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Dr. Mario World is a discontinued puzzle game in the Dr. Mario series for iOS, iPadOS, and Android devices. It was a free-to-download game with in-app purchases that was co-developed by Nintendo, LINE, and NHN Entertainment, and it was available initially in 59 countries/regions, including Japan and the United States. The game supported multiple languages, including Japanese and English. Dr. Mario World is the second game of the Super Mario franchise for mobile devices, following Super Mario Run, though it is the first free-to-play mobile game featuring microtransactions and gacha mechanics in the Super Mario franchise. Like Super Mario Run, the game required a constant internet connection to play. It takes advantage of the touchscreen controls of the smartphone, where players dragged capsules with the touchscreen to eliminate viruses, though the core gameplay is slightly tweaked in comparison to prior Dr. Mario titles in that players solved puzzles with a limited number of capsules rather than infinite capsules against a time limit.
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- The Mario Kart World Direct presentation (pictured) was broadcast on April 17, 2025, introducing new mechanics such as the Charge Jump and Rewind, and revealing the return of the Balloon Battle and Coin Runners battle modes.
- The soundtrack from the Nintendo GameCube version of Luigi's Mansion was made available on the Nintendo Music app on April 7, 2025.
- New details were revealed about the Nintendo Switch 2 in the Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 presentation broadcast on April 2, 2025, including a voice and video chat feature called GameChat, enhanced versions of Nintendo Switch games including Super Mario Party Jamboree, the addition of Nintendo GameCube games (including Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Strikers, and Luigi's Mansion) to the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack service, and the system's release date of June 5, 2025. The Mario Kart game for the system was revealed in full as Mario Kart World and is set to be released at the system's launch. A new 3D Donkey Kong game titled Donkey Kong Bananza was also revealed, set to be released on July 17, 2025.
- In the Nintendo Direct presentation broadcast on March 27, 2025, a type of software management was revealed for the Nintendo Switch called virtual game cards, which enables users to load digital games from one Nintendo Switch to another in a similar manner to inserting physical game cartridges, and is planned to launch in late April 2025 via a system update, with Nintendo Switch 2 support confirmed for the future. Furthermore, Shigeru Miyamoto unveiled a news application titled Nintendo Today!, which was released shortly after the Nintendo Direct.
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