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There has only ever been one official Nintendo related app on the iPhone, a Pokemon app released in Japan and href="http://www.everythingicafe.com/an-official-pokemon-app-for-the-iphone/2011/07/05/">made by a subsidiary. Nintendo has officially stated that they want href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-06/nintendo-says-it-s-not-expanding-into-smartphone-games.html">nothing to do with iOS, but in the light of recent financial difficulties, shareholders aren’t happy about this. The Wii is ailing, the 3DS has sold horribly, and the WiiU doesn’t have the hype of its predecessor — let’s face it, Nintendo ain’t doing well.
This has caused href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-10/mario-pressured-to-jump-to-iphone-as-nintendo-wii-3ds-slump.html">shareholders to call for Nintendo to develop for iOS. For living memory, Nintendo has only ever made games for its own hardware, apart from the occasional educational title for the PC. On the other hand, software giants like Square-Enix, Sega, and EA have all had great success porting their titles to iOS.
And you can’t say that an official rerelease of Super Mario World wouldn’t sell gangbusters on your iPhone.
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