During an investors meeting, Nintendo's general manager of entertainment planning and development, Shinya Takahashi, answered a question whether or not Nintendo plans to launch an own game controller for smart devices.
Shareholder's question: I think many people would like to play Nintendo's action games as smart device applications. But smart devices use touch panels, which may not be suited to action games. Does Nintendo have any plans to launch a physical controller and invest in new titles of quality action games?
Shinya Takahashi's response: Physical controllers for smart device applications are available in the market and it is possible that we may also develop something new by ourselves. On the other hand, I believe Nintendo's way of thinking is to look at whether action games are really not impossible (without a physical controller for smart device applications) to create and how we can make it happen to create such a game.
While he said it's possible that Nintendo some day could launch a game controller for smart devices, the way Nintendo works however is to use what's available (a touch screen) and make the best of it without compromises, hence Reggie's quote from last year:
Reggie said:Nintendo wants to create new compelling experiences that leverage what smart devices do best.
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