• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Hedge Fund Wants Nintendo to Make Mobile Games

Investors want companies they own stock in to nickle and dime customers so they make money? This is news to me!

Normally, I would suggest Nintendo listen only to itself, but that isn't a sure thing anymore (unless, it is saying "Make more portables!"). Perhaps Nintendo should branch into software for other platforms. Definitely not mobile, but other consoles would garner a lot of sales I'm sure.
 
smackababy said:
Investors want companies they own stock in to nickle and dime customers so they make money? This is news to me!

Normally, I would suggest Nintendo listen only to itself, but that isn't a sure thing anymore (unless, it is saying "Make more portables!"). Perhaps Nintendo should branch into software for other platforms. Definitely not mobile, but other consoles would garner a lot of sales I'm sure.
Click to expand...

so they can end up like sega
and sonic the diluted whore?
i think its the worst thing nin can do tbh
 
spaceman said:
so they can end up like sega
and sonic the diluted whore?
i think its the worst thing nin can do tbh
Click to expand...

I don't know if you've been paying attention, but Mario is far, far more diluted than Sonic. And Sega failed the transition of Sonic to 3d (which makes zero since considering Sonic Adventure was so good). Nintendo also isn't selling anything gamers want outside of the handheld market. Both the PS4 and Xbox One will eclipse the Wii-U very soon, and how long as that been out?
 
Not a bad idea for them, but instead of nickel and diming with the microtransaction, just charge higher for a full, legitimately good Nintendo game.

They cannot compete in the living room any more. They need like 4 killer apps to compete with MS and Sony.
 
slatr said:
They should bring the virtual console to PS4 and XB One.
Click to expand...

I think if they just worked to bring "official/legal emulation" (or perhaps more accurately, a way to obtain ROMs legally and kept the management of them behind the scenes) to android/ios/windows/consoles it would create an absolutely tremendous revenue stream for them. Even if the only games were Nintendo's classic titles from NES/SNES I think there'd still be a huge audience for it and any additional titles would just be gravy.

I don't think they should build mobile games, but I think bringing their library to mobile hardware/other platforms would go over very well.
 
The problem is that an official emulator would have to be made. The current ones are all "fan" builds and don't work with every ROM. They'd have to make one that is gauranteed to work with all the ROMs they release.

I do agree them doing that would be a great revenue stream though. Bringing an official emulator to PS4, X1, and PC is just free money for them.
 
They will never do that. Its not secure. Roms could be recovered from the phone filesystem and copied.

You and I know they are already easy to get anywhere, but this is Nintendo. They won't have emulators and roms on any system that isn't a 100% closed system.

Also a lot of the fond Nintendo memories aren't just Mario Zelda Metroid. Much of it was third party, eg Square, Capcom, Konami, Enix, etc. and you have IP squatting and rights and licensing bullshit preventing it from ever happening.

Also note that the 3rd parties that made Nintendo successful are no longer exclusive Nintendo Japanese third party developers and they are also individually in a similar sinking boat as Nintendo for much of the same reasons (too big, too much corporate, administration, and investor bloat chasing the magical AAA mainstream fairy dust etc)

Nintendo wasn't just Mario Zelda Pokemon Metroid Donkey Kong. It was also Megaman, Street Fighter, Rescue Rangers, Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, etc.

Capcom, Konami, etc and Nintendo need to stick together to survive and get back to their roots instead of trying to chase the AAA fairy. Stuff like Angry Birds and Call of Duty is a fluke, an irregularity, the exception,not the norm. Get over it. Megaman, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, etc never have and never ever will reach that level of mainstream casual penetration no matter how much they dumb it down. Get over it. The sooner they accept that, and cut loose the fat demanding it, the better.
 
Last edited:
Amazingly enough I think they are right - people would pay 99 cents to get a mario that would jump a little higher in a game.
 
smackababy said:
I don't know if you've been paying attention, but Mario is far, far more diluted than Sonic. And Sega failed the transition of Sonic to 3d (which makes zero since considering Sonic Adventure was so good). Nintendo also isn't selling anything gamers want outside of the handheld market. Both the PS4 and Xbox One will eclipse the Wii-U very soon, and how long as that been out?
Click to expand...

I don't know, I think the 3DS proves that gamers DO want the Nintendo IPs (and loads of Japanese IPs that show up on there as well, look at all the 1M+, 5M+, 10M+ games on 3DS).

They just don't want an expensive home console with a tablet, and a limited collection of $60 games.

If the WiiU had launched at $199 with SM3DW, no tablet, slightly beefier hardware (or not), it would be doing at least twice as good right now. The tablet thing, high price, and long initial game drought was brutal.

Nintendo is damned smart though, their total profits are vastly higher than Sony/MS. The WiiU weirdly may be profitable before everything is settled this gen. All it needs is to keep building the major IPs. Zelda will be huge, so will Smash and Kart. Doing DK first was kind of derp. SM3DW is a big deal though, if they do a bundle this fall for sub-$200, it's going to start gathering steam as a 2nd-choice console. If they're able to hit $149ish on a bundle it would go bananas. But that stupid tablet thing is probably holding that back quite a bit. The big battery, screen, and wireless radio really add up in cost for not much gain. And for all the use it's had in the real world, it would have been better off being a sold-separately peripheral.

The thing is, someone who already has an XB1 doesn't have a reason to consider a PS4. And vice versa. But someone who has either has plenty of reason to consider a WiiU if the price is right and there's a couple dozen awesome games for it (provided that they like those kinds of games. Not everyone does, but enough people do to make it worthwhile by far).

Mario Kart 8
Zelda New IP
Bayonetta 2
Super Mario WiiU
Super Luigi U
Super Mario 3d World
Pikmin 3
DK Trop Freeze
Child of Light
Hyrule Warriors
Fire Emblem
Super Smash Wii U
Yoshi
Pokemon
Monster Hunter
Metroid (rumored)

Combine that with some more IPs crossing over from 3DS (Bravely Default, Etrian Oddysey, etc) and it should be a solid also-ran.

TLDR : Just read the bolded + decent games + cheaper price.
 
WiiNES. Lulz.

Should have called Wii U the Wii 2, then it could be the Wii Ni in Japan (pronounce weenie).

I actually enjoy my Wii U. Have 10 games for it that I can't get anywhere else.

Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Metroid, Zelda, Bayonetta 2, Fire Emblem, and most of all Xeno will all be additional day 0 buys for me.

I fear for my sleep schedule when Xeno launches...

Xenoblade ate my entire 3 week vacation that I had planned to use to catch up on about a dozen other games as well.
 
Last edited:
poofyhairguy said:
Um, Nintendo won the last gen and sold more Wiis than SNESes and NESes combined.
Click to expand...

Which than sat around and collected dust. Haven't heard anyone claim Nintendo won the last generation console race, usually Microsoft gets credit for that due to the revenue they made off XBL.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top