Nintendo to stop smartphone game Dr. Mario World – Gaming – News

Nintendo will end its smartphone game Dr. Mario World. On that date, the game’s services will be discontinued and the game will become unplayable. As of Wednesday, users will not be able to purchase new in-game diamonds with real money.

The game will be discontinued on November 1 at 8:00 AM Dutch time, let Nintendo know. Users who attempt to launch the game from then on will receive a end-of-servicemessage to see. The game can then no longer be played.

Users will still be able to view their play history as of November 1, via a separate webpage called Dr. Mario World Memories. It would come online at the same time as the game was discontinued. Players will no longer be able to purchase diamonds since Wednesday, July 28. These could be used in the game to buy extra lives, pills and power-ups.

Nintendo brought Dr. Mario World 2019 for Android and iOS. It is a spin-off of the Dr. Mario puzzle game series, in which users use pills to defeat viruses. It’s not Nintendo’s first smartphone game. In 2017, the company introduced Super Mario Run, a mobile spin-off of the 2d platformers in the Super Mario franchise. In 2017, Nintendo also released Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes, and in early 2020, the gaming giant released Mario Kart Tour.

According to a report from analyst firm SensorTower brings Dr. Mario World made the least money of all Nintendo smartphone games. Fire Emblem Heroes is by far the most successful mobile game from the Japanese company; that game grossed approximately $656 million through in-app purchases between its release in 2017 and January 26, 2020. dr. Mario World was good for $4.8 million in sales six months after its release. Last year, the game also underperformed Nintendo’s other smartphone titles, reported SensorTower in april.

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