Nintendo’s Mario to make the leap to smartphones

By | March 17, 2015

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Nintendo’s stock scored a power-up on Tuesday after the Japanese video game company announced that it will finally bring its popular characters like Mario, Donkey Kong, Pokemon and Kirby to smartphones and tablets. Nintendo’s (NTDOY) U.S. shares were up 27% in early afternoon trading on the stock market today, at a 14-month high above 18. Nintendo has long resisted the idea of bringing its intellectual property to mobile devices other than its own game hardware, such as the current Nintendo 3DS portable device. But early Tuesday, Nintendo announced a partnership with mobile game developer DeNA (pronounced DNA) to create new games for smart devices, using Nintendo’s IP, and to build a new multi-device membership service for consumers worldwide. Their new games for smart devices will be original and not simply existing Nintendo games ported to smartphones and tablets. This will ensure a quality gaming experience as the games will be… Scalper1 News

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