Nintendo is ‘looking’ into virtual reality

Nintendo has a new smartphone game and a new dedicated gaming system coming soon, but it’s also taking a peek at this whole virtual reality thing.

In a briefing with investors, the publisher said that it is “looking” at VR, according to industry analyst Serkan Toto. The company provided no other details about what that means or whether it has deeper plans, but this is Nintendo acknowledging that this is a space it should try to understand. With the Wii U barely scraping by and the 3DS dwindling fast, Nintendo may also find the projected $120 billion VR industry interesting for reasons that concern its bottom line.