The mobile platform is no doubt a big part of the future of gaming, and Nintendo is proving they're looking forward to what lies ahead as they announce their first contribution to smartphone games called "Miitomo."

According to a report from Wired, the revelation was staged at a press briefing in Tokyo. New Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima marked his first appearance in his esteemed position with the announcement of "Miitomo."

The Nintendo head described the game as a means to facilitate better communication with friends saying, "You might dig up some previously-buried topics of conversation, learn about a surprising side of your friend you've never seen before, find things you never had in common."

In "Miimoto," players will be able to design their own avatars called "Mii" and use these characters to reach out to their existing friends and social community.

"It will be free to play with attractive add-ons that people can pay for," Kimishima said in a report from Wall Street Journal. "Other smartphone games will be pay-to-download."

"Miimoto," the company's first smartphone effort, will be released in March 2016, with more titles in the works over the next year. Kimishima revealed that the company is planning to launch at least five mobile games by March 2017.

The release date was originally set in 2015, but Kimishima explained on Wall Street Journal that the company decided to allot a longer lead time to promote "Miimoto" to the audience.

"The company is busy promoting other titles in the pipeline right now," he said. "It will start promoting 'Miitomo' after the year-end holiday season."

He added that the delay should have little effect on total earnings of the game.

Nintendo's venture into the smartphone market is a refreshing innovation after the company held off on the move for a while. While the company's previous president Satoru Iwata did not close the doors definitively on the new platform, he gave the impression that it will be some time before Nintendo attempts to conquer smartphone gaming.

"We have no intention at all to port existing game titles for dedicated game platforms to smart devices because if we cannot provide our consumers with the best possible play experiences, it would just ruin the value of Nintendo's IP," Iwata has stated, according to the Wired.

Also, a part of the press event was a new service dubbed "My Nintendo," which is a replacement for the now-extinct "Club Nintendo" service. The Wired reported that the new service will award players points for buying or playing games. Collected points may be redeemed to receive in-game content, actual products or discount coupons.