Nintendo’s first foray into unique cellular video games is coming to an finish. As Polygon reviews, Nintendo and developer Cygames are progressively shutting down the gacha fantasy RPG Dragalia Lost. The final huge content material replace arrives March thirty first, when new characters come to the sport. After that, the producers will not present new content material updates aside from these for “sure quests” and the primary story, which wraps up in July.
Dragalia Lost itself will shut down at an unspecified “later date” following the core marketing campaign’s finish. There will nonetheless be “summon showcases” and occasion revivals till the total shutdown, the businesses mentioned.
The corporations did not clarify the choice. Dragalia Lost wasn’t strictly a failure. Sensor Tower estimated the sport earned $146 million in income by October 2020, roughly two years after launch. It additionally had 3.9 million installs throughout Android and iOS, and in 2019 had made more cash than each Nintendo cellular recreation past Fire Emblem Heroes. Dr. Mario World shut down sooner, in November.
The title has these days confronted stiff competitors from heavyweights like Genshin Impact, nevertheless. And as Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad noticed, Nintendo hasn’t precisely been speeding to broaden its cellular catalog — the one launch prior to now two years was the licensed Niantic recreation Pikmin Bloom. Nintendo could also be consolidating round diversifications of well-known franchises, resembling Super Mario Run and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.
