5 Nintendo franchises that actually make sense for mobile

No, the world didn’t end today. Nintendo just made a deal with a mobile publisher.

The House of Mario is teaming up with Japanese mobile giant DeNA. This news makes a lot of longtime Nintendo fans nervous, even with the company assuring everyone that it’s still in the console business. Mobile gaming still has a bad reputation among many console gamers as a place for lazy, free-to-play clones that worry more about tricking players into giving up money than offering compelling experiences. This reputation isn’t exactly fair, since plenty of innovative and interesting mobile games also exist.