Nintendo Entering Mobile: La fin du temps?

Nintendo dropped some bombs earlier today via a Japanese press conference, which lead to several surprising announcements. One being the codename of their next generation console (the NX, which Havok posted a thread about already), but the other big one is that Nintendo is going to be entering the mobile market with partner DeNA, a major Japanese mobile company. A lot of news sites have jumped on this, but here are some translations from the actual conference that may clear up some things.

Quote:

Iwata： Of course, Nintendo will utilize smart devices as communication media for Nintendo IP. In addition, so that our consumers will be closely connected with them, we will deploy a game business which takes advantage of Nintendo IP. Iwata： Quite a few of you must be wondering why Nintendo, which has never deviated from its cautious stance in regard to the possibility of deploying its game business on smart devices, has now changed its policy. Please note, however, that I was not dismissing the idea of making games for smart devices per se as I stated at the January 2014 Corporate Management Policy Briefing that a development team of Nintendo would create a smart device application, and please also note that I had not ruled out the possibility of making games when we make use of these devices. Iwata： Nintendo and DeNA will jointly develop and operate gaming applications for smart devices in global markets. With this alliance, new entertainment that utilizes Nintendo’s IP will be provided globally via smart devices. Iwata： Needless to say, now that we are challenging ourselves in this new business area, we hope that hundreds of millions of people will use and enjoy these products. Iwata： As for which Nintendo IP will be used, we do not intend to make any exceptions.Potentially, any Nintendo IP could be used in our smart device software.... Please also note that, even if we use the same IP on our dedicated video game systems and smart devices, we will not port the titles for the former to the latter just as they are. There are significant differences in the controls, strengths and weaknesses between the controllers for dedicated game systems and the touchscreens of smart devices. We have no intention at all to port existing game titles for dedicated game platforms to smart devices because if we cannot provide our consumers with the best possible play experiences, it would just ruin the value of Nintendo’s IP.

So, at this point there is some vagueness about how much Nintendo will actually be into the mobile market. Some people are wondering if this won't translate more to licensing deals where their IP is lent out, similar to how Nintendo did this with Puzzle & Dragons, only with actual mobile titles. But then again, Iwata does specifically mention developing games. Odds are we'll find out more details later on, but at the very least, it seems Nintendo does have intentions on going into the mobile market in some way.