Should the next Nintendo handheld play Android/IOS apps/games?

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It's a good idea. It would certainly help fill the gaps between releases.

Agreed. I'd like to think that everyone who's interested in smart phones, Ipods, Ipads, etc, will be interested in this as well. Could become another Wii.

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I think the biggest issue is that 3rd party developers will need to get there content released on the Nintendo OS. Currently developers have the IOS app store, Play store for Android and then Microsoft Store for windows devices. This creates another platform for release, requiring different coding work and also requires Nintendo to allow games like jet pack joyride onto the e-store, and apps like FB etc to be developed for their operating system and onto the estore.

I do not think Nintendo should go down that route as it confuses the messaging from Nintendo as being a dedicated Nintendo handheld device, where there own intellectual property thrives. I think they would see it as diluting control and quality assurance on the device. The only way I see them doing it is not a hand held but if they wanted to go head on with Apple and Samsung etc and start selling Nintenphones.

I think they would be a good idea but I was thinking they could already do that now but they just need the developer support. Games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope shouldn't be physical releases but rather cheap digital downloads on the eShop. Apps like Facebook and Instagram? Why not as long as the developers make the app specifically for the device instead of Nintendo making the device specifically for those apps.

According to Iwata they are already working on more ports of Mobile/ios games to N3DS. If it takes off like they are hoping then I wouldn't be surprised if the next handheld ends up with full android/ios support. Maybe. It depends on if Nintendo can find a way to lock it down on their system.

Um... no.

im really interested to see what nintendo are going to do in the handheld space.

they could certainly create an android based device (but with the google stuff removed) and make it as easy as possible to make existing android games work on the new device. just the games have to be bought through the estore instead of the play store. ouya have done something similar.

it could be interesting to use that as the base OS for their next console also.

but its a linux based OS....i dont think nintendo are keen in contributing back code to open source projects. (though a completely open handheld from nintendo could be an interesting proposition...as long as nintendo can still find a way to make it pay for them).

nintendo would be incapable of creating a new OS with the features and robustness of something like android/IOS/windows or Orbis OS (The PS4s OS, based on BSD) from scratch. not even sony can do it from scratch and they are far bigger and have far more experience in the area and MS dont write new OSs from scratch with each new xbox. also making a new OS would mean netflix, facebook and so on would need to make new apps and maintain those apps over the life of the console (which currently barely happens on nintendo platforms.).

so if they were to make such a device that could have the features of android/IOS they would need to start from an existing base and learn it well. BSD would be the most suitable for them since the BSD license does not require code to be contributed back. but BSD is just a kernel....the rest of the stack would still need to be developed. android would give them more of a leg up i think but, as i say, it would require contributions back to android.

i have no idea what they are going to do.

LOLOLOLOL NO.