Nintendo CEO Gives Update On Miitomo
One of the big new initiatives Nintendo currently has is the mobile initiative, where they want to put their most popular IP’s on smartphones for gamers to enjoy. The first of these games was Miitomo, an offshot of their popular Mii characters. In an interview, translated by NeoGaf, Nintendo CEO Tatsumi Kimishima gave an update about how Miitomo is doing, as well as what he expects from the game:
“The number of downloads is in line with expectations, but the most important thing is that we’d like people to keep playing for a long time. We’ve gotten many requests to make it easier to add friends and to increase the speed of the app, and we’re working to respond to those. With Miitomo, the more friends you connect with the wider the possibilities become, and we’d like to implement that into our next apps as well.”
For mobile, the next two Nintendo IP’s to be coming are Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem. The former has been put in numerous kinds of gameplay situations throughout the years, but Fire Emblem has always remained true to it’s core concept. Kimishima notes that there is a true challenge in transferring Fire Emblem to mobile:
“It’s precisely because of that that we felt it was a good fit for smartphones. But if we were to bring it over 1:1 it would feel a bit pointless. So the question is, what parts of Fire Emblem would be enjoyable to bring to smartphones? That was the key question, and while I’m afraid the answer to that is an industry secret, we’re keeping it in mind as we develop”.