Shigeru Miyamoto claims that the mobile phone will never be the main platform for Mario, not by choice, but because it cannot be controlled.
While Super Mario Bros, the movie has just arrived in theaters, the days of the most famous plumber on our smartphones may be numbered. In an interview with Variety, Nintendo designer and Mario dad Shigeru Miyamoto said that “mobile apps will never be the main future path for Mario games. “He explained that the company’s strategy for the future of the company was “a gaming experience tightly coupled between hardware and software.”
Shigeru Miyamoto claims that mobile devices will never be the main platform for Mario
Shigeru Miyamoto’s comments are not surprising given that the latest Mario game, Dr. Mario World was taken off the market just two years after its release. Super Mario Run in 2016 made $60 million in its first year, and Mario Kart Tour has made $300 million since launch. The numbers pale in comparison to the $3 billion in revenue generated from Mario Kart 8 on Wii U and Switch.
Not by will, but because the authorities are not amenable to this
The designer also explained that since the intuitiveness of the controls is a critical element of the gameplay, development on smartphones is problematic. “When we explored the possibility of creating Mario games for mobile devices, which are a very common device that you can take with you anywhere, it was difficult to understand what kind of game it could be,” he says. “That’s why I worked as the director of Super Mario Run to be able to bring the Nintendo hardware experience to smartphones.”
Shigeru Miyamoto didn’t mention other Nintendo mobile apps, including Animal Crossing Pocket Camp or Fire Emblem Heroes. The latter is one of Big N’s highest-grossing mobile games to date, surpassing the $1 billion mark in revenue last June, according to SensorTower. Shigeru Miyamoto also didn’t specify when the next Super Mario game would come out, but Super Mario Bros. the Movie should be a hit with rave reviews.