Nintendo is reportedly switching up its game plan with more mature games

By Emma Boyle

Though in recent history Nintendo has appealed to our sense of childish fun with excellent first-party exclusives and innovative gameplay, one thing it hasn’t offered is gaming experiences geared towards older audiences.

This is something that could, however, be about to change if a recent report from The Wall Street Journal is accurate. According to the report, Nintendo is actively encouraging publishers of more mature titles to release games on the Nintendo Switch in order to shed the console’s limiting family-friendly associations.

In the report, several game developers have been quoted as saying that Nintendo has actively encouraged them to bring their adult-targeted titles to the Nintendo Switch.

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Inti Creates, the studio behind shooter Gal*Gun 2, is one of several studios that Nintendo has approached. Chief executive, Takuya Aizu, expressed his surprise that Nintendo approached them about releasing the game – a title which is, under no uncertain terms, very mature – on the Switch: “I thought it wouldn’t be possible to release such a game for the Switch, but surprisingly, Nintendo gave me positive feedback.”

One unnamed executive at a developer actually said that where Nintendo’s attitude towards mature titles was once “passive” that is “no longer the …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming