Nintendo announces new hardware platform, NX, and deal with DeNA to build Nintendo games for mobile

TOKYO — It’s an alliance of Japanese powerhouses, and a long last, it may mean that Mario will make his way to your smartphone.

Nintendo and mobile game publisher DeNA will form a business and capital alliance, one that will have a profound effect on a mobile gaming industry that could reach $30 billion this year. On top of that, Nintendo chief executive Satoru Iwata announced that Nintendo’s building a new hardware platform, dubbed the NX.