One of Nintendo's mobile games will be coming to a close and shutting down later this year. Dragalia Lost, a collaboration between both Nintendo and mobile game developer Cygames, will no longer be getting any further content after March 31st, with a final summon showcase. Story content will slowly trickle out until its completion in July 2022. Nintendo stated that Dragalia Lost will "come to a close" at a later date and service will be ended, presumably rendering the game unplayable. An exact date or timeframe for the closure of the service was not given.

Dragalia Lost launched in 2018, and featured crossover events with the Mega Man, Fire Emblem, Monster Hunter, and Persona 5 franchises. It was also Nintendo's first original IP designed specifically for mobile. As of 2020, the game was Nintendo's fourth-highest grossing mobile release, bringing in over $146.4 million in revenue worldwide.

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[scionae]

It was about time, I liked the game at first but man it was so repetitive.

 

[Justinde75]

Not like nintendo did anything to advertise it in any way. Honestly a bit sad because I love the characters.

 

[ZeroT21]

Another one bites the dust

 

[Skelletonike]

That's a shame. They could release it offline with all content available, it was pretty interesting imho.
Square did something similar with one of their online games that shut down and it was a pretty good idea.

 

[The Catboy]

Nintendo really makes it hard to enjoy their mobile games

 

[Valwinz]

the failure of Mobile

 

[Viri]

They didn't even port it to Switch. Just goes to show how much they gave a fuck about that game.

 

[Jiehfeng]

Dragalia Lost Service™

 

[Stash23]

Square did something similar with one of their online games that shut down and it was a pretty good idea.

Did you mean KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ?

 

[pustal]

Never heard of it and aparently never been available here.

 

[DKB]

Lol, I quit this shit pretty fast, my gut appeared to be right. Shutting down really fast though..geez.

 

[retrospect]

I read elsewhere that they'll be repeating the seasonal content.

I understand that to mean new players can still enjoy the entire game and all that's been made for it, if they play for several years.

I wonder if there will be a preservation effort.

 

[chrisrlink]

never heard of this nintendo molbile game honestly

 

[EmanueleBGN]

Here's the reason no one should spend money on digital services.
I can still play a full game in a GameBoy cartridge, but in 20 years I will not be able to download a Switch day-one-patch, DLCs and so on

 

[Deleted member 323844]

Square did something similar with one of their online games that shut down and it was a pretty good idea.

I enjoyed their motorbike game of Final Fantasy VII for Android and iOS. But it didn't last a full year iirc.

 

[ZeroT21]

Games are to be treated as consumables sadly nowadays

 

[Aristeia]

I remember attempting to try this out when it was relatively new, but I kept running into errors so I ultimately gave up on it.

It's a shame for Nintendo to throw out an original IP considering how rare they are, they could have made a single-player entry at least before abandoning it...

 

[MaGosT]

Hmm didn't they have some cross-over with some major srpg franchise recently?

 

[Psiolowavio]

Games are to be treated as consumables sadly nowadays

Sings in freddyvoice: Another one bites the dust