DeNA revealed in its fourth quarter 2016 balance sheet materials on Thursday that the Animal Crossing smartphone game it is working on with Nintendo is slated to launch in 2017 fiscal year (before March 2018). It has not yet announced a concrete release date. Nintendo had announced in January that the game, which was initially slated for fall 2016, would be delayed until after March 2017.

DeNA also noted that it is developing more titles with Nintendo and will make announcements at later dates.

Nintendo and DeNA 's Super Mario Run launched for iOS devices in December and Android in March. It is available in 165 territories and has been downloaded 150 million times. The Fire Emblem Heroes smartphone game launched in February.

Source: Famitsu via Hachima Kikō