"I don't know if it's going to turn a profit, but I really hope so." Speaking of profit, what I find almost as fascinating as the game itself is the process an

"I don't know if it's going to turn a profit, but I really hope so." Speaking of profit, what I find almost as fascinating as the game itself is the process and culture shift that occurred at Nintendo in order to make it a reality. For example, Satoru Iwata had previously said: "What I believe is that Nintendo is a very unique company, because it does its business by designing and introducing people to hardware and software - by integrating them, we can be unique. And because we have hardware and software developers in the same building, they stimulate each other." [1] Also... "If I was to take responsibility for the company for just the next one or two years, and if I was not concerned about the long-term future of Nintendo at all, it might make sense for us to provide our important franchises for other platforms, and then we might be able to gain some short-term profit. However, I'm really responsible for the long-term future of Nintendo as well, so I would never think about providing our precious resources for other platforms at all." [2] Iwata died in 2015, and was succeeded by Tatsumi Kimishima, who has stated: "We want to grow smart device gaming as one of the pillars of Nintendo's revenue stream." [3] [1] http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/08/09/nintemdo http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/08/09/nintemdo [2] http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/08/10/nintendo-pres-on-mario http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/08/10/nintendo-pres-on-mar... [3] http://zeldauniverse.net/2016/05/09/kimishima-says-nintendo-are-serious-about-mobile-gaming http://zeldauniverse.net/2016/05/09/kimishima-says-nintendo-...