Nintendo to partner with Apple for iPhone gaming?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
duck @ Jun 27th 2007 7:00PM
hmmm... $800 for the phone, $59-$99 for the "iphone" internet plan, $.099 per ringtone (no mp3 ringtones), and $29 Nintendo retro games huh? I think steve jobs is the only one who will be able to afford this thing once its released.
James @ Jun 27th 2007 7:17PM
The phone starts at $500, not $800. The data plan is $20 on top of your voice plan. No ringtone information is known at this time. Duck is straining for some complaining!
Anyway, this rumor is obviously based on the fact that the Nintendo DS and iPhone have similar interfaces and thus some DS games would be "easy" to port. I think the mature games they refer to are the Nintendogs/Brain age stuff which has proven successful for the casual/older gaming crowd, not the "mario" stuff.
keithwwalker @ Jun 27th 2007 8:17PM
Good luck playing Super Mario with a joystick! LOL
Thats why there are no games preloaded
jere @ Jun 27th 2007 10:10PM
I doubt this will happen. Nintendo's ds already has a touch screen, they wouldn't release games for another handheld device, regardless of the maturity of the games.
Nando @ Jun 27th 2007 10:40PM
To move Mario, you gotta flick your finger in the direction you want him to go. To make Mario bigger, instead of mushrooms, you "unpinch" him. lol
sr @ Jun 28th 2007 1:31AM
I doubt Nintendo would sell out like that.
Randy @ Jun 28th 2007 8:31AM
I have to agree w/ you there. Although, it's not so much as "not Selling out" as much as Nintendo behaving like apple in the sense that they really don't bother with platforms other than its own.
Mark @ Jun 28th 2007 1:20PM
Ya considering nintendo has never produced software for any other console than its own and the fact that they said iphone can't have real apps (ones downloaded onto the phone, accessible without a wifi connection) and games are apps I call BS on this 1
taylor b @ Jun 28th 2007 9:08PM
Less then a week? It comes out in two days...
Robbie @ Jun 29th 2007 2:55AM
Approx $648.42 after taxes in Los Angeles.
Duck is correct about ringtones.
He is also correct about price plans. $20 is only for existing customers.
I don't think this came about based on the DS. The obvious difference is the "D"ual "S"creen that the DS has and the iPhone doesn't.
My guess is that it would be older games rather than DS games. Similar to the Virtual Console on Wii. ...if this is even to be believed.