Nintendo is looking into making smartphone controllers

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Nintendo is branching out into the mobile space with free-to-play social games like Miitomo and its upcoming Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem spin-offs, but the Kyoto-based company may expand into action games - even if it means going so far as to develop its own peripherals.
At a recent shareholders meeting director and general manager of entertainment planning and development, Shinya Takahashi, said "Physical controllers for smart device applications are available in the market and it is possible that we may also develop something new by ourselves.
"On the other hand, I believe Nintendo's way of thinking is to look at whether action games are really not impossible (without a physical controller for smart device applications) to create and how we can make it happen to create such a game. I think we will make applications, and not just action games, in consideration of what best embodies 'Nintendo-like' applications, including applications for everyone from children to seniors."
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