We don't know how much money Pokémon Shuffle is earning for Nintendo, but it's certainly tempting a decent number of 3DS owners to try it out for free. The tile-matching game has now reached 4 million downloads, which certainly isn't a number to be sniffed at.
The game is celebrating through new events - on the one hand it's giving all players a Complexity -1 item, which is nice. In addition there's a new event that'll run until 15th June; your goal is to capture a Shaymin, and clearing the stage will earn you 1000 coins first time around.
Four million downloads is impressive, especially if a decent portion of those players buy some gems; whether we like it or not Nintendo's getting a taste for the free-to-play market.
[source serebii.net]
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Already leveled it up to Lv. 6 >_>'
And a Complexity - 1 given away free aswell. All's good.
I really like the game, but I'm not spending money on gems out of principle.
If they were to release a physical copy in the Puzzle & Dragons Z style where the F2P parts get cut and replaced with and actual progress system, along with more content, I would pick it up in a heartbeat though.
Why you won't just port this to phones as your first phone game Nintendo.....can't you imagine the many more numbers and possible transactions you'd get from a wider audience then your 3DS audience?
@linforcer you kidding me!!
@Rex28
Nope
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I hope to have it at MAX level by the end of the day (since 6 and something takes about 1/3 of the experience needed to reach MAX level)
how many of those 4 million are still playing I wonder, I know I'm not.
I know I been spreading the word of the 2 free pokemon games like a missionary to friends and family that have or knows someone with a 3ds. So I know I'm doing my part
I've been stuck on Steelix for about 5 days now so along with the daily pokemon and meowth at the weekend, this is a nice change.
I wonder how long it'll be until we see advertisements throughout these free to play games.
I got a Mega Lucario stone today -super happy- Even my BF plays Pokémon Shuffle every day. I don't spend money on it though, neither does my BF. But Nintendo might still benefit from Pokémon Shuffle. It makes 3DS owners pick up their 3DS more often, which is a good thing. I spend money on other games and I've even bought quite a few background themes.
I am still playing the game even though I have caught over 200 Pokemon. I won't stop until I catch Genesect!
Never understood the hate on this game, it's super addictive and fun! And I'm not even a pokemon fan. Almost 100hrs on it and not a single cent spent.
It's unreal how successful this game has been.
Wow, I actually won the mega stone this time. Now if they’d only give us another shot at the other megas…and Pinsar.
The Complexity -1 finally allowed my son to gwt that pesky Mega MewTwo Y!!
@ZachBeacon
Feel your pain. Getting Pinsar was a use-all-the powerups proposition, which didn't sat well with me.
First I thought it was just a misspelling but... is "Pinsar" "Pinsir" in another language? (I know a lot of the pokémon have different names across localizations)
Sorry, I'm not an uber-Pokemon fan, so I guess it could be named Pinsar (I have 3 systems, 2 in Spanish and one in English), and since I didn't catch it on any of them, I can't tell the real name.
I mean, i was confused because both of you spelled "Pinsar" whereas I know it as Pinsir... So since there were two of you I just got curious... (I'm not a big Pokémon fan either but I was during Generation 1, so I know all those names pretty well...)
@linforcer
Sorry, I meant to type “the one that looks like a giant stag beetle”.
I liked this game, but I deleted it when I reached the last stage. I didn't see any point in continuing further as there's no replay value unlike other puzzle games.
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