Nintendo wants to make computer software and medical devices

Nintendo may enter the health market after all, as the company has proposed some changes that will expand its reach into other business. According to a proposal to amend its Articles of Incorporation—a document that outlines a company’s purpose—Nintendo wants to add “development, manufacturing and sale of medical devices and health devices,” as well as “development, manufacturing and sale of computer software.” The document also includes additions for “management of and investment in restaurants, dining halls [and] cafes,” as well as “licensing use or reproduction of copyrighted works” and “licensing use of trademarks,” the later of which makes sense, given the company’s plans to enter the movie business. The amendment proposal will be brought to the 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders for consideration on June 29. Nintendo has been tight-lipped on the nature of its Quality of Life initiative, leading several analysts to believe the company abandoned the project. Back in December, Tatsumi Kimishima reaffirmed the project is “still under development”, later telling investors its future is uncertain, as “it’s not yet at the level of a Nintendo product.”