I must admit I'm a little worried by the news. The mobile games market is over saturated as it is and any good idea Nintendo comes up within that gaming space will be ripped off almost immediately.
I'm old enough to remember the gaming scene of the early eighties and to me the mobile games market shows a disturbing similarity to that period of gaming history. Over saturated, sameness, blatant rip off after blatant rip off and massive amounts of rushed, sloppily made cash ins.
I just hope Nintendo have a clever strategy up their sleeves that will lead to more people buying there main consoles as well as playing these games. Also hope they don't cheapen their franchises names with "lite" versions or faces slapped on irrelevant apps.
Despite my fears I do believe they have franchises that would work beautifully on mobile devices, like Animal Crossing for example. It's a game that's made to be mobile, have as many people playing and interacting with each other as possible and perfect for short play sessions. Tamadachi Life, Pokémon Snap and the recent Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker also come to mind as perfect candidates for mobile gaming.
I believe Nintendo could make this work, but i worry.
( Edited 18.03.2015 20:25 by Trepe )