Mobile Games Need a Way to be Kept Alive
Nintendo just announced the shutdown of its mobile exclusive game, Dragalia Lost. While new mobile games come and go every day, it is not an easy time for a fan base when one shuts down. Mobile games, more so than console games, so easily become a part of one's routine— it takes minimal effort to pick up a cell phone and play for ten minutes every day. Forcefully having to break this habit is the hardest part of a game like Dragalia Lost going offline.
End-of-life mobile games have differing stances on this issue. Some opt for not releasing any new content, instead cycling through previously released events ad nauseam. Others shut their servers fully, usually removing any paywalls before doing so, just to give fans one last chance to play through all the content. In any case, mobile gaming is getting larger by the day, and is revered to nearly the same extent as gaming on PC or console. A life span of just a few years does not cut it for some mobile games — there has to be a way to better preserve them.
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In 2016, Nintendo expressed interest in expanding their mobile games department. This was an exciting time for Nintendo fans, as it allowed for official, free-to-play games based on fan-favorite series, all within the convenience of a smartphone. Some of the first games were Super Mario Run, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Fire Emblem Heroes, which all stem from massively popular IPs. Dragalia Lost, on the other hand, is interesting in that it is Nintendo-developed and completely original.
Dragalia Lost first released in September of 2018. The game is a gacha game, meaning players must spend in-game currency to summon for new characters, complete with voice
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