wraggster
January 8th, 2015, 20:46
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Nintendo's iconic characters have appeared more than once in third-party console games (hello Soul Calibur fans (http://soulcalibur.wikia.com/wiki/Link)), but mobile games have largely been off-limits. However, there are new signs that the gaming giant is taking a more relaxed approach to the handheld world. GungHo (http://pad-m.gungho.jp/) has unveiled Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, a take on the popular puzzle battler that includes many of the characters from Nintendo's most sacred cash cow. It's not surprising that there's only a 3DS (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/29/nintendo-3ds-review-new-3ds/) version so far given Nintendo's usual disdain for smartphone games (http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/28/nintendo-denies-smartphone-games/), but the regular Puzzle & Dragons is also available (and successful) on both Android and iOS -- it wouldn't take much to get the Mario variant on non-3DS systems. Will that happen? Probably not. Even so, GungHo's game is further proof (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/01/pokemon-ipad-trading-card-game/) that Nintendo isn't as protective of its franchises as it used to be.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/08/nintendo-characters-show-in-3rd-party-mobile-game/
Nintendo's iconic characters have appeared more than once in third-party console games (hello Soul Calibur fans (http://soulcalibur.wikia.com/wiki/Link)), but mobile games have largely been off-limits. However, there are new signs that the gaming giant is taking a more relaxed approach to the handheld world. GungHo (http://pad-m.gungho.jp/) has unveiled Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, a take on the popular puzzle battler that includes many of the characters from Nintendo's most sacred cash cow. It's not surprising that there's only a 3DS (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/29/nintendo-3ds-review-new-3ds/) version so far given Nintendo's usual disdain for smartphone games (http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/28/nintendo-denies-smartphone-games/), but the regular Puzzle & Dragons is also available (and successful) on both Android and iOS -- it wouldn't take much to get the Mario variant on non-3DS systems. Will that happen? Probably not. Even so, GungHo's game is further proof (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/01/pokemon-ipad-trading-card-game/) that Nintendo isn't as protective of its franchises as it used to be.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/08/nintendo-characters-show-in-3rd-party-mobile-game/