Nintendo Exploring The Idea Of Smartphone Peripherals And More Apps

Shinya Takahashi (Nintendo‘s general manager of entertainment planning and development), mentioned that the company is exploring the mobile industry in multiple ways, including potential peripherals. Takahashi said that “physical controllers for smart device applications are available in the market and it is possible that we may also develop something new by ourselves. I believe Nintendo’s way of thinking is to look at whether action games are really not impossible (without a physical controller for smart device applications) to create and how we can make it happen to create such a game”. Takahashi also said that Nintendo was also interested in straying from the norm in mobile gaming and is committed to exploring different types of apps like Miitomo. President Tatsumi Kimishima agreed, adding that Japanese smart phone game platform provider DeNA and Nintendo have plans to launch “various projects in the future.”