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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata made no secret of his disdain for casual mobile gaming during his keynote at GDC this year. According to the executive, Nintendo will get away with the kind of value from the current app explosion upright. Rovio course, took issue with the statement and fired back, like so many feathered friends are unhappy. With all this background, it was a little surprising to hear that a Pokemon card game is headed for the iPhone and Android devices in Japan this summer - after all, Nintendo has its own share of the popular monster-based franchises. Before you get connected to the concept of Mario on your IOS device, but always in mind two things - first, Nintendo has only about one-third of the franchise. Secondly, the company quickly shot down the proposal further expansion into the world of mobile applications. 3DS those games aren 't go to buy, after all.

Pokemon managed to give IOS, Android, Nintendo still doesn 'ta Jigglypuff about Casual Gaming originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, July 10, 2011 09:00:00 EDT. Please read our terms for use of feeds.

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