Nintendo talks plans for 2016: Smartphones, NX and roller coasters

By Hugh Langley

Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has revealed the company’s strategy for the year, and as we expected, it’s going to be huge.

Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO & Founder of Tokyo-based Kantan Games Inc, has translated a transcript from recently appointed Nintendo president, in which we’re told to expect apps featuring Nintendo’s famous characters this year.

Kimishima reiterated the launch of the first smartphone app, previously revealed to be a social game called Miitomo, for March. However, Miitomo uses Nintendo’s Mii avatars, and we’re yet to see how characters like Mario will be carried over to smartphone.

Nintendo previously announced that 2016 would also be the year it would release details on its new system, currently codenamed the NX, while pushing forward with its mobile strategy. Kimishima repeated that again in the interview, but didn’t let slip any more information.

Out with the old

What’s particularly interesting, according to Toto’s translation, is the emphasis Kimishima is putting on new business ideas. Kimishima wants to “surprise fans with new ideas – not build on old ones”. That chimes with promises of the NX being an entirely new experience and not merely the next Wii U.

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming