The first trial kicks off on March 24 at 12 PM PST / 3 PM EST / 7 PM GMT. You can grab the application from the Switch eShop, though until the event starts, booting the game up will just give you the following message: 'The Splatoon 2 Global Testfire hasn't started yet.' The app is available to download on Nintendo Switch now. Splatoon 2's Global Testfire starts today and will run throought the weekend. Nintendo now says it plans to release 2-3 mobile games a year. Animal Crossing, originally supposed to be released last year, is now delayed with a release sometime in the next fiscal year. It has released two games so far, Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. In 2015, Nintendo announced an ambitious plan to break into mobile games.

We honestly prefer the Super Mario Run model,' a senior company official told Nikkei. Despite that, Nintendo insists pay-to-play is the preferred business model. Fire Emblem Heroes, a more traditional free-to-play game, has been wildly successful in sales. While Super Mario Run has gotten more free content, it is another Nintendo game that is the company's smartphone 'cash cow,' according to Nikkei Asian Review. In version 2.0.0, Nintendo has expanded the free-to-play content in the game, which is included in the Android release. The game made its Android debut this week alongside the release of a major update for the iOS version.

By the end of January, the game hit a whopping 78 million downloads on iOS only, but only 5% of players had purchased the full game. To unlock the full game, players must pay US $10 / £10 / AU $15. Super Mario Run, the first mobile game to feature Nintendo's star character, is free to download, but only a limited amount of content is free-to-play. In an interview with the Nikkei Asian Review, Tatsumi Kimishima said the mobile game's earnings 'did not meet our expectations.'

Nintendo's president says revenue from Super Mario Run was lower than expected, but he insists pay-to-play mobile games are here to stay at the gaming giant.

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