Nintendo’s Mario games are famed for their longevity. Games starring the iconic moustache-sporting plumber rarely miss the mark for Nintendo, and some go on to be played for many years after their launch. There are even people who still keep their old Nintendo 64 consoles plugged in so they can play “Super Mario 64” or one of the early incarnations of “Mario Kart” whenever the mood takes them. That’s why the news Nintendo gave us this week comes as a surprise. After barely two years of operations, they’re pulling the plug on the mobile game “Dr Mario World.” As one news agency put it, Dr Mario has been pronounced dead.
If you enjoy the game, but you haven’t played it for a while, you still have time to get some more enjoyment out of it before it disappears. After launching Dr Mario barely two years ago, Nintendo will declare it to be officially “out of service” as of November 1st this year. You can no longer buy diamonds, the title’s in-game currency, with immediate effect. That’s a sure sign that the game’s performance has been disappointing, and that idea is backed up by data from Sensor Tower. According to their figures, “Dr Mario World” was already Nintendo’s worst-performing mobile game just six months after its launch. Its revenue and download numbers were even worse than those of “Super Mario Run,” which was itself a big disappointment for the company. In fact, Nintendo’s best-performing mobile game…
