Nintendo, urugo rwabayapani hamwe nudukino twa videwo yimikino ya console nuwateguye umukino, asanzwe yibanze kumikino ikoresha ibintu byihariye bya kanseri. Nyamara, ubwiyongere bwisoko ry'imikino igendanwa mu ntangiriro ya za 2010 bwatumye ibihembwe byimari bikurikirana aho byakoreraga igihombo. Nintendo, iyobowe na perezida Satoru Iwata muri kiriya gihe, yashyizeho ingamba zo kwinjira mu isoko ry’imikino igendanwa hamwe n’umufatanyabikorwa w’iterambere DeNA, mu rwego rwo kumenyekanisha imitungo yabo ya francise kubakinnyi ba mobile bafite intego yo kubazana kugura kanseri ya Nintendo nyuma. Kuva mu 2015, Nintendo yateje imbere imikino myinshi igendanwa, mugihe anatangaza imikino hamwe nabandi bateza imbere, harimo imikino hanze yubufatanye bwa mbere bwa DeNA. Benshi muribo binjiye kurutonde rwimikino yakuwe hejuru kurutonde rwububiko bwa iOS App no mu bubiko bwa Google Play, binjiza US$100 million.