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Tag: nfc technology

NFC technology will be used in the Wii U Super Smash Bros.

It has now been revealed that near field communication will be used for this game through the Nintendo console.

A managing director of Nintendo France, Stephan Bole, has now revealed that the Super Smash Bros. game version that is designed for the company’s Wii U console will be using NFC technology.

It is believed that this will help to show what the console’s near field communication tech has to offer.

Bole explained that “E3 will be an opportunity to show the use of NFC technology on Nintendo consoles. NFC will be used in the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros.” It is the hope that this will better illustrate the type of capabilities that this tech has to offer users of the console, who may never have heard of it or who might not understand exactly what it has to offer them.

The NFC technology in this game allows for a more interactive game experience among players.

The idea behind near field communication tech is that it gives two devices that are close to one another (or touching) the ability to wirelessly exchange data. It is the foundation of the Skylanders franchise from Activision and of the Disney Infinity franchise.

NFC Technology - NintendoEarlier in May, Nintendo announced that it would be taking what looked to be its first steps into this particular marketplace. This was through its announcement of the Nintendo Figurine Platform (NFP). That platform was designed to support training as well as in upgrading the versions of in-game figures of a range of different characters in Nintendo games. It will support games on the Nintendo 3DS, as well as the Wii U.

At that time, the company also stated that it intended to launch the first titles that were compatible with the NFP, over its Wii U and that they would become available before the end of 2014. It also plans to have the 3DS games ready for sale at some point in 2015.

Although the company has announced that the NFC technology would be used for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, it has yet to actually announce the figures that would be working with the game. That said, there is still time before the release of that game – which is expected out this winter – and the tech may be used entirely differently by then.

Mobile wallets will be available in one in every five smartphones

By the year 2018, there is going to be a considerable rise in the capabilities for these payments apps.

According to a new forecast that has now been published, by the year 2018, one fifth of all smartphones will have mobile wallet functionality, and one third of all of those payments apps will involve contactless capabilities such as NFC technology.

This report has indicated that there will be a considerable growth in the potential for these apps.

The study and report were created by Juniper Research. That firm determined that there will be two separate mobile wallet models that will define themselves between now and the close of 2018. Within the emerging markets, it will be the Store Value Accounts (SVAs) that will continue to take off. Those forms of app are catering to the massive number of unbanked individuals in Latin America, developing Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa by providing them with financial access for the first time.

In the Western world, the mobile wallet model that will become common will be different.

That model will likely be based on contactless technology such as near field communication (NFC). These launches are expected to occur throughout North America and Western Europe. That latter form appears to be facing the greatest level of challenge when compared to emerging markets, where these apps are taking off more quickly. For instance, Alipay, in China, has already managed to register 100 million users.Mobile Wallet

The so-called iWallet, Apple’s contribution to this market space, is expected to arrive at any time. This could be a defining addition to mobile payments as it could either represent the point from which these smartphone wallets start to take off in the West, or it could reveal that these apps really will be facing some massive struggles in being able to take off.

It is believed that the iWallet will be based on HCE (Host Card Emulation) NFC services. The use of HCE could prove to be a considerable threat to the role of mobile operators in the contactless payments market. It likely won’t be very long before a much better understanding of the direction of the mobile wallet will be formed.