Nintendo Will Be More Serious In Mobile Game Industry
As a game console producing company, Nintendo can be said to be quite ‘late’ in entering the mobile game market compared to other companies. This can be seen from the number of mobile games owned by Nontendo, which are still less than games for consoles. However, Nintendo’s mobile games are also selling well in the market so that it becomes a ‘whip’ for this Japanese company to be more serious and focus on reaching the smartphone market with its mobile games.
Nintendo says it will release 2-3 new games every year to catch up with other companies that already have a large collection of mobile games for their loyal fans.
“We will continue to provide services for applications that have been released on the market today, and we will continue to release two or three applications each year,” said Nintendo President, Tatsumi Kimishima, quoted from the Liputan6 Tekno page.
Nintendo’s efforts to penetrate the mobile game market are still not profitable. For example, the first mobile game, Super Mario Run, which has been downloaded 200 million times on the App Store and Play Store but has not provided benefits on Nintendo’s side. This is because many gamers download this free game from the Pay Store but don’t want to pay US$ 9.99 to unlock all the game’s features.
However, Nintendo still benefits because its hybrid console, the Nintendo Switch, is selling well in the market. Until now, the console which was just released in March 2021 has already recorded sales of 5 million units worldwide and this number is expected to continue to rise along with the number of interesting games that come to the Switch.
Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem
Nintendo plans to release two new mobile games Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem in late November 2021.
Adopting the gameplay as in the console version, the game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp gamers must make various kinds of furniture from materials found in various areas in the game. Like the console version, players can also interact with various NPCs (non-playable characters) to follow the storyline of this game.
As for the game Fire Emblem Heroes, it tells about gamers who act as leaders of the army. Gamers can choose their troops to fight. Unlike the main series, characters in the mobile version of Fire Emblem Heroes can be revived. Although it was released last February, this game is only available for a few areas. However, at the end of the month, this game will be available globally so that even Indonesian gamers can download and play it.
Super Mario Odyssey is selling well
Even though it’s not a Nintendo mobile game, Super Mario Odyssey has also managed to set a record high sales for games on the Switch. This game is selling well in the market and has penetrated 2 million units of sales in the first 3 days since its release. This number of course the uterus increases over time.
Super Mario Odyssey is also touted as the fastest selling Super Mario game of all time. This is not without reason because the Super Mario game has been considered as Nintendo’s flagship game. In addition, this game has also been around for more than 30 years so it has a large fan base.
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