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Next Level Games is a first party Nintendo developer based in Canada. It was formerly independant but was purchased by Nintendo in early 2021. It is best known for developing Punch-Out!! for the Wii and further entries in the Luigi's Mansion series, as well as Super Mario Strikers for the GameCube and Mario Strikers Charged for the Wii.
History
Next Level Games opened their doors in 2002. Many of the staff had come from Black Box Games. They're known as the first North American developers to ever to make a Super Mario video game, that one being Super Mario Strikers. The company itself has won a multitude of awards and was even listed as the number one employer in the British Columbia province.
In October of 2008 it was confirmed by IGN that the long-rumored, which was officially announced a day earlier, was currently being developed Next Level Games. In January 2014, the studio announced it would work with Nintendo exclusively. It was announced on January 4th 2021 that Nintendo had purchased all of Next Level Games' stock making it a first party developer from that point on.
Games developed
| Game titles | Platforms | Year of release(s) |
|---|---|---|
| NHL Hitz Pro |  |
2003 |
| Super Mario Strikers | |
2005 |
| Mario Strikers Charged |  |
2007 |
| Spider-Man: Friend or Foe | |
2007 |
| Jungle Speed |  |
2009 |
| Punch-Out!! | |
2009 |
| Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! | |
2009 |
| Transformers: Cybertron Adventures | |
2010 |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | |
2010 |
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2013 | |
| Metroid Prime: Blast Ball | |
2016 |
| Metroid Prime: Federation Force | |
2016 |
| Luigi's Mansion 3 |  |
2019 |
| Mario Strikers: Battle League | |
2022 |
Cancelled games
- Clockwerk - a puzzle-platformer intended to be released on the Wii, it was cancelled after the game's publisher reportedly realized the game was too similar to another game they were publishing at the time.
- Super Mario Spikers - proposed for a launch on the Wii, the game was intended to be a fusion of volleyball with wrestling and aggressive themes akin to the Mario Strikers games. It was cancelled in 2007 after Nintendo disapproved of the excessive violence featured in the game.
Trivia
- The robot that serves as Next Level Games's mascot is named "Eggman" (or simply "The Egg" in certain image files).
External links
- Next Level Games at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia