Nintendo announced mobile games

Pokémon Shuffle

Nintendo recently revealed plans to begin development of games for smart phones, which is a big deal for a company which has traditionally stuck with its own hardware. While investors have long called for Nintendo to mobilize into the smart phone scene, fans feel somewhat confused as to what this means for the future of the company. It's unlikely we'll see any Mario or Zelda titles for the phone, unless they're spinoff mini-game type apps. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata states Nintendo will not be calling their smart phone games "free-to-play" as they feel it is a misleading term. "Free-to-play" (or F2P) games are usually free to begin playing, but place arbitrary limits on the player with the express goal of leading them to a cash shop to pay for advantages or to remove those limits. Iwata says they will rather call them "free-to-start" if they plan to use such a model. An example of this model is the recent Pokémon Shuffle for the 3DS, which is basically Candy Crush with Pokémon, in which you can only play five courses before you must either wait for your hearts to reload over time or purchase them with real money.