How Would You Like Nintendo To Go Mobile?

There’s been a bit of discussion floating around recently proposing that Nintendo should give up on their professionally-diagnosed disorder which I have appropriately dubbed anal-retentive-series-exclusivity (ARSE). What that means is, people think Nintendo should share the love of their game franchises – Mario, Metroid and Zelda – with other gaming platforms, particularly within the mobile market. The way some folks see it, Nintendo’s ship is sinking, they’re not going to be in the hardware market for much longer, and they need to cling onto any success strategy they can in order to make the big bucks, lest they go down in flames.

What to do? What to do?! Oh! Somebody think of the children! To be sure, it’s a pickle of a dilemma and a big question to pose to the Nintendo heads of office – any decision will easily change the direction of the Nintendo company forever.

Undoubtedly, uploading Super Mario Bros. to the iPhone App Store is a translation process that’s as cheap-as-chips in the overall scheme of things, and selling it for ninety-nine cents will rake in all kinds of dough. Who wouldn’t pay a single dollar to have one of the greatest games of all time on their phone? Ain’t no question! Obviously there’s the irreversible tragedy of losing all the Nintendo love from your favourite games, but if it means you get to play new and classic games on your mobile (without buttons! yes!), would it be worth it? Nintendo have a lot of pride when it comes to their creations, and, generally speaking, it’s fairly unlikely that Nintendo will take this route any time soon… unless, God forbid, they go bankrupt. I’ll put the question to you – the consumers. Should Nintendo go cross-platform? If they did, would you support them by buying their classics again? Simply, would you buy Nintendo games if they were available on your phone?

I personally wouldn’t like to see Nintendo lose their hardware-manufacturing status in the industry, and to be honest, it will be a sad day when that happens. But I’m not against Nintendo trying new things if they think it’s appropriate for the company.