Nintendo has announced service for Dr. Mario World will end this November. Players will be met with a notification after that and will no longer be able to play the game.
There was a time not so long ago when the idea of Nintendo's IP showing up on a non-Nintendo device felt impossible. The money to be made on mobile was just too much for Nintendo to ignore though, and now there are a number of titles from Mario and the gang to be found and played on iOS and Android.
Those titles have enjoyed varying success. Super Mario Run was the plumber's first foray onto mobile, and the free-to-start method used didn't sit well with a lot of people. The game had still generated $76 million by the start of 2020, though. That's something Mario's mobile follow-up hasn't been able to boast.
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Dr. Mario World, an arguably obscure spinoff to turn into a mobile game, hasn't attracted nearly as much success. To the point that Nintendo has now decided to end service for the mobile game. “The Dr. Mario World game’s service will end on November 1, 2021 (Monday). We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who has played the game since it began service on July 10, 2019,” Nintendo's end of service note reads.
Dr. Mario World failed to crack $5 million spent in-game in its first six months, while Mario Kart Tour made $86 million in just four months, demonstrating where the big money is coming from in Mario's mobile world. For anyone still playing Dr. Mario World, service will end on November 1, and diamonds are no longer available to buy in-game.
Once November 1 has been and gone, Dr. Mario World will effectively be no more. Players who fire up the app after that will be met with a message informing them service for the game has ended. Players will be able to look back at how they performed in the game via a web page titled Dr. Mario Memories that you'll be able to access after the game's service has come to an end.
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