Nintendo Makes Its Biggest Move Yet in Mobile Gaming

  • New smartphone game will be available in late November
  • Analyst see it as a “long-term cash machine” for Nintendo
Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
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Nintendo Co. has made its biggest move in mobile gaming so far with plans to add Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as its third smartphone title.

The game will be available on both Apple Inc.’s iOS and Android from late November and is the first smartphone iteration of a popular series about anthropomorphic animals. It will be free to download but allow in-game purchases to speed up progress, a key to making money from such titles.