What is it with Nintendo and phones? There are a ton companies out there making really nice phones, but no matter the number (and how many of them, *cough*, can already play Nintendo games), folks are always dreaming up ideas for Nintendo to go and make a phone of their own.
I have no idea why. It would be commercial suicide for the company, and if they ever did, how—given Nintendo’s track record with things like user accounts and online stores—would it be any better than a phone from Apple, or Google, or LG, or Samsung?
It wouldn’t. But if Nintendo fans are one thing, it’s crazy. And if they’re two things, it’s that they’re beautiful dreamers. They don’t want to carry around a phone and a 3DS everywhere they go. They want one device that does it all, and does it right.
Below are the best (or at least most interesting) of those dreams. Photoshops, mock-ups and concepts made over the years, some of them from wide-eyed fans, others from professional designers.