked Mario Run's model. Pay once, unlock everything.
Unfortunately, people prefer to be whales, so Nintendo saw real money lies in microtransactions and gacha mechanics. So now I feel less and less excited for each new mobile game they announce.
Nintendo was too protective of the Mario brand to top mobile revenue charts with Super Mario Run, so it's trying to change that with Dr. Mario World and Mario Kart Tour. But is it working?
It'll turn profit that can, in turn, be fed back into NX projects, so yes.
If Pokemon Go is any indication yes. The 3DS had a nice come back in July due mostly to Pokemon Go which also boosted sales of older Pokemon games. Nintendo stands to make more money off of this deal as they are making the game this time.
Any small game like this is marketing. Back in the day Nintendo had cartoons with their characters and that was marketing. There are probably a billion iphone owners and if they can sale the game at about 3-5 bucks and get 25 to 50% of Pokemon go players to buy the game then they are doing awesome. Think about this they made good money from pokemon go and they got a small percentage they are due to make a killing with a Mario game developed by them.