“With the iPhone days away from being launched Nintendo has apparently begun working with Apple, licensing a limited amount of content for the new phone,” Noheat.com reports.
Noheat reports, “These exclusive games will be released on the iTunes Store at a $29.00 price point a few months after the iPhone launches. No word on whether Nintendo will be distributing iPod versions of these games.”
“Asked anonymously whether or not these games would cut into Nintendo DS sales, we heard a resounding no. The logic is that because the licensed games will be exclusive and cater to an older audience they should not intrude into Nintendo’s existing markets,” Noheat reports.
Full article here.
Wii-like games utilizing iPhone’s accelerometers FTW!
$29 – you’ve got to be kidding!
Excellent news!
And so the iPhone gets bigger and bigger!
Yeah, Super Mario and Duck Hunt?
I don’t think this will really happen. If it does happen it would be awesome and I will be the first person to buy some games.
@ Jeff,
Duck Hunt was awesome, don’t be hatin’ LOL
There’s a new office chair demolition game for the iPhone designed to satisfy the relentless requests of an anonymous fanatic only known by the e-mail address of frankenfester@msn.com.
“$29 – you’ve got to be kidding!”
Why? Aren’t DS and PSP games in that same price range??
$29.99 is the normal price point for Nintendo DS games.
“$29 – you’ve got to be kidding!”
Yes, they are kidding. The games are actually free. Nintendo and Apple have both filed for non-profit status. They are also adopting a pure socialist philosophy that eschews capitalism and all private ownership. Relocation scouts were spotted in Havana this morning.
nOwAY:
I agree – that is so cheap!
I hope they also port some inexpensive games to the aTV too, and add a USB controller.
I love the idea of retro nintendo games on the iphone but for $10 – no way would i be paying $30 for this. I’d pay full price for new titles or even more for the ability for Halo or WoW, but SuperMario, Duck Hunt? not gonna happen
Why would Nitendo care if the games cuts into Nintendo DS sales? They are not making money on the hardware, are they?
There are two words that would nudge me toward buying an iPhone:
Donkey. Kong.
I’d rather have iChat than some stupid ancient Nintindo game.
I’d rather have GPS.
I’d rather have the ability to access the phone’s OS and develop my own applications…
and the list grows…
@mario
who said the games will be Supermario or Duck Hunt?
they will most likely be new games, designed just for the iphone,
much like Wario Ware Touch for the DS, or the Micro Games built into some DS games.
if true, this will be very cool.
Gee, if these games come out soon, you’ll be able to buy better games for the iPhone than for the Mac.
Just kidding. But seriously, if they’re really going to be $29, then they will be worth it. Apple didn’t stand up to the music companies on price just to fold to the gaming companies.
something like brain age would rock on the iPhone… i am sure that’s the kind of stuff we’ll see… i really doubt mario and the gang will be on the iPhone anytime soon.
In noway’s defense, I think he means $29 is too much for older games. Seems the article is hinting the games will be the old nostalgic ones that the older audience remembers.
So $29 for older games the Wii downloads for $5-$10 is a bit high.
Great rumor. I didn’t know that Nintendo was developing web apps. 😀 Oops! Sore subject; sorry.
@ TMF,
I heard of another title coming as well:
“Juggle the Blackberries”
Obsolesence is not as close as we thought.
Yeah this is HUGE!
Employees are going to demand this phone and IT people are stupid…
Can’t IT people see what an addition this thing will be for Corporate users; Music, The Office, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Duck Hunt… Man, I can see CEO’s buying this thing by the truckload… So what if it can’t open office attachments nor sync with corporate servers for secure enterprise email – We’re all going to play Super Mario Brothers all day!!!!!
As I mentioned, a Great Consumer machine.. A Corporate non starter…
Tbh, if they were going to release some of the old classic Nintendo games on iPhone it would definately help me buy it. Good move apple
“Juggle the Blackberries”
Shame on you. I believe the correct term is African American Berries.
re: I love the idea of retro nintendo games on the iphone but for $10 – no way would i be paying $30 for this. I’d pay full price for new titles or even more for the ability for Halo or WoW, but SuperMario, Duck Hunt? not gonna happen
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Read the article!
It says “Asked anonymously whether or not these games would cut into Nintendo DS sales, we heard a resounding no. The logic is that because the licensed games will be exclusive and cater to an older audience they should not intrude into Nintendo’s existing markets,”
NOTICE THE WORD ‘EXCLUSIVE’ – in this context it means original NEW games NOT retro games!