You could only use the candy currency to unlock extra answers from your buddies, while Game tickets, usually sparingly given out by the app as a bonus (and available as in-app purchases), are what's needed to play for Nintendo-themed goods (or cat sweaters) for your avatar -- until now. If you've built up quite the stockpile of candy, it'll soon be time to go shopping.

Nintendo continues to add to the social game -- its first for smartphones -- but it didn't sustain the boom in popularity after its launch. To be honest, it's not really a typical game. The games maker's association with smartphone hit Pokémon Go, meanwhile, is a little thinner, tied to its part ownership of both the Pokémon Company and Niantic. Truer Nintendo games (in the sense of what we're used to playing) are expected later this year.