As the dust clears from Nintendo's bombshell of an announcement Tuesday morning — bringing its fan-favorite franchises to mobile after years of resistance — it's easy to focus on how long it took them to do this.
Nintendo is notoriously resistant to change. Its previous console, the Wii, didn't even support HD. While competitors at Sony and Microsoft have focused on bringing the biggest, best-looking game experiences to their respective consoles, Nintendo offered motion controls that challenged traditional gameplay standards and sold millions of consoles to non-traditional gamers.
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