Continuing on the partnership with Nintendo established in 2015, DeNA will be working with The Pokemon Company to release a smartphone game. This was revealed in DeNA's fiscal year results, showcasing success for existing mobile games using Nintendo IPs, and projections for the future. Details are slim, but the briefing tells us that the app will be a "new and exciting" game based on Pokemon, with more set to be revealed later this year, and a release slated for before the end of this new fiscal year. So far, the partnership between both companies has resulted in successful titles such as Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and the upcoming Mario Kart Tour.

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[kuwanger]

it's going to be called jurassicMON

They could also go with Pokemon Park Tycoon, where they recover prehistoric Pokemon DeNA from amber, and a killer breed of Pikachu ends up eating most the visitors.

 

[Justinde75]

Mystery Dungeon, im calling it.

Honestly so much potential. Event Dungeons, More Dungeons that can be added, more pokemon etc

 

[guisadop]

hopefully we're getting our first pokémon hentai game

 

[stitchxd]

Obviously we can't expect it to be on par with mainline games, but to be fair, I think Pokemon Duel is a pretty fun game by smartphone standards. So it is possible to do a good spin-off games in other genres.

I mean, if it's a paid game, it'll likely be on-par with a "main-line" game. Hopefully better than the copy-pastes in the play / apple store.

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hopefully we're getting our first pokémon hentai game

I see you are a man of culture as well.

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So far, the partnership between both companies has resulted in successful titles such as Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and the upcoming Mario Kart Tour.

Mario Kart hasn't been released yet, but ACPC and FEH are both really great games. If This new Poke game is anything like those, I think it will be just fine!

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Honestly so much potential. Event Dungeons, More Dungeons that can be added, more pokemon etc

This would be very cool, but I'm not sure it'd be the same without Chunsoft involvement (unless, of course, they would be involved). The wording specifying it as an "exciting new game" doesn't really give me the vibes that it's going to be a new entry in any existing spinoff series, though.

 

[GhostLatte]

What's with all the negativity? Always look for the bright side in things people, instead of hating on something that hasn't even beem released.

 

[Xzi]

I mean, if it's a paid game, it'll likely be on-par with a "main-line" game. Hopefully better than the copy-pastes in the play / apple store.

"Paid game" when it comes to smartphones usually means $2 - $3, not $60. Super Mario Run was a paid game, after all, but I doubt you believe it's on par with Super Mario Odyssey.

 

[stitchxd]

"Paid game" when it comes to smartphones usually means $2 - $3, not $60. Super Mario Run was a paid game, after all, but I doubt you believe it's on par with Super Mario Odyssey.

For a super mario game, it's not bad at all. I enjoyed it for the (9.99 it cost?) price and it includes more than just the mainstream game too. There are plenty of paid games that went mobile (final fantasy to name 1) that turned out very well.

 

[Xzi]

For a super mario game, it's not bad at all. I enjoyed it for the (9.99 it cost?) price and it includes more than just the mainstream game too. There are plenty of paid games that went mobile (final fantasy to name 1) that turned out very well.

Oh I'm not disputing that there are good games and time-wasters on smartphones, but they aren't good by console/PC game standards. I'm actually playing one of those town management games on Steam right now that's clearly aimed more at smartphones, and dear god is it ever painfully boring/overly passive.

 

[chrisrlink]

hopefully we're getting our first pokémon hentai game

er how bout....no

 

[stanleyopar2000]

DeNA? Mobile?

wasn't DeNA one of the first partners next to Spike Chunsoft who said they were onboard with developing for the Nintendo NX (Switch?)

 

[AkikoKumagara]

DeNA? Mobile?

wasn't DeNA one of the first partners next to Spike Chunsoft who said they were onboard with developing for the Nintendo NX (Switch?)

DeNA and Nintendo have had a mobile game/app development partnership for a few years now. Press release: https://dena.com/intl/press/002242

 

[Dr.Hacknik]

Wow, another Pokemon mobile game to make my 3DS and Switch seem absolutely useless.


Good job Nintendo, another cash grab c:

 

[osaka35]

There's what, about 5 or 6 mobile pokemon games now? they're all pretty fun in their own way. Hopefully this one is fun as well. I wouldn't mind another music video like we got for magikarp jump.

 

[prectorian]

It'd be something suitable for mobile phone (which can be anything - LOL). Very sure it'd be knee deep in micro-transactions - free 2 play app, not a mere 1 time pay overpriced full app. I bet it'd be like their "Final Fantasy Record Keeper" app, a story driven - gacha - tactical turn base game.

 

[SwineAdam]

hopefully we're getting our first pokémon hentai game

Pocket Monsters from Nutaku. ( not in the Play Store and is only for Android. it has a PC version, and is cross-play with Android. but the PC download version is buggy and not everything works proper. )

 

[AkikoKumagara]

free 2 play app, not a mere 1 time pay overpriced full app

Hope not. The Super Mario Run model is the way to go. Pay once, get everything. No annoyance, doesn't feel like a cheap cash grab.

 

[prectorian]

Hope not. The Super Mario Run model is the way to go. Pay once, get everything. No annoyance, doesn't feel like a cheap cash grab.

Super Mario Run was released under the Nintendo publisher name in the app store. DeNA's most recent game released to the app store is 'Attack on Titan Tactics' - which is somewhat similar to their previous release 'Final Fantasy Record Keeper' ;

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For a game developer, a genre like the above gives a much bigger chance for constantly making money than a one time pay game. As a potential user, I'm like everyone else, am not keen on them going in this direction and would prefer them making the RPG version, but it makes sense if I were in their shoes.

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Super Mario Run was released under the Nintendo publisher name in the app store.

All of the games stemming from the DeNA + Nintendo partnership are published by Nintendo. The list is in OP.

 

[prectorian]

All of the games stemming from the DeNA + Nintendo partnership are published by Nintendo. The list is in OP.

Ah yes, thanks for pointing it out, I didn't see that. But I noticed something from that source. Fire Emblem Heroes, that's a turn base game they developed as well - which is a huge hit with over 5 million downloads. Followed by their Final Fantasy Record Keeper with over 1 million downloads. Their less than a month old Attack on Titan Tactics has accumulated around 100.000 downloads so far in Japan. I know they develop various other genres, some are even side scrolling, but those aren't as popular at least none that has caught my attention.