Next Level Games

Next Level Games, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedOctober 2002; 22 years ago (2002-10)[1]
FoundersEric Randall
Douglas Tronsgard
Jason Carr
David Catlin
HeadquartersVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Key people
Eric Randall (president)
Douglas Tronsgard (CEO)
Number of employees
140 (2024)
ParentNintendo (2021–present)
Websitenextlevelgames.com Edit this at Wikidata

Next Level Games, Inc. is a Canadian video game developer owned by Nintendo based in Vancouver. Founded in October 2002, Next Level Games specializes in creating console video games. Their first project was NHL Hitz Pro, which was published by Midway Games in 2003. The company is best known for its work with Nintendo, the Mario Strikers games and Punch-Out!! for the Wii, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and Metroid Prime: Federation Force for the Nintendo 3DS, and Luigi's Mansion 3 for the Nintendo Switch.[2][3]

Among other awards, Next Level Games has been named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" and one of BC's Top Employers in 2008, 2009 and 2012. The company has been featured in Maclean's magazine and BC Business magazine.

History

In January 2014, the studio announced that it would work exclusively with Nintendo from then on.[4][5]

In January 2021, Nintendo announced that it had purchased Next Level Games after "A number of owner-directors recently determined that the time is right for them to sell their shares, and NLG therefore began exploring potential sale transactions". This acquisition took place on March 1.[6]

List of games developed

List of games developed by Next Level Games
Year Title Platform(s) Publisher(s)
2003 NHL Hitz Pro GameCube
Xbox
PlayStation 2 		Midway Games
2004 The Suffering (additional work)[7] Microsoft Windows
Xbox
PlayStation 2
2005 Super Mario Strikers GameCube Nintendo
2007 Mario Strikers Charged Wii
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe PlayStation 2
Xbox 360
Wii 		Activision
2008 Ticket to Ride Xbox 360 Playful Entertainment
2009 Jungle Speed Wii
Punch-Out!! Nintendo
Doc Louis's Punch-Out!!
2010 Transformers: Cybertron Adventures Activision
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Ubisoft
2011 Captain America: Super Soldier Xbox 360
PlayStation 3 		Sega
2012 Microsoft Solitaire Collection[a][8] Microsoft Windows
iOS
Android 		Xbox Game Studios
2013 Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Nintendo 3DS Nintendo
2016 Metroid Prime: Federation Force
2019 Luigi's Mansion 3 Nintendo Switch
2022 Mario Strikers: Battle League
2024 Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (special thanks)[9]
Notes
  1. ^ Co-developed with Arkadium and Smoking Gun Interactive

Cancelled

References

  1. ^ "Mercury Steam Entertainment S.L." MobyGames.
  2. ^ "Hands-On With The Secret-Filled Luigi's Mansion 3". Kotaku Australia. June 12, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Phillips, Tom (July 17, 2019). "Luigi's Mansion 3 gets the spookiest release date possible". Eurogamer. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
  4. ^ Phillips, Tom (January 9, 2014). "Luigi's Mansion 2 dev will now work exclusively with Nintendo". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  5. ^ "Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon developer Next Level Games signs second-party deal with Nintendo". ScrewAttack.com. January 9, 2014. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  6. ^ McFerran, Damien (January 5, 2021). "Nintendo Is Buying Luigi's Mansion Studio Next Level Games". Nintendo Life. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  7. ^ "The Suffering credits". MobyGames.com. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "Tom's guide to Microsoft Solitaire Collection". July 29, 2020.
  9. ^ "Luigi's Mansion 2 HD END CREDITS 🎞️👻 Nintendo Switch". YouTube. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  10. ^ "Next Level Games was working on a WWE game that was cancelled by publisher THQ". Unseen64.net. February 18, 2012.
  11. ^ "Super Mario Spikers is a cancelled volleyball/wrestling hybrid game developed by Next Level Games". Unseen64.net. August 6, 2011.
  12. ^ "Next Level Games was working on an Action title known as "Catalyst"". Unseen64.net. July 12, 2010.
  13. ^ "Next Level Games Was Working on a Puzzle-Platformer Called "Clockwerk"". Gamnesia.com. January 12, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.