Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Is nintendo looking the other way?

Everyone knows that the iphone is capable of playing video games. I have seen the some of the games and they seem intriging, how they use the big touch screen and the accelerometer. The iphone seems like a very capable gaming platform. Which makes me wonder after reading the article Nintendo kills Duck Hunt for iPhone, dog laughs on ars technia. What nintendo going to do about the popularity of the iphone and the itouch. I have also seen the article on Tech Radar talking about the new nintendo DSi, and from what I understood from the article it seems that this is just a nintendo ds with a slightly upgraded graphics chipset that happens to come with a larger screen and a camera. It's also been given the capablity to play music. Other than on the price front, how is nintendo going to create a better platform to make games on. DSi got it's pen and it's camera, and the iphone's got it's touch and it's accerometer, and all those applications on the app store that give the iphone/itouch more features. Apple's got a strong platform.So it makes me wonder what nintendos plans are, and if they see the iphone/itouch as a threat.

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