In addition to developing smartphone games with Nintendo, DeNA will also help the company create its new membership service.

No Nintendo IP will be off-limits to DeNA, but Nintendo will handle planning for the smartphone games the two companies jointly develop.

Mobile phone games maker DeNA and Nintendo have entered an alliance by which they will create and operate smartphone games together.

The new company is scheduled to be established in November and will develop titles exclusively for the Mobage platform.

Namco Bandai and Mobage service owner, DeNa, have formed a joint venture called BDNA.

DeNA are developing a global version of their Mobage Town service in collaboration with Ngmoco.

SEGA and Sunsoft are making Shenmue Town sound like a pretty big deal in Japan.

Why is this important? Because DeNA operate the Mobage Town platform, which is where practically every big mobile phone game in Japan is ...