Nintendo reported their third straight loss to investors, and it seems as though they may be willing to seek new ways to make profit.
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s president, said he would continue to run the company and added, “We are thinking about a new business structure. Given the expansion of smart devices, we are naturally studying how smart devices can be used to grow the game-player business. It’s not as simple as enabling Mario to move on a smartphone.”
As iOS and Android devices have gained market traction and improved hardware, they’ve been seen as direct competitors to Nintendo’s handheld consoles. Mobile gaming applications often cost only a couple of dollars, much less than traditional handheld games.
The Pokémon Company has released some apps for mobile devices, including their 3D Pokédex and a Japan-exclusive simple rhythm game which tied into the trading card game, but they have never released other games.
We’ll have to watch Nintendo’s strategies closely. Would you like to see Mario, Zelda or Pokémon on your phone or tablet?
<3 PJ
Source: CVG
FEATURED THREAD: My assorted ideas for Gen 7 by Yellow Devil
i want a black wii u but my mom said no i have one already but i will get a black one one day
An OCD story: I restarted all of my 100% completed Zelda games (5 or 6 maybe) because the player character was named Kevin instead of Link.
i named my Link “Matt” because its just what i do when i get to name my character and give it life
0-0 dat dedication tho
ShinyXatu at your comment: http://imgfave.com/view/4361016
YES XD
oh hai rob zombie 😀
But now I 100% completed A Link Between Worlds and Wind Waker HD with the name Link, and Ocarina of Time 3D one day (once I sit my butt down and do it)
Whats your favorite SINNOH battle frontier mines the battle castle so peaceful and luxurious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZU66ZYg8g
battle factory
Battle Arcade Baby!
love that one too 😀
I just realized, what if the battle maison is a part of the kalos frontier and the rest will be introduced in the sequels like emerald and platinum
MIND BLOWN!!!!!!!!!
And where would they be located, do you think?
Around kiloude, in “sectors”
the HUGE open map area surrounding it
If that’s true, then Battle Frontier confirmed.
😀
idk but in platinum they exteneded the battle area
Ship 2 Down!
assassin creed black flag?
yep 😀
batttleship?
Go Fish! 😀
imagine playing go fish with yugioh or pokemon cards lol
“Do you have a 2005 Wailord with 180 HP?”
“Nope, go fish”
first edition?
I don’t even know if that was a real card haha
exactly THE GAME NEVER ENDS
not if you have exodia lol
da facks dat?
well when i was a kid, there is a instawin way in yugioh. Get all 5 crds of exodia and you AUTOMATICALLY win
Exodia’s cheap.
“Do you have a Dark Magician Girl?”
*sigh* “Who doesn’t?”
Apples to Apples?!
sherades
Scrabble
Stratego
PIctionary
cards against humanity
Uno
Dos
Moltres.
Green Day album
meh…
yep, i dont listen to green day, my friend is a HUGE fanatic
not my cup of tea too punky
Well, it’s really too poppy to be punky XD
poppy punk whatever not metal enough
Lol… Metal is such a broad kind of music… Why only have black metal in the name? ;D
But yeah, Green Day is Pop-Punk at it’s best, but I like this kind of music on REALLY rare occasions ^^ Everyone to it’s own I guess
cuz i thought a stunfisk with corpse paint to be a hilarious concept
yay opinions! 😀
The taste of music is always so much opinion ;D I think you don’t even know my fav kind of music xD (It’s no metal xP)
its all subjective
Pi!
Ping Pong!
does anyone want to have a pikachu battle?
My favortie digimon is blue eyes white dragon, he is caught in a pokeball by trainer Guku
You sir. You sir have won the internet!
We need another legendary bird…Aquatro.
or a leader
isnt the leader lugia
oh ya
Not water/flying. Why? YOLO.
I remember hearing a rumor that there would be a Water/Flying Phoenix in XY. Honestly, I was disappointed that that was false.
Imagine a Pokemon going from Water/Flying to Fire/Flying in a later evolution. That would be awesome.
Reminds me of another false rumor XY Pokémon. A pokémon that could change formes using its signature move. It could go from Bug/Flying to Steel/Flying and vice-versa.
metacinco
Nah, I wouldn’t like it on my phone :/
I GOT A WEEDLE NAMED LIL B IN WT! MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
on wonder trade, i received a snorelax named YOUR MOOMA yes not momma lol
Oops my bad. LOL JK!
Big Mooma should be a name for Whitneys Milktank
It should be named Satan
But thats my bidoof names
Am I the only one around here you didn’t have a difficult time against her Milktank?
i didnt either really . it was jsut annoying with mik drink
hax up the wazoo (jk)
6iv milktank HAX
Cynthia’s Milktank if she had one.
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For the iphone thing……Didnt gamefreak just trademark Poketouch 0____0
I mention that earlier in the comments
ah sorry, came back and the new article had 200 comments and didnt look
wanna see when My friend(left) and Me(right) when we both like a girl
ummmm….. O.o
it actually happened to me
wait did you post a pic already?
yea refresh
REFRESH!
XD
yep true story
Did anybody else have a harder time or morty than whitney
in all honesty both were brutal
I hated altaria form hoenn -___-
All Plus grant
togepi sweeped morty team with extrasensory
Anyone here really Like Togekiss. IMO its AMAZING especially now as fairy
I liked it better when it was Normal
Yes. I do too!Too bad it can’t learn Moonblast.
it cant?! reallyO_o at least it has dazzling gleam
That and Fairy Wind. That’s it.
I use it all the time. My favorite fairy type and one of my all tim favorites
It was always a pain in my ass
Para- flinch 🙂
the wii u is going to end like the gamecube suck at first then become awesome
watch it become a hipster holy grail
Everyone’s talking about how difficult Wittney was, and I’m just sitting here wondering if Cynthia will come back in the games/anime.
idk why gamefreak decided to put her in the b/w saga
Because she was in BW/B2W2.
to destroy your hopes?
She better. BEST CHARACTER EVER.
now with MEGA garchomp
I…ummm…miss her.
i miss Walace he is TOO fabulous to be left behind
“Have you been keeping well? Thank you for Mt. Coronet. And the Distortion World. I’m truly grateful. Together, you and your Pokémon overcame all the challenges you faced, however difficult. It means that you’ve triumphed over any personal weaknesses, too. The power you learned… I can feel it emanating from you. But that’s enough talk. Let’s get on with why you’re here. As the Pokémon League Champion, I accept your challenge!”
Best speech of any champion by far
And best music! 😀
Best intro too and let not forget she has THE BEST TEAM BY FAR
*rushes to Youtube to listen to her music*
Cynthia needs to come in XY as an event atleast that wey her record of appearing in every game doesnt stop
That must happen!
Oh please not her again >_> That stalker bugs me since GenIV. Let Go Already!
I kinda like that about her.
Until you wake up and she got a knife in front of you xD
As a Mawile, I’m not scared. As a human, I’M TERRIFIED!
Stalkers can’t hurt Mawile, unless they are fire typed ^^
Good thing she doesn’t specialize in any types. I guess that makes her a Normal type. Phew!
I guess that makes you the lucky one! (Cookies for everyone who gets it!)
Yay cookies!
What if the grey tear thing on cynthia is the Mega charm for her garchomp O___O
OOO SHEEEET SON
DAMN THAT’S SOME MIGHTY FINE SPECULATION YOU’VE GOT!!!
I diantha has a mega charm so why cant Cynthia
Makes sense to me.
and lucario
Korrina’s got dibs on it though.
so….
She won’t use Mega Lucario. Besides, Garchomp is her star pokémon anyway.
but isnt garchomp her “main “pokemon
does it matter
Not really, its in gamefreaks hands
OP, the first trainer with two megas! As if she isn’t overrated enough already.
YES YES YES YES
There was a rumor a while back that said Chandalure and Druddigon were getting mega evolutions and I thought it was likely because then every E4 member would have a pokemon capable of mega evolution.
What do you guys think about the Wii U situation? I’m predicting a very profitable year in 2014, with many great games, such as Smash Bros. and many more, along with the Zelda U announcement this June.
Im dont see profit but i do see losses being made up and a leveling of the playing field
If the playing field was to be leveled, there would certainly be profit to be had.
by that I mean a fresh new start
i see profit. everybody wants in on super smash bros. all they need is super mario galaxy u
those games may help compensate for the losses
super mario galaxy u needs to happen.
it WILL
its the gamecube of 2014
It’s only been one year. Let’s give it a chance for the six to eight years it will be alive.
the gamecube was the bomb.
system of my childhood
:.D dat kirby air ride, and pokemon colluseum and xd
The rushed start was a big mistakte of Nintendo, but I really think this year will be a profitable year with all the games announced. The start of the 3DS was hard too, but now look at it. Wii U has a chance, when Nintendo doesn’t act foolish and the third parties are convinced. Hope!
Think about if red comes back 3 megas
and exclusive mega pikachu
But..but only fully evolved pokémon can Megaevolve!
That’s what they want you to believe….
HACKS IN 2 MEGA RINGS
Now you can use Mega Mewtwo X and Y..in the same party!!!
I got another speculation, did you notice every champion since gen1 has a possible pokemon with Mega evolution
except alder i believe
wallace too
Wallace had Gyarados
Wallace has a gyrados
I don’t count Alder as a champion because he’s optional.
What were Iris’ and Alders’s? I’m a little exhausted and can’t really think
Iris has garchomp
No she didn’t 😛
aagron
there we go
really ? lol Gen 5 was always the wierd region
Iris had an Aggron, I believe.
yep i just checked 😀
Red- any of the starters
Blue- Starters too?
Lance- Aerodactyl
Steven- Aggron
Wallace- Gyrados
Cynthia- Chomp/Lucario
Iris- Aggron
alder- none he sucks bye
Diantha- Gardevoir(change it)
perfect
Blue-Tyranitar
not on his champion team only on gymleader team
no, he had a tyrantiar in post game champion team firered leaf green
Ok i finally got 4 boxes of eggs. Shiny i hope your in there XD
May the shinieness be with you.
thanks 🙂
You’re welcome!
Wallence is my least favorite champion. Whats Yours?
Lance
Steven XD
0__0 Steven rocks(pun not intended) imo
Steven STONES
but he gave me a free hoenn starter
And a free Dawnstone w/ the Beldum he traded to me.
Wallace is TOO fabulous. Only Tucker can be queen of fabulous
I just finished the hoenn anime XD
ALDER
I still don’t count Alder.
thats the reason why he is my least favorite, he has no character really. Even benga is better than alder
LOL, I forgot Benga existed!
Wait! O______O
Benga uses Latias/Latios. Was this a foreshadowing of their Megas?!?!
0__o TROLLFREAK STRIKES AGAIN
Lance
i think giving super smash bros to the 3ds AND wii u was a terrible idea. people ont feel the need to gt a wii u because they already have a 3ds
I think they started developing it before the Wii U was announced.
when did they start developing th wii u?
I would say 2008-2009 in its early stages.
Does anyone remember Juan from Emerald?
yus
better than wallace IMO
it should have been
water gym- jaun
champ- steven.
I wanted to kill his kingdra
yep
i say wally should have a bigger role in R/S remakes
I mean give him mega gardevoir and BOOM main character
Yes, because the definition of main character is “USE A FREAKING MEGA!!!”
no i mean, having a mega gives SOME importance, like youngster joey cant mega evolve. This seperates him from the loser trainer class
I guess I see your point.
Go, Mega Rattata!
Screw Mega Raticate, Mega Rattata is way better!
its gonna have fur shorts
O_O I’ve been thinking you were heavy this whole time
😀 like my shiny
Yes 😛
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