Dr. Mario World to Shut Down November 1st - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 August 2021 / 1,681 Views
Nintendo has posted a notice it will be shutting down Dr. Mario World on Monday, November 1, 2021 at 6 am UTC. Diamonds starting today will no longer be available to purchase.
"Thank you for playing the Dr. Mario World game," said Nintendo on the post.
"The Dr. Mario World game's service will end on Nov. 1, 2021 (Mon). We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who has played the game since it began service on July 10, 2019."
"If you start up the Dr. Mario World game after the game's service has ended, an end-of-service notification will be displayed and you will not be able to play the game," Nintendo added. "You will be able to look back at your play history in Dr. Mario World Memories, which is a web page that will become available after the game's service ends."
Dr. Mario World released for iOS and Android on July 10, 2019.
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Well this was not a bad game. I don't understand why they shutting it of... Now that the game is made, what is the cost of letting it run ??
This is such a shitty thing to do, just turning games into even more dated/timestamped "services".
It's mobile. I can think of a number of mobile games that I have played that shut down their servers. For the person playing the game it definitely sucks. But for the platform they are on, you have to know that's a real possibility going in at this point.
This is disappointing to read. The game was fun to play and has millions of downloads.
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