Dr. Mario World Only Launching For Specific Mobile Platforms In Some Countries

Yeshhh I can play it!!!!

Uh huh-huh...like, Bowser looks like he intends to shove those pills up your butt like suppositories.

If you go in to the App Store you can "pre-order" it, guessing it means it automatically installs when available

If I can buy the game and it's cheap I'll get it. If it's free to start and has microtransactions no thanks, I'll play on 3DS.

It doesn't sound good:

• This game is free to start, with optional in-game purchases.
• Persistent internet connection and a compatible smart device is required. Internet connection fees may apply.
• May contain advertising.

Yay... It's available on Indonesia. 😀
But i don't play mobile games, so.... 😝

I'm curious as to why we see such different release schedules from country to country on mobile. Is this because of the way app stores are set up internationally? Or is it a choice made by Nintendo?

It took us so long to get Dragalia Lost here in the UK that I lost all interest.

"the country is stamping out play-to-win gaming"
Don't you mean pay-to-win?

Why did you focus so much on Belgium if the game won't be available in many other countries, European or otherwise?

@Rhaoulos It's not allowed to play and win in Belgium according to Ryan.

fair play to Belgium, pay to win is a joke

Belgium is the example in this matters!! Al countries should rid their citizens of every and any microtransaction rid games

Not available in Belgium tells you all you need to know about this game and it's an easy pass from me. I'll stick to real gaming thank you

Belgium: the country of beer, chocolate and logic

I don't think i can justify playing a game that even has the option of a $70 "micro" transaction.

No Brazil again. Seems like Nintendo still deny our existence

Im from Belgium, and if its not allowed here, it could contain lootboxes, have fun with this mobile garbage

well its some countries lost i guess?

Is there any particular reason this can't be released at all places? Literally hundreds of mobile games are released worldwide every month. I believe only Nintendo does this, region locking mobile games - as weird a practice as possible.

I couldn't care less about it as I don't play mobile games but Kudos to belgium. I hope all European countries follow it

It’s like the actress narrating was asked to read one line with no idea of the context or what the next line may be. Very awkward video. O well, I’ll still play it.

@San_D well Belgium has classified loot boxes and typical mobile monetisation as gambling and therefore illegal as there are no restrictions on them

And they just confirmed what may possibly be the worst case of bad and predatory microtransactions, limited lives that recharge with real time.

This system is the worst, it's amazing how it became a standart in so many mobile games, there's a list of levels for you to clear, but to clear the next in line, you spend lives when you fail, and when you run out of them, you have to wait several minutes or even hours to get them back, if you want to make this even worse, even the levels you already cleared cost lives when trying them again.

Angry Birds 2 could have been an even better sequel than the original, convincing people who hated this franchise to like it, but they ruined with microtransactions, including the live system.

Hopefully more countries follow Belgium example.

@Godlike_Virus
"I'm giving you both of these, and you call me in the morning, champ!"

Peach will give you a running update during the procedure~
And Luigi's just happy that someone besides himself will be doing the squirming.

@Balta666 I don't. I like playing FE:H and AC:PL, which means that I have to waste a lot of time to just play a game, because it's not available in my country.

Damn I’m moving to Kuwait in four weeks so that counts me out

Weird, not a single country from South America....

@MaciejKuczynski I think the article makes that pretty clear if you read it

Switch version? Physical controls or no go!

@ALinkttPresent Yes, the article says "for example" and then continues explaining why this country, picked as an example, might not get the game. I was just curious why Belgium was such a jarring omission, but not Poland, Czechia or Slovakia.

@Pod I want Peach to ask me to turn my head and cough.

@Godlike_Virus
While holding onto your waistline?

Is that Dr. Bowser? We are all gonna die.

@Pod Totally.

@carlos82 Yes but that's just one country. Where I live (India), Nintendo's mobile game releases are never aligned with the international release (Fire Emblem released a few months ago). Baffles me.

@San_D yeah I got no reason for India, I find these decisions as baffling as you give the connected world we now live in

I'm surprised (and happy) my country is in that list, considering that we don't have AC: PC or not even the online app.

@Buizel dragalia lost isn't available here in france, and if it's released someday I think no one will care now they should have released it months ago.

I'm sad that Nurse Peach is no more... i know the change is not actually a bad thing, but i still which they had kept Nurse Peach and maybe added Nurse Daisy and Nurse Toadette as well... oh well it was nice while it lasted... farewell Nurse Peach

In the USA it shows as a promo slide in apps I believe in googleplay...as coming, etc...

C'mon Doctor Rosalina, c'mo...oh wait, I'm doing it wrong...hang on...
kzzt PAGING DOCTOR ROSALINA, PAGING DOCTOR ROSALINA kzzt

It is not surprising that a few countries will officially have the game on just one of the two mobile giants, as many of these smaller markets either have no official access to the iOS or the Android app stores to begin with. Contrary to popular belief, Apple and Google have not penetrated the same number of global territories, even though they share most of the same roster.

This circumstance is unfortunately beyond Nintendo's control.

Not in Chile!? You can **** yourself Nintendo.

@RodSD64 Fire Emblem Heroes finally officially launched in Chile a few months ago. The game will get there eventually. A lot of other South American countries are not getting the game at launch, so don't take it personal. Nintendo does prioritise various markets over others, but nobody really knows how they decide which market get which game.

@HopeNForever
Yeah, I noticed! I hope it happens the same with the other mobile apps

@Bliquid
Yeah, I rather have Dragalia Lost first...

@Timsworld2 I don't get it but it's true. Even Dr. Mario! It's not like Nintendo's games check in for bonuses but they need to be online or they quit. They are also the games that make my phone hottest.

@BlueOcean
I like your avatar!

@RodSD64 Thanks!

@Vectorman It's an inside job I tell ya! That or Doug Bowser felt bad embarrassing King Bowser during E3...

@MaciejKuczynski have Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia adopted regulations banning gachapon/loot boxes as "games of chance?"

Because that might explain why Belgium got called out specifically.

Hopefully more country's follow Belgium's example. That way Nintendo may stop with the awful microtransactions!

It's a shame that we're halfway thru 2020 and the game isn't available in Brazil yet! Nintendo has no respect for their Brazilian fanbase.