Nintendo's first mobile game planned for later this year has stirred lots of interest these days, but don't expect to learn more details at the upcoming E3 event.
The annual E3 conference is an exciting event for gamers and fans, as various companies take advantage of the event to unveil their latest and greatest plans and progress in the gaming industry.
Nintendo has been in the news recently ever since word came out that the company plans on launching its very first mobile game by the end of this year. Moreover, Nintendo plans to launch as many as five titles by 2017.
While some were expecting to hear more details about such plans at the upcoming E3 2015, however, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said the gaming convention is not the right place to discuss such endeavors.
E3 is more "dedicated to gaming systems," Iwata said, so it would not be the proper occasion to detail the company's mobile game plans. Consequently, Nintendo will likely wait until later this year to offer more information regarding its plans to go mobile.
Iwata further reveals that one of the company's primary focuses is creating games that engage the user's interest past the first fifteen minutes, as Nintendo wants to create games that linger, not just "hot" titles that see an explosion of interest and then fade away.
Some expressed their desire to see classic Nintendo games and characters adapted for mobile, with the controls adjusted to suit smartphones and tablets, but the company doesn't want to do that. Nintendo will not just port SNES games, for instance, but it will focus more on which IP it relies on. Simply adjusting existing games to work on mobile "would not match the style of mobile devices," Iwata pointed out.
At the same time, the executive highlighted that Nintendo games will be able to have a single identity across all platforms thanks to an "integrated membership service," which will allow mobile gamers to resume playing right where they left off on a console.
According to Iwata, the key to long-term success could be delivering a smooth transition between a mobile game and a console one, coming up with engaging mobile titles instead of simply adapting classic characters for the smartphone.
It remains to be seen just what Nintendo will come up with for the mobile space, but we won't be hearing more about it at the upcoming E3 2015 gaming convention.
