NINTENDO NX + GAMES AND IP TO MOBILE

I guess one day I'll need to replace my lost mobile (I haven't had one for almost two years now) if only to play some games. Foo. :<

Personally, I was hoping for Nintendophone.
I§'m bit worried about this decision as it can slowly bring an end to handhelds. On the other hand I want to see these aces Nintendo can throw into the ring. Flappy Kirbird, Metroid Run, Real Karts 3, Fruit Zelda...

author=Pizza
I can't wait to play Mario games with microtransactions!

To be fair, the first two Mario games both had microtransactions.

author=Pizza
I can't wait to play Mario games with microtransactions!

it's happening
http://kotaku.com/the-horror-if-super-mario-bros-3-was-made-in-2013-for-1168392829

author=LockeZ

author=Pizza
I can't wait to play Mario games with microtransactions!

To be fair, the first two Mario games both had microtransactions.

So... have they ported any arcade games to mobile thingies and had you pay by the credit like the original machine? Cuz that kinda seems a missed opportunity if they haven't.

author=Ratty524

author=Cap_H
I'm bit worried about this decision as it can slowly bring an end to handhelds.

Pretty much the entire console market is dying out in favor of these, especially in Japan, which is probably why Nintendo is making a move like this.

Nintendo abandoning their own devices seems unlikely, but yeah, I can't help but notice that "retires from/downsizes console/handheld market to make forgettable mobile games/shoddy mobile ports" is the new "retires from arcade/console market to make gambling machines" as far as pitiful gaming company fates go.

author=kentona
I like how we've come full circle in that companies are monetizing shitty little arcade games and making mad bank, just like the 70s.


...does this mean a crash is coming?

What kind of crash are we talking about?
the console model and pc is outdated now,releases are small and lots of free indie devs like us offering things for free.


It's meant to happen, keep new customers coming in and larger loyal fanbase.

I loved the top level stuff in the Mario 3 article but I think it delves too much in making a new game than modifying the original. Mario 3 never had a crafting system or randomly generated levels, at what point are you talking about your own Mario game instead of changing Mario 3? I think a more earnest Mario 3 edit would be the same start as in that article: The limit on how much you can play is your lives count, over time you would regenerate lives, or you can spend money to get some right away. I'd cap the free lives to 5 or so, just so leaving the game for a week doesn't net you enough lives to power through a world.

How the player gets lives would have to be heavily restricted to prevent farming. A 1-up mushroom from a stage can only be collected once, trying to collect it again would only give a coin. Killing enemies in a row is an easily abused way to get lives so either getting a life this way would have to be removed or the stages where this is possible be changed to prevent farming. Super Mario Bros VS did this in it's version of Mario 1 3-1, the koopa you'd farm lives off of was replaced with a goomba. The end of level card would translate into coins as well instead of lives.

Now what about coins themselves? Go with the article, remove the 100 coins = +1 lives, remove the coin cap and make a Toad store where the player can buy more lives or other inventory items for coins. The store would be accessible when the player isn't in a stage, including when the player has zero lives. The player would buy coins with real money and then use their coins to buy lives or whatnot. The most broken of items like the P-Wing would either be extremely expensive or not available at all in the store.

The game's progression would have to be changed some. Warp whistles are right out. I'd probably make all stages required to beat the game, no skipping 1-3 or 1-4! More levels for the player to experience (and die and need more lives!). Now for the endgame I'd take a lesson learned from arcades and prevent the player from stumbling their way across the finish line. Starting World 8 removes the regenerating lives mechanism, once you start the first tanks level there's no more free lives. You can, of course, still buy lives, but not playing will not net you any more lives. Once you hit zero lives you get GAME OVER and are given a choice of restarting all of world 8 with five lives (once regenerated / the tank level is started), tanks and boats and airships included, or buying more lives to continue where you died last. If you want to beat Bowser and save the Princess you gotta get good (or pay up)!


I can totally see this as a mobile game now while still being Mario 3. If I ever saw this I'd uninstall it immediately, fuck mobile gaming.