Nintendo aims to reduce user costs in its mobile games. She convinces her partners of the need to change the game mechanics in such a way that players resort to donation less often.

Dragalia Lost has earned $75 million since its release on the App Store and Google Play. This made it the second most successful title in the Nintendo mobile line, according to Sensor Tower.

On February 14, Nintendo introduced Tetris 99 to the world — a battle royale and a nostalgic puzzle in one person. What makes this game one of the most important projects of Nintendo, said the Gamesindustry expert.biz Christopher Dring (Christopher Dring).

Nintendo has a new mobile partner. The company announced that it is developing and launching its next game for iOS and Android not with DeNA, but with LINE.

The development team will also change. The creation of the fourth part will be handled by the American Retro Studios under the direction of producer Kensuke Tanabe.

Apparently, the price increase is associated with an increase in VAT to 20%.

Most of the revenue was generated by Fire Emblem Heroes.

In 2018, Battle Royale from Epic Games was launched on this console more often than other games.

In the first days after the release, the game breaks sales records in the United States.

Nintendo’s retro consoles may not return to store shelves after this Christmas.

The next award of The Game Awards has ended in Los Angeles. At the ceremony, new high-profile titles were announced and fresh information on already announced projects was presented.

Nintendo’s Japanese colossus can open champagne. The company is doing great not only in the main console market. Nintendo’s fourth mobile game is the company’s second most successful smartphone release.

On September 27, Nintendo released a new game. So far, this is a mobile exclusive. The project is called Dragalia Lost. There is no hype around him. Analysts are in a hurry to bury him. We analyze what exactly they did not take into account.

On September 19, the official launch of the Nintendo online service took place. Bloomberg journalist Yuji Nakamura analyzed in detail why the new service caused a flurry of criticism. We present a short version of the material in Russian.

According to the results of the first half of 2018, the total sales of Nintendo consoles overtook those of Microsoft in unit terms.

In the first half of 2018, Nintendo in Russia sold 250% more video game consoles in units than a year earlier. About this in the comments for App2Top.ru told the group of companies “M.Video-El Dorado”.

The revenue of Nintendo’s highest-grossing mobile game continues to grow. This summer, the role-playing tactics of Fire Emblem Heroes earned $63 million. Compared to the same period last year, revenue increased by 34%, according to Sensor Tower.

The famous Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto (Shigeru Miyamoto) appealed to colleagues in the gaming industry with a request not to be so greedy for gamers’ money. According to him, Nintendo partially avoids free—play monetization models precisely for this reason – the company does not want to ruin players. Miyamoto stated this on August 22 during a speech at the Computer Entertainment Developers Conference held in Yokohama.

The executive director of the Yakuza adventure franchise Toshihiro Nagoshi said that in the past he tried to interest Nintendo and Microsoft in his project. As a result, he was rejected by both companies, which is why the Yakuza series was released only on Sony PlayStation consoles for 8 years.