Last week we informed you of Nintendo's future plans and its idea of bringing games created by the Japanese manufacturer to mobile platforms. The games selected by the Japanese brand have been Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem. The arrival of these games on mobile platforms is great news for all those users of these franchises, but it has raised many questions about it, questions that the president of Nintendo himself has answered.
Last week the company announced its financial results for the last quarter. At the end of the conference, Nintendo President Tasumi Kimishima tried to shed some light on the company's motives to launch these franchises and not the ones that everyone has been working on for years, such as Mario without going any further.
According to Tasumi, Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem were selected to, like Miitomo, increase the different types of users interested in Nintendo and thus create new gaming opportunities. He further stated that the Animal Crossing franchise has reached a large following, including many children and women. With these numbers, there is a very good probability that new consumers of this type of game will want to enjoy Animal Crossing.
In short, Animal Crossing is a great choice to take to mobile platforms because it has a wide range of users. On the other hand, the decision to carry Fire Emblem has been made to expand the number of users of this franchise that today has not met the expectations that the company had placed on it.
At the moment we know little else about these next games that will arrive throughout this year at mobile platforms. We do not know if they will be available with in-app purchases (most likely) or if the Japanese firm will choose to offer a single payment by buying the application and forgetting about micropayments. Nor is it known how its playability will be, if it will be similar to that of the firm's consoles or it will opt for a kind of Miitomo. Time will tell.