Former president Satoru Iwata had intimated some of the company's moves into healthcare, including a "quality of life" arm that Nintendo was interested in developing. It worked on both a sleep monitor and a Wii-connected "inconsistent" vitality sensor that was eventually canned. Whether the reworded charter represents a stronger, concerted push, or just formalizes what Nintendo's trying out in recent years, remains to be seen. It's not the only new approach for the games maker: it launched its first mobile game, is looking into movies, and is even building theme park attractions in Japan. (Coming! Summer 2020!)

New ideas are needed: the company dropped almost 40 percent in overall profits in its latest earnings report. The Cliff Notes version? Nintendo is profitable, but game sales are shrinking.