Not exact matches
A system like the one Super Mario Has, or
gacha like Fire
Emblem Heroes?
Gacha is less consumer friendly and far lower value than the novel solution 3DS provided for Fire
Emblem Fates: buying an Amiibo of a legendary character (like Marth), which you can scan in, battle, and add to your team.
Both are also free - to - play in a more traditional sense, with Fire
Emblem Heroes notably adopting
gacha mechanics.
Fire
Emblem is the natural choice for the
gacha - style of gameplay, as there are countless heroes to use from 15 titles throughout all of Nintendo's consoles.
Fire
Emblem Heroes was pretty much a stripped - down version of the main series, and despite being competent, was marred with irritating
gacha microtransactions.
Finally, this game feels like it completes a list of experiments Nintendo has tried on mobile, with Super Mario Run effectively being a premium app, Fire
Emblem relying heavily on
Gacha and Animal Crossing using a more tried and trusted impatience mechanism to monetize.