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Nintendo will use smartphones to promote games

Postby S4Blade » Tue Jan 28, '14, 5:24 pm

Sources: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/27/ ... le-devices

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/27/repor ... to-promot/

From the article "A report from Japanese news organization Nikkei suggests that Nintendo will soon use smart phones as an interactive promotional tool for its games. The report claims that Nintendo will release game trailers and "free mini-games" to entice players on phones to seek out software on Nintendo hardware. Kotaku notes the specific wording of the Japanese article, clarifying that Nikkei does not use the Japanese word for demo, further suggesting an advergaming tilt to the move."

So it looks like Nintendo is using Smartphones to push their games, not port them. I can deal with that. However, I don't think it's a long term solution.
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Re: Nintendo will use smartphones to promote games

Postby myau56 » Tue Jan 28, '14, 9:11 pm

ARGH ! but... ah only advertisement and not games ported ? Cool ! I can deal with that too :) Sure, it's not a long term solution but if they can find a benefit in doing that, why not ?
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