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Nintendo: “We won’t produce software for iOS”

Many think that Nintendo should start developing games for the App Store, instead of focusing on challenging Apple. I’m one of those too, mainly because I’d love to have some Super Mario on my new iPhone.

Still, it’s not going to happen.

Electronista reports:

“Nintendo’s CEO and president, Satoru Iwata, rejected the idea of his company developing for Apple’s iOS devices in the company’s recent shareholder meeting.

“Nintendo is defined by integrated hardware and software,” Iwata said. “Others are incompatible with the values Nintendo puts into its hardware. We won’t produce software [for them] at all.”

So there you have it, there won’t be any Nintendo games on your iOS devices. While it’d be great to have Nintendo’s gems running on our devices, I can understand their move to stay in their own market and keep on developing software for their own platforms.

It’s pretty much what Apple does, too.

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Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.

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