Nintendo wii demo games will not be flooding Android and iOS smartphones as suggested by a flurry of incoming reports.
This week there were several reports of nintendo wii demo games entering the mobile device sector, encouraging fans to wait for an announcement.
Instead of classics like Pokemon and Marios Brothers that have won the hearts of so many video gamers, Nintendo is likely to release 'mini games' according to emerging reports. This translates to the more expensive full titles being restricted to their consoles and handheld devices.
Slash Gear reported an update Monday: "Nintendo has denied this suggestion outright."
News of the adverts came right from Japan's newspaper, Nikkei Asian Review's Serkan Toto, a Japanese Mobile and Social Games analyst. At 2am local time on Tuesday, Nintendo reported that it would go ahead with its mobile device platform as early as Thursday:
"To be more concrete, The Nikkei writes that Nintendo wants to use smartphones to expand its potential user base by spreading information about new game releases, i.e. by using video to introduce future titles. (This will probably happen through some kind of official Nintendo app.)
In addition, Nintendo is said to be planning to put so-called "mini games" on smartphones, playable demos of console games - content that can only be purchased in full on Nintendo hardware. The reasoning here is to give smartphone-only players a taste of the experience without making the actual game available on non-Nintendo devices and convert these users into Nintendo customers." - Toto was quoted as saying by slashgear.com
Analysts are saying that Nintendo has come to a realization that it has to turn to mobile devices after its WiiWear strategy failed. In 2013, sales of Nintendo's games were higher by 45% since the hardware consoles sold in large numbers.
According to Engadget, "Nintendo CEO Saoru Iwata has said before that the company does want to use mobile devices to better advertise its software (and hardware), but wasn't planning on offering any versions of its games via mobile gadgets."
"Nikkei's article contains information previously stated by Mr. Iwata during past press conferences, including statements which relate to Nintendo's willingness to make use of smart devices to promote our products," said Nintendo's statement to Engadget.
With so many sales revisions following the Wii U drop in sales, Nintendo is going to have to come up with a new business structure and this leaves no room for free 'minigames' on your smartphone.
