Nintendo explains why it chose Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem for next smartphone games

But Kimishima assured investors that both Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem will have “more prominent” game elements than, say, Miitomo, which Nintendo situated as a social experience more than a game.

Those disparate traits are precisely why Kimishima believes Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem will succeed on smartphones and tablets.

But Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima also revealed that the company’s Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing properties would join Pokémon on smartphones later this fall.