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Today Nintendo announced it's first mobile game:
Miitomo.

From the WSJ:

Nintendo has introduced its long-awaited and highly anticipated first smartphone app, called Miitomo, but pushed back the release date to the spring of next year. The title is a new franchise for the company– first of five smartphone apps Nintendo plans to release by March 2016. But we’re not sure whether to call Miitomo a game. Users will design their own avatars, or miis, to communicate with other users.

WSJ

 

[KingBlank]

Mii like

 

[Abcdfv]

So it's Miiverse for android?

 

[Hells Malice]

March 2017, what lol?

Is their mobile department currently one dude?
Actually even then it'd probably still be done sooner.

 

[Lycan911]

Tomodachi Life for Android? Can't wait :o

 

[KingVamp]

Same company that dropped Swapnote? Probably trying to find away to make it as safe as possible. Anyway, cool.
Really trying to be different, but Mario or DK Run wouldn't hurt.

 

[T-hug]

March 2017, what lol?

Is their mobile department currently one dude?
Actually even then it'd probably still be done sooner.

That is an error in the source article. I updated the quote to 2016.

 

[KingVamp]

Maybe they should have called it Tomiidachi.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

That isn't a game, though it does look like a better way to chat with people you don't know that well.

 

[Hiccup]

It isn't going to mobile only, is it?

 

[Bladexdsl]

yes it is complete with M$T

The new smartphone game will be “Miitomo”. It will be free to play, with attractive add-ons that people can pay for,

 

[Deleted User]

And if it's on our phones, we can get the sprites

 

[Jayro]

And if it's on our phones, we can get the sprites

I like your thinking! Unless they come encrypted like everything else they release... Let's hope not.

 

[Jiehfeng]

Miiamoto most likely. ;D

 

[Deleted member 370283]

I can't be the only one who finds this disappointing, right?

 

[MarioFanatic64]

I see it as a relief. I have no obligation as a Nintendo fan to get it- unfortunately when DeNA gets the exclusive rights to Mario Galaxy 3 I might start flipping tables.

 

[Arras]

I see it as a relief. I have no obligation as a Nintendo fan to get it- unfortunately when DeNA gets the exclusive rights to Mario Galaxy 3 I might start flipping tables.

I kind of doubt that's going to happen. A game like that would be a poor fit for mobile platforms anyway.

 

[Bladexdsl]

I see it as a relief. I have no obligation as a Nintendo fan to get it- unfortunately when DeNA gets the exclusive rights to Mario Galaxy 3 I might start flipping tables.

with any luck they will put all the crappy boring 2d marios on phones and leave all the good 3d ones for NX. that way we'll be rid of 2d mario on NX forever

 

[Arras]

with any luck they will put all the crappy boring 2d marios on phones and leave all the good 3d ones for NX. that way we'll be rid of 2d mario on NX forever

Mario Maker actually looks fun though. Not to mention 2D Mario games still sell ridiculously well. There's no way they'd drop them.

 

[tony_2018]

I would expect a mario game to kickstart this new platform. Not some cheesy ass miitomo game. I know there all about family oriented games and damn, look AROUND YOU.