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Nintendo Soars as Super Mario Mobile Game Comes to the iPhone

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Re: Nintendo Soars as Super Mario Mobile Game Comes to the iPhone

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Post by AaronRamsey »

tracymorgan8520 wrote: post #2

Pokemon Go is perfect for mobile gaming but 3D games are impossible to be playable in the long run on mobile platforms. But, Nintendo is still new in this area. They made a revolution with Pokemon go and I expect them to push forward.

Going to agree with you on that one. As a gamer, I find it hard to embrace mobile gaming but with Pokemon go things went in a different direction.

Re: Nintendo Soars as Super Mario Mobile Game Comes to the iPhone

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Post by dcw303 »

It's important to highlight that Nintendo have stayed true to one of their core principles: that the game should reflect the characteristics of the hardware it is played on. They've done this to great success before - think of Super Mario 64 pioneering 3d control with the analog stick, or the wiimote gestures used in Wii Sports.

They've correctly identified that mobile gaming is done with one hand, and even if this is not the first runner game on an iPhone, it's the right choice for a Mario game.

It would have been easy for them to whack up a virtual d-pad in a traditional 2d platform scroller, but I'm glad they've attempted something new.

Re: Nintendo Soars as Super Mario Mobile Game Comes to the iPhone

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Post by f_m_9 »

tracymorgan8520 wrote: post #2

Pokemon Go is perfect for mobile gaming but 3D games are impossible to be playable in the long run on mobile platforms. But, Nintendo is still new in this area. They made a revolution with Pokemon go and I expect them to push forward.

-Usual "The Pokemon Company and Nintendo are two completely independent entitys in this regard" comment goes here.

Re: Nintendo Soars as Super Mario Mobile Game Comes to the iPhone

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Post by Jaruzel »

AaronRamsey wrote: post #3
tracymorgan8520 wrote: post #2

Pokemon Go is perfect for mobile gaming but 3D games are impossible to be playable in the long run on mobile platforms. But, Nintendo is still new in this area. They made a revolution with Pokemon go and I expect them to push forward.

Going to agree with you on that one. As a gamer, I find it hard to embrace mobile gaming but with Pokemon go things went in a different direction.

Nintendo didn't develop Pokémon Go - they just licenced out the IP to Niantic.

http://pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/en/

Re: Nintendo Soars as Super Mario Mobile Game Comes to the iPhone

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Post by f_m_9 »

Jaruzel wrote: post #6
AaronRamsey wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Going to agree with you on that one. As a gamer, I find it hard to embrace mobile gaming but with Pokemon go things went in a different direction.

Nintendo didn't develop Pokémon Go - they just licenced out the IP to Niantic. http://pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/en/

The Pokemon Company licensed out to Niantic, Nintendo is just a big shareholder of that. Aka, Nintendo did not do anything there.

Re: Nintendo Soars as Super Mario Mobile Game Comes to the iPhone

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Post by gambiting »

tracymorgan8520 wrote: post #2

Pokemon Go is perfect for mobile gaming but 3D games are impossible to be playable in the long run on mobile platforms. But, Nintendo is still new in this area. They made a revolution with Pokemon go and I expect them to push forward.

" 3D games are impossible to be playable in the long run on mobile platforms"

So.....people putting hundreds of hours into 3DS and Vita games are what, wrong?

Re: Nintendo Soars as Super Mario Mobile Game Comes to the iPhone

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Post by gambiting »

dcw303 wrote: post #4

It's important to highlight that Nintendo have stayed true to one of their core principles: that the game should reflect the characteristics of the hardware it is played on. They've done this to great success before - think of Super Mario 64 pioneering 3d control with the analog stick, or the wiimote gestures used in Wii Sports. They've correctly identified that mobile gaming is done with one hand, and even if this i…

It literally looks like Rayman Run clone. Not that it's a bad thing, Rayman Run is excellent, but I don't think Nintendo is pioneering anything here.
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