Mobile Game
May 12, 2017
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]A and Maxis have just announced a new The Sims Mobile Title. The game will feature the same deep gameplay and customizations players come to expect from a title in the Sims franchise. EA has also released the first gameplay trailer as well as some details about the mobile game. Check out the first gameplay trailer below.
You can download the game for free on Google Play for Android here. The iOS version is set to release in the coming days.
SHAPE YOUR SIMS’ LEGACY
Shape your Sims’ families over multiple generations. When your Sims accomplish their career goals and retire, you’ll be rewarded with Heirlooms that unlock hobbies and careers for future generations, allowing new Sims to tell deeper stories.
CREATE UNIQUE SIMS
Customize your Sims with distinct appearances, hairstyles, outfits, and accessories. Choose different personality traits and life goals!
BUILD A HOME
Personalize your Sims home layouts and designs, and decorate with a variety of furniture, appliances, decorations, and more.
PLAY TOGETHER
Host and attend parties with other Sims to socialize, show off your amazing house, earn rewards, and develop new relationships.
- May 12, 2017
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]eNA have recently published their financial results. The reason why this is so significant is that this company is behind the mobile titles for Nintendo such as Fire Emblem Heroes, Super Mario Run and the much anticipated Animal Crossing Mobile.
DeNA also reiterated when we can expect to see an Animal Crossing Mobile Title.
Here is a brief run down of their financial report:
Animal Crossing Mobile will be released this financial year (before March 31st, 2018).
Specific release date of the Animal Crossing Smartphone App will be at a later date.
The partnership with Nintendo is medium to long term.
They will publicly announce future titles when appropriate.
They will focus on updates and events for Fire Emblem Heroes.
Super Mario Run has reached 165 countries and will soon achieve 150 million downloads.
Source: Link
- May 2, 2017
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nimal Crossing fans have been waiting for a new title in the series for years. It was said at one point that Nintendo planned on bringing the beloved IP to mobile devices. Nintendo recently had a financial results briefing, in which the company has reconfirmed the release of the Animal Crossing Mobile app for this fiscal year. The following information is an official translation from the financial results briefing in March.
Reggie President of Nintendo North America has recently made some statements for future Animal Crossing Games on Nintendo Switch. You can read his interview right here.
Tatsumi Kimishima (current Nintendo president) on promoting Nintendo IPs for the long term:
“As we continue to provide consumers with new surprises through the integrated hardware/software dedicated video game business with Nintendo Switch and other initiatives, our thoughts regarding expanding the number of people who have access to Nintendo IP stem from our desire to provide opportunities for consumers to experience Nintendo IP (including in situations outside the dedicated video game business) and take an interest in our dedicated video game business. Of course, we are hoping to profit from businesses using our IP through licensing fees and other sources. However, our main goal is to generate synergy with the dedicated video game business.
We hope that the theme parks will be a place where anyone, including children and families, will be able to get together to enjoy a variety of fun experiences. They will be a valuable place where children, adults, and the elderly can have fun experiencing Nintendo IP together. For these reasons, we think that connecting businesses using our IP to new offerings in our integrated hardware/software business will lead to expanding our business as a whole and are planning from that perspective. Our attitude toward the visual business is exactly the same. We believe that even consumers who would not normally be interested in games will be able to experience Nintendo IP with others, such as family and friends. In this way, we consider opportunities for consumers to enjoy experiencing Nintendo IP to be extremely valuable and will continue to actively develop our visual and theme park businesses.”
Kimishima on Animal Crossing Smartphone app for mobile devices:
“As I discussed during the previous Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we will release the Animal Crossing application for smart devices during this fiscal year. We will announce the specific release date before we commence distribution”
Source: Nintendo PR
- Apr 5, 2017
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]okemon Shuffle has been out forsome while now. For the ones who don’t know, the Pokemon themed puzzle game, published by the Pokemon Company is a free to play mobile game on iOS and Android, and is also available on Nintendo 3DS. In order to win the game you will need to line up three or more Pokemon vertically or horizontally to battle against wild Pokémon.
The most recently released update brings various fixes and enhancement. The Update is now live on iOS and Android. You can download the game for free for iOS here, and for Android here. If you haven’t tried the game yet, but intrigued to give it a shot, you may want to watch the gameplay trailer below.
- Mar 21, 2017
The Mario Run 2.0 Update is coming out this week. An Android version of the 2D platform Runner is also set to release this week on March 23rd. Nintendo has been very secret about not spoiling too many details about the upcoming update.
Today we learned that once the update is available, players will see a new challenge from Bowser. Completing this will allow players to take on World 1-4 without having to pay the $9.99 priced app. Once these levels are finished, new courses will be added to the Toad Rally. Green and Blue Toads will also come to cheer in the free version of the game.
Nintendo doesn’t stop here, as they will also add more items to the Kingdom Builder, such as the Blue Yoshi House. This building will essentially unlock Blue Yoshi in the game.
More details will be released in the next few days. The Update as well as the Android version of the game are set to release on March 23rd. You can currently pre-register for Mario Run on the Google Play market here.
Update: Version 2.0 Live, Android Version now available!
A little bit earlier than expected the android version of the game can now be downloaded here. Nintendo has also released version 2.0 with dozens of improvements and new content. Version 2.0 is available for iOS and Android starting today. Below is the full list of everything new in the 2.0 patch.
New playable characters added!
You can now get different colored Yoshis to join! Play Toad Rally with a Yoshi of a particular color to get more Toads of that color!
More of the game is now available to play for free!
Bowser’s Challenges are now available!
By completing one of Bowser’s challenges you can unlock the previously locked course 1-4, where you can do battle with Bowser! You can check the details of Bowser’s challenges by tapping 1-4. If you clear course 1-4
– You will get new courses to play in Toad Rally! On the newly playable courses, red Toads will also be joined by blue and green ones to cheer you on!
– You will be able to get buildings from the Shop that you previously couldn’t using those blue and green Toads. Among the buildings you can get is the Blue Yoshi’s House, which lets Blue Yoshi join your adventure!New buildings to be added.
Look forward to the new buildings that will be added in an upcoming event!Easier to get Rally Tickets in the Bonus Game House.
– You can use the Rally Tickets you get to play Toad Rally!Easy Mode can now be selected at the entrance of World Tour courses.
You’ll now be able to clear those trickier courses using Easy Mode!The appearance of different colored Toads in Toad Rally has been adjusted.
You’ll be able to get loads of Toads and use them to get more buildings!Adjustments have been made to the tutorial to make it easier to understand.
The tutorial will appear upon launching the game for the first time. Or, you can access it any time by tapping the How to Play button on the lower-right corner of the World Tour screen.
Learn all about Mario’s special actions, pink coins, and more!Ease of play has been improved.
– Adjusted the number of Rally Tickets that you get from the ? Block.
– Adjusted the requirements to get some buildings in the Shop. - Mar 18, 2017
Mario Run has long been available on iPhone / iOS. The game has been positively received by the media – and praised for its easy controls, and challenging gameplay. Nintendo has now announced that the game will finally be made available for Android users next week on March 23rd.
Nintendo has also said that Version 2.0 would be released at the same time. Not many details have been leaked yet, but Nintendo claims there would be more characters added in the upcoming update. Currently players can only play the game as Mario. Furthermore the free version of the game will be extended to add the ability to unlock World 1-4 without having to pay the $9.99 price tag. The new update will include even more features, but we will have to wait until March 23rd when all the details will be announced by Nintendo.
- Mar 10, 2017
Square Enix has announced Kingdom Hearts: Union X for iPhone and Android coming this year. The official website has launched and brought an exciting trailer with it. The RPG is based on the popular Kingdom Hearts: Unchained X and will pack a lot of new features and enhanced graphics. The new Union Cross Mode for example is one of the new additions. It will allow people to play together in a Multiplayer Mode with up to 6 players. A new and revamped story mode has also been added. The new story is something Kingdom Hearts fans will enjoy the most according to Square Enix.
You can watch the trailer below. No official release date has been given so far. But the game is set to be released on iOS and Android later this year.
- Feb 28, 2017
Pokemon Go has recently seen a boost with the latest updated introducing 80 new Pokemon’s. Niantic the developer of Pokemon Go has announced that currently 3 huge updates are planned to be released this year. The anticipated trading feature and live player vs. player battles are 2 of them.
Niantic CEO Hanke dient specify what the other features would be, but based on what has been released and featured before it is save to say that Pokemon trading, PvP battles and a new gym system would be those 3 major new features. Unfortunately he did not share any more information about future updates. We will keep you up to date on more information to come on Pokemon Go for Mobile devices such as iOS and Android.
