Nintendo Denies Mini-Games on Smartphone Rumors

<p>Earlier this year a rumor was abound that the Big N was  going to bring a delectable treat of mini-games for its upcoming console games to the smartphone market&comma; but today they have denied that rumor&period;  The source&comma; known as Nikkei&comma; stated that the m ini games would most likely be downloadable from an app and that game trailers would also be included on the menu&period;  Nintendo responded saying&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;<strong>The article contains statements previously made by Mr&period; Iwata during past press conferences&comma; including statements which relate to Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s willingness to make use of smart devices to promote our products<&sol;strong>&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Suggestions of sending Mario to smart devices have been spouted out by industry analysts such as Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities due to poor Wii U sales&period;  However&comma; despite speculation that Nintendo should remain a software only company&comma; Nintendo president Satoru Iwata doesn&&num;8217&semi;t see the wind blowing out of Mario&&num;8217&semi;s sails anytime soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;<strong>The spread of smart devices does not spell the end of game consoles&period;  It&&num;8217&semi;s not that simple<&sol;strong>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Iwata to the Wall Street Journal&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>If anything&comma; Iwata stated that Nintendo is currently studying how smart devices can be used to &&num;8220&semi;grow&&num;8221&semi; the game player business&period;  The upcoming Ubisoft game Watchdogs plans to utilize that effect of cross play between console and smart device which should be pretty exciting&period;  Whether or not the Wii U version &lpar;which was rumored to have been cancelled&rpar; will utilize that same technology is unknown at this time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrace;Source&colon; <a title&equals;"Nintendo Denies Mini Games on Mobile Report" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;447079&sol;nintendo-denies-mini-games-on-mobile-report&sol;"><strong>Computer and Video Games Magazine<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&rcub;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;