Whether you're a fan or not, developing mobile video games is a big deal. Nintendo has obviously been developing games on smartphones for some time now, and as revealed in its latest fiscal year report last week, its mobile income for this period reached 51.2 billion yen (one 11.5% year-over-year increase).
In a follow-up conference call that has now been translated, Nintendo chairman Shuntaro Furukawa explained how the company is currently focusing on the operation of the six existing applications and "continues to develop" new applications, but is not. is not yet at a stage where it can announce any new information. Surprise Surprise!
As for the future, Furukawa says the company will not necessarily continue to release as many new applications for the mobile market. Here are his exact words, courtesy of Nintendo's Q&A summary:
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Considering how we will position our mobile business in the future, we do not necessarily seek to continue to release many new applications for the mobile market as much as we envision the continuation of our mobile business as a means of Actively use Nintendo IP (game characters, worlds, etc.) in order to maximize the entirety of Nintendo's activities. For us, the direct goal of publishing mobile apps is to bring games that use Nintendo IP to the large installed base of smart devices worldwide, bringing more consumers in touch with the world of Nintendo games and also providing ongoing services to individual Nintendo IP fans. on mobile platforms.
Furukawa cited Super Mario Run, Mario Kart visit and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as examples of games that had reached a very large number of consumers, allowing more people to get in touch with the world of Nintendo.
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