Nintendo Denies Reports of Smartphone "Minigame" Development Plans

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

Yeah, I think it's about time people just give up on Nintendo going 3rd party or putting their stuff on phones. It just doesn't make any sense nor is the possibility even there. There are only so many times you can keep beating the same drum before people get annoyed with it

 

[Strazdas]

I've played more button intensive games on my tablet just fine. And the resolution on the NDS is about the same as smart phone, maybe a little more. Totally doable. Especially so on a tablet.

interesting, i didnt knew NDS did full HD.
oh, wait, no they didnt. NDS resolution according to wikipedia was 256 × 192 My 2 year old model resolution is 854x480 - more than double that. new smarphones are coming out with Full HD screns [http://www.slashgear.com/blue-life-pure-smartphone-has-full-hd-5-inch-screen-with-441ppi-23309836/]. You are aware that smartphones are now beating consoles in their ability to play games right?

And NDS wouldn't even be possible with even the largest smratphones having less screen real estate than the DS models.

please tell me your joking.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS#Technical_specifications

 

[Strazdas]

I mispoke, excuse me. When I said resolution, I meant size. Many smart phones and most tablets have as much screen real estate, if not more, to work with than the DS, giving you plenty of space for emulated buttons.

No problem
You may be onto somthing with real estate, but unlikely. While my (smartphone) model has larger screen than the DS had, admittedly it is one of the "larger" ones in the use now. However i see no problem with them fitting buttons without covering the whole game. now to fit them in position that is ergonomic to use without covering the part you are supposed to watch and making correct haptic feedback to get the feel of "pressing buttons", now that will be the main challenge for them i guess.

 

[BNguyen]

had they decided to go mini games on smart devices or even on ipods, my thoughts would have been to put the mini-games from the Mario Party series on them, or heck, even mini versions of Mario Party