Poll of the Day > Why does it seem like most Nintendo games now include a smart phone for the

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Ogurisama
04/27/20 2:51:21 AM
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character?

Pokemon, Rotom Phone
ACHN Nook Phone
BotW that tablet thing is pretty much a smart phone

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WhiskeyDisk
04/27/20 3:51:02 AM
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I mean why does every fps have guns? Like what's wrong with crossbows and slingshots?

https://i.imgur.com/lVzcO0C.jpg

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ScritchOwl
04/27/20 4:08:43 AM
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Dont forget rocks and whiskey bottles

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GanonsSpirit
04/27/20 6:47:07 AM
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Because it's a way of giving the player an in-universe menu.
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wwinterj25
04/27/20 8:06:09 AM
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China/Japan.

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SilentSeph
04/27/20 10:32:10 AM
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Meanwhile Luigi is talking to E. Gadd with a Virtual Boy

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adjl
04/27/20 10:39:45 AM
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GanonsSpirit posted...
Because it's a way of giving the player an in-universe menu.

Pretty much. Rather than the menu being this magical suite of options and information that appears out of nowhere because reasons, using a smartphone for it provides a plausible mechanic by which the player character is seeing these things.

SilentSeph posted...
Meanwhile Luigi is talking to E. Gadd with a Virtual Boy

That's what they went with for 3? That's kind of funny. I guess they couldn't really follow the established trend of using last gen's handheld (GBC in the GC one, DS in the 3DS one) because the 3DS would look the same as a DS.

Ogurisama posted...
BotW that tablet thing is pretty much a smart phone

The Sheikah Slate was meant to mirror the WiiU gamepad, that being the only system it was planned to be released on when development started.

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papercup
04/27/20 11:55:00 AM
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How dare video game characters use current technology in current year.

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BUMPED2002
04/27/20 11:56:17 AM
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Nintendo knows what sells for sure.

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Xfma100
04/27/20 12:08:05 PM
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wwinterj25 posted...
China/Japan.

This.

Some other companies have been doing similar things with their games. For example, look at some of Square Enix's games released in the last 5 years.

Besides, does Pokemon really count when they have always had phones, PCs, and tablets?
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adjl
04/27/20 2:15:31 PM
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Xfma100 posted...
Besides, does Pokemon really count when they have always had phones, PCs, and tablets?

Yeah, Pokemon has always been set in a modern-ish world. It takes a lot of liberties with that setting, obviously, but the technology has always been pretty contemporary.

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