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Why Nintendo Games Could Come To The iPhone

Posted June 20, 2007 7:00 AM by Tanner Godarzi
Categories: Business Deals Rumor 

As a follow up to Greg’s posting speculating that Nintendo would sell games via the iTunes store made for the iPhone.  Even though this is a rumor it could true for 2 reasons.

Handhelds Are A Big Source Of Income
So far Nintendo has sold 40 millions DS units since launch in late 2004, these are very good statistics. Nintendo and Sony (eh maybe not Sony) might view Apple as a threat in the handheld space should they dip their feet into mobile gaming. It would be beneficial for Apple and Nintendo to join together on this, Apple would get more publicity and Nintendo would secure themselves in the mobile market.

Nintendo Knows Touch
For 3 years Nintendo has integrated touch with it’s handhelds and so far it’s been a big hit. It was one of the reasons I purchased a DS in the first place as it was far more innovative than the Gameboy. But to tie this into Apple the iPhone is based on touch, it’d be a 600 dollar paper weight without heavily utilizing it’s touch interface and heck even Nintendo jumped on to the touching bandwagon. Some very killer games could be developed sporting new maps and views that would allow players to touch where they want to go onscreen.

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  1. You are an idiot.

    Posted by Steve Jobs on June 20, 2007 8:16 AM

  2. An idiot is an understatement. How big on Apple are you that you think the iPhone, a product that will launch with maybe 500,000 units, is going to be a threat to NINTENDO? A product that will not get mobile gaming support the way a dedicated system will. A system that doesn’t have any real way to control it’s games.

    But I do like how you end it. Nintendo DOES know Touch. And Apple sure as hell doesn’t.

    Posted by Steve Jobs II on June 20, 2007 9:53 AM

  3. That was uncalled for.

    Posted by Jens on June 20, 2007 11:55 AM

  4. At both Steve Jobs since I have no definite proof you are the real Steve Jobs I won’t take your comments seriously, if you can prove to me then yeah I’ll eat my words. If you had claimed to be the Fake Steve Jobs (http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/) then I would’ve gotten a chuckle.

    Posted by Tanner Godarzi on June 20, 2007 12:12 PM

  5. Fake or real Jobs, you are a fuckin moron anyways.

    Posted by Sebhelyesfarku on June 20, 2007 3:31 PM

  6. Looks like some of you guys are a little sensitive. I also enjoy how you are challenging them to prove that they are who they say they are, when you posted a rumor yourself. Shouldn’t it be you proving to us that the article is correct?

    After all, the comments only came out of your shitty article.

    Posted by Steve Jobs III on June 23, 2007 11:59 AM

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  8. I don’t think this was that out of line…if you have the platform you can surely compete…the I-phone is becoming an even larger success. Plus most games are going mobile now.

    Posted by Gamer on February 7, 2008 2:44 PM

  9. Any real Gamer knows that companies rise and fall so to rule apple out from making a run is ignorant.

    Posted by Bill on February 7, 2008 2:45 PM

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