Imibiko yakamuva eputshukile enetheni ihlungwe ngabezindaba Wall Street Journal khuluma ngokwanda kokuseshwa konjiniyela yiNintendo ngokuhlukaniswa kwayo kweselula. Kulesi senzakalo, ngaphezu kwe- ukubambisana neDeNA yokuthuthukisa umdlalo.
Kulo nyaka u-2017 nangemva kokuthengwa kwamasheya we-DeNA ayi-10%, uNintendo wayefuna ukwethula imidlalo emihlanu emisha yabasebenzisi be-smartphone kepha babenayo eyodwa abazoyethula ngemuva kokufika kwesihloko sokugcina: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Kunoma ikuphi, okubonakala kucacile ukuthi uNintendo ubona ibhizinisi futhi ufuna ukugembula ngamandla emidlalweni yamadivayisi eselula, ngakho-ke ifuna abathuthukisi.
Kulokhu kusesha, okuzanywayo akukhona ukunikela yonke imizamo kuma-smartphone, kepha banethemba lokukhuphula izinga lokuqalisa. Abaphathi bakaNintendo baphikelela ukuthi lo mzamo wokuthola onjiniyela awusebenzi ukuthola izinzuzo eziningi kumageyimu weselula, uma kungenjalo sebenzisa wonke lo mzamo njengesikhulumi sokubonisa ukuletha abadlali kuma-consoles abo.
IGungHo Online, ingenye yezinkampani ezihlabahlosile ukuthatha lo msebenzi nokuthuthukisa imidlalo yama-smartphones. Kulokhu sebenolwazi ngeNintendo njengoba ikhiqiza uchungechunge lwePuzzle & Dragons lwekhonsoli ye-3DS futhi hhayi kudala yathola ilayisense ye-Mario franchise, ngakho-ke kungaphezu kokuqinisekile ukuthi kungenziwa ngokuthuthuka ezinye izihloko zamadivayisi weselula ngonyaka ozayo.
Umdlalo uMario Run, owethulwe nge-iPhone Kwakuyisiqalo salesi saga semidlalo ethunyelwe kuma-Smartphones yiNintendo futhi manje ngalokhu kusesha inhloso ukunika amandla abasebenzisi futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ukubasondeza ezinduduzweni zenkampani yaseJapan. Sizobona inqubekela phambili yezingxoxo nokuthi yiziphi izihloko ezifika kuma-smartphones e-2018.