Polygon: Nintendo promises to release about five phone games by March 2017, any IP possible

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Nintendo plans to release "approximately" five phone games by March 2017 and none of the company's vast original properties are off limits, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced during a presentation early this morning.

The first, he reiterated, will hit by the end of this year.

While any property is available for the smart phone, Iwata was clear the company was going to be very careful about its selection of titles or characters.

"Since the game business on smart devices is already severely competitive, even with highly popular IP, the odds of success are quite low if consumers cannot appreciate the quality of a game," he said. "Also, if we were simply to port software that already has a track record on a dedicated game system,...

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