Dr. Mario World Announced For Mobile Devices, Launches Early Summer 2019

LINE and Nintendo are teaming up to bring Dr. Mario World to your mobile devices!

For now, we only know that the game will be an action-puzzle title – and will be launching worldwide sometime in Early Summer 2019. Other than that, the companies revealed an original logo for the upcoming title.

Check out the press release below, from Nintendo themselves:

KYOTO, Japan, Feb. 1, 2019 JST – Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Minami-Ku, Kyoto, Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, hereinafter referred as “Nintendo”) and LINE Corporation (HQ: Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, President: Takeshi Idezawa, hereinafter referred as “LINE”) have announced a partnership in the mobile game business. The companies will co-develop and jointly operate a new game for smart devices.

1. Context of the Partnership

    Nintendo continues to introduce unique entertainment products and characters like Mario to the world, establishing itself as a globally recognized brand that represents video game culture in the home entertainment industry. In 2016, Nintendo entered the mobile games business, creating even more opportunities for consumers to engage with Nintendo IP and reaching audiences beyond its dedicated video game platform business.

   “LINE”, under its corporate mission “Closing the Distance,” LINE is dedicated to creating a world that seamlessly connects people, information, content, and services anywhere, anytime, and at the most comfortable distance. In its endeavor to realize a self-contained Smart Portal strategy, LINE offers services in a variety of fields to its 165 million monthly active users in four key markets (Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia), where the userbase continues to expand.

   Utilizing both companies’ strengths, Nintendo and LINE will co-develop and jointly operate a new action puzzle game featuring Dr. Mario titled Dr. Mario World to be released by Nintendo. Dr. Mario World is targeting an early summer 2019 global release, including in Japan and the United States.

   Together with Nintendo and LINE, NHN Entertainment, which has released and operated various online and mobile games, will take part in the development and operation of Dr. Mario World.

2. Game Overview

   Title	Dr. Mario World
   Release Timing	Early summer 2019
   Genre	Puzzle
   Price	Free to download with optional in-app purchases
   Supporting OS	iOS and Android
   Releasing Countries/Regions	Initially in approximately 60 countries/regions including Japan and the United States
   Supporting Languages	Multiple languages including Japanese and English
   Publisher	Nintendo
   Copyright	©2019 Nintendo Co-Developed by LINE and NHN

We’ll report back when Nintendo releases more images and information in the future.