 Near the end of calendar year 2017, Nintendo was reportedly in talks with additional mobile platform providers including GungHo to expand their mobile game offerings, as well as extending their current DeNA deal, according to "The Wall Street Journal".Upon announcement of the jointly developed and operated title "Dragalia Lost" in April 2018, Nintendo also announced it had acquired about a 5% stake in Japanese mobile game developer Cygames.Around the same time, Kimishima announced he was stepping down as Nintendo's president, to be replaced by Shuntaro Furukawa.