Nintendo is late to the mobile gaming revolution, as rivals Microsoft and Sony have already made forays into the space to connect phones with their Xbox and PlayStation consoles. But all companies have to embrace a future when their games will be played on many kinds of devices, says Tuong Huy Nguyen, a principal analyst at market research fifa coins firm Gartner.

“Nintendo needs to do this since the future of designing games is not just on a single device, it’s on every device that a consumer wants to use,” Nguyen says. “Also, the nostalgia people will shell out money to play classic franchises that can be very enjoyable.”

The kid-friendly characters of Nintendo games like Mario, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Link and Princess Zelda hold places of honor in video game history, though the company also has fallen precipitously from the dominance it enjoyed in the 1980s. The Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming system that debuted in 2011 is still attracting audiences, but its high-resolution Wii U home gaming console, introduced in 2012, has been so poorly received that some companies have been hesitant to release games for it.

“You can reach developing markets where people were never going to buy an Xbox,” he says, referring to regions like Africa. “In a few years, the younger generation will also begin using more advanced mobile devices than the current consumer base of gamers.”

How mobile games are priced will be a key factor in whether companies like Nintendo can profit from the apps www.utfifas.co without losing players’ loyalty and interest. And poor planning could lead to government backlash, as the Federal Trade Commission has reached multimillion-dollar settlements with both Google and Apple for not doing enough to prevent kids from racking up unauthorized gaming purchases on their parents’ mobile devices.