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In the past, we’ve heard some strong words from Nintendo bigwigs about the iPhone as a gaming platform. Heck, at one point, Reggie himself said he was worried that gamers would come to expect all portable games to cost a dollar, thus ruining the expectation of quality and severely damaging the portable market as a whole. Nintendo’s position has always been to publish on their own portable platforms. Needless to say, when a Japanese Pokémon iPhone game popped up, a lot of people were confused. The game is called “Pokémon Say Tap BW,” and it’s a timing/rhythm game that has you tapping Pokémon cards to music. So yeah, it’s not the greatest game out there, but it’s a Pokémon game nonetheless. 
So, in short, this hasn’t changed Nintendo’s point of view on the iPhone at all. A Nintendo representative recently said to Bloomberg that “their position hasn’t changed and won’t change.” No iPhone. No Droid. No Mario for you. |