Nintendo this week revealed a new smartphone game coming to iOS and Android devices this summer, called "Dragalia Lost." The game was created through a partnership with Japanese mobile developer Cygames and is described as an all-new "original action RPG" for smartphones. Nintendo co-developed Dragalia Lost and will "jointly operate" the app with Cygames once it launches (via TouchArcade).
For now, not much is known about the game's story or gameplay mechanics. The Japanese website includes a trailer, which shows off a few of the game's characters and glimpses of the RPG gameplay. The game is also up for pre-registration for users in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
The payment structure of the game is also unknown, but previous apps by Cygames have been reliant upon Japan's popular "gacha" system, which encourages players to spend real money on in-game currency that they can use to unlock random items. In terms of payment, most of Nintendo's other smartphone games so far have been reliant upon a free-to-play system, which helped turn Fire Emblem Heroes into Nintendo's "most successful mobile game to date."
Nintendo's new partnership with Cygames confirms a previous rumor that the company is seeking additional game developers to add to its slate after its partnership with DeNA fell behind schedule. DeNA helped Nintendo launch Miitomo, Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. The next smartphone game inspired by a Nintendo property will be Mario Kart Tour, expected to launch by March 2019.
Draglia Lost will launch first in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau this summer, and then afterwards debut in North America and Europe. Nintendo also noted that it has obtained an approximate 5 percent stake in Cygames "for the purpose of facilitating the partnership."
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That said I don’t buy games for my cellphone. Don’t see the point as they’re rarely as good quality as the tent pole blockbusters on Nintendo and Sony handheld systems. If I’m going to spend money.... and more importantly..... time on a game then it’s got to offer a world class experience
Recently I picked up a Nintendo Switch and having been an on again off again gamer over the past 30 years I gotta say it’s the best device I’ve ever used for games! It’s just so flexible playing it on a TV or a stand on a desk or handheld like an old Gameboy or Advance or PSP. And the games! Don’t get me started! In all my years I have never played a game as near perfect as Breath of the Wild..... the latest Zelda romp!
I’ve never been able to pin down what makes mobile gaming more lackluster than dedicated systems..... it’s somewhere between the attitude of developers (cheap, shoddy games, adverts, loot box gambling et al), the attitude of Apple (no legacy support means old games die), the lack of physical buttons, the abundance of illegal cloned games. I guess.... to me..... it feels like they’ve made games this cheap convenience like buying a can of soda. You buy it not expecting for it to last beyond a day, toss it away, get another. Whereas console gaming seems to be..... I dunno more respective of games as an art form with prices that mean developers get a fair wage, they’re built to last it seems
[doublepost=1524905844][/doublepost]DS graphics. In fact it looks almost identical to Square Enix’s “RPG Factory” ports of Final Fantasy 3 and 4 for the DS..... now I’m curious about the development behind it because it really does look like those games and if Nintendo have offloaded dev duties to the RPG Factory team.
Minor rant not aimed at any one on this board. There has been a surge in what are dubbed “RPG Maker games” on PC and consoles of late. They’re dreadful looking games that take the graphics and gameplay style from classic SNES JRPGs.... and they sell for like $40! Well of course they don’t sell. It irritates me because I want to play better games than that but all we get are those games or very expensive games from RPG giants. There’s no inbetween any more like we had in the PSP era.... now I wouldn’t mind more PSP JRPGs to make their way to newer systems.... that’d be sweet! Cuz the thing is those games are meant to stir the soul, take us to wonderful worlds..... and that sub genre (RPG maker games) is void of talent and awe
I wish we could see more innovative games like Chrono Trigger.