Nintendo investors want Mario on the iPhone

Brian August 11, 2011 0

Mario on iPhone 4

According to Bloomberg, Nintendo investors are pressuring Nintendo into making titles for or at least compatible with the Apple iPhone and iOS platform.

In “Super Mario 3DLand,” Nintendo Co. will make its iconic Italian plumber battle turtle-like Koopa Troopas on its 3-D player. The company instead should develop titles for Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone, investors say.

With its recent 3DS gaming handheld having poor sales and having its stock price at a 6 year all-time low, investors are suggesting that Nintendo adapt quickly despite Nintendo’s President, Satoru Iwata’s rule of only making games on Nintendo products.

We’ve been discussing Apple and it’s potential in the gaming market lately it seems: iPhone 8 and its console level graphicsGameloft announced that mobile gaming is now 30% of total sales, mobile gaming has surpassed PC gaming revenue, why games on iOS are of much higher quality than Android games, and how Apple may just be the future of gaming altogether.

(via Bloomberg)