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Next Level Games, Inc.

Type| Subsidiary
Industry| Video games
Founded| August 22, 2002; 21 years ago (2002-08-22)
Founders| Eric Randall
Douglas Tronsgard
Jason Carr
David Catlin
Headquarters| Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada

Key people

| Eric Randall (President)
Douglas Tronsgard (CEO)

Number of employees

| 135 (2023)
Parent| Nintendo (2021–present)
Website| nextlevelgames.com

Next Level Games, Inc. is a Canadian video game developer owned by Nintendo based in Vancouver . Founded in August 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 and Metroid Prime for the Nintendo 3DS , and Luigi's Mansion 3 for the Nintendo Switch.[1][2]

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.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 List of games developed
* 2.1 Cancelled
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

In January 2014, the studio announced that it would work exclusively with Nintendo from then on.[3][4]

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.[5]

## List of games developed

List of games developed by Next Level Games  Year | Title  | Platform(s)  | Publisher(s)

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2003  | NHL Hitz Pro | GameCube
Xbox
PlayStation 2 | Midway Games
2004  | The Suffering (additional work)[6] | Microsoft Windows
Xbox
PlayStation 2
2005  | Super Mario Strikers | GameCube | Nintendo
2007  | Mario Strikers Charged | Wii
Spider-Man | 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 | Activision
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | Ubisoft
2011  | Captain America | Xbox 360
PlayStation 3 | Sega
2012  | Microsoft Solitaire Collection[lower-alpha 1][7] | Microsoft Windows
iOS
Android | Xbox Game Studios
2013  | Luigi's Mansion | Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo
2016  | Metroid Prime
2019  | Luigi's Mansion 3 | Nintendo Switch
2022  | Mario Strikers
2024  |  Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

Notes

1. ↑ Co-developed with Arkadium and Smoking Gun Interactive

### Cancelled

* WWE Titans: Parts Unknown \- PS2, Xbox[8]
* Super Mario Spikers – Wii[9]
* Catalyst \- PS3, Xbox 360[10]
* Clockwerk – Wii, X360, PS3[11]

## References

1. ↑ "Hands-On With The Secret-Filled Luigi's Mansion 3" (in en). June 12, 2019. https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/06/hands-on-with-the-secret-filled-luigis-mansion-3/.
2. ↑ Phillips, Tom (July 17, 2019). "Luigi's Mansion 3 gets the spookiest release date possible" (in en). https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-07-17-luigis-mansion-3-gets-the-spookiest-release-date-possible.
3. ↑ Phillips, Tom (January 9, 2014). "Luigi's Mansion 2 dev will now work exclusively with Nintendo". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-09-luigis-mansion-2-dev-will-now-work-exclusively-with-nintendo.
4. ↑ "Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon developer Next Level Games signs second-party deal with Nintendo". ScrewAttack.com. January 9, 2014. http://www.screwattack.com/news/luigis-mansion-dark-moon-developer-next-level-games-signs-second-party-deal-nintendo/.
5. ↑ McFerran, Damien (January 5, 2021). "Nintendo Is Buying Luigi's Mansion Studio Next Level Games". https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/01/nintendo_is_buying_luigis_mansion_studio_next_level_games.
6. ↑ "The Suffering credits". MobyGames.com. https://www.mobygames.com/game/xbox/suffering/credits.
7. ↑ "Tom's guide to Microsoft Solitaire Collection". July 29, 2020. https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-download-microsoft-solitaire-collection.
8. ↑ "Next Level Games was working on a WWE game that was cancelled by publisher THQ". Unseen64.net. February 18, 2012. https://www.unseen64.net/2012/02/18/wwe-titans-parts-unknown-ps2-xbox-cancelled/.
9. ↑ "Super Mario Spikers is a cancelled volleyball/wrestling hybrid game developed by Next Level Games". Unseen64.net. August 6, 2011. https://www.unseen64.net/2011/08/06/super-mario-spikers-wii-prototype/.
10. ↑ "Next Level Games was working on an Action title known as "Catalyst"". Unseen64.net. July 12, 2010. https://www.unseen64.net/2010/07/12/catalyst-xbox-360-ps3-pitch-cancelled/.
11. ↑ "Next Level Games Was Working on a Puzzle-Platformer Called "Clockwerk"". Gamnesia.com. January 12, 2015. http://www.gamnesia.com/news/next-level-games-was-working-on-a-puzzle-platformer-called-clockwerk/.

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