Next Level Games

Next Level Games is a Canadian video game developer founded in 2002 by Jason Carr, David Catlin, Eric Randall and Douglas Tronsgard, former Black Box Games employees. It is one of the few Western companies that have developed games for Nintendo. The company eventually became a subsidiary of Nintendo on March 1, 2021.

Next Level Games is known for the Luigi's Mansion series, Super Mario Strikers and Punch-Out!!.

List of video games

 * NHL Hitz Pro (2003)
 * Super Mario Strikers (2005)
 * Mario Strikers Charged (2007)
 * Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (2007)
 * Ticket to Travel (2008)
 * Speed ​​of the Jungle (2009)
 * Punch-Out!! (2009)
 * Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! (2009)
 * Transformers: Cybertron Adventure (2010)
 * Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2010)
 * Captain America: Super Soldier (2011)
 * Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon  (2013)
 * mh:crappygames:Metroid Prime: Federation Force (2016)
 * Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019)
 * mh:crappygames:Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022)

Cancelled

 * WWE Titans Parts Unknown
 * Clockwerk
 * Super Mario Spikers

Why They're Reaching Next Level

 * 1) Most of the games developed by them are very well done, along with the graphics, especially the games published by Nintendo, which have had mostly positive reviews.
 * 2) They brought the Luigi's Mansion series back to life with Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, as well as Luigi's Mansion 3, which is considered to be their best game in years.
 * 3) Aside from the success of the Luigi's Mansion series, they've also done a good job with Punch-Out!! and the Mario Strikers (except Battle League) series.
 * 4) They show care for their employees and want a work-life balance, unlike a certain company who absolutely does not want to emulate it.
 * 5) They’ve made good non-Nintendo games such as NHL Hitz Pro, Ticket to Ride and Jungle Speed.
 * 6) The Luigi's Mansion and Mario Strikers series are largely praised for their polished graphics, as well as animations that brings the expressiveness and life of the Super Mario characters to the next level.
 * 7) They hate mh:crappygames:Electronic Arts because of how they treat their employees badly and use crunch time.

Bad Quality

 * 1) They have made some bad/mediocre games, such as mh:crappygames:Metroid Prime: Federation Force, mh:crappygames:Mario Strikers: Battle League, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2010), and Transformers: Cybertron Adventures.

Trivia

 * Next Level Games was named one of Canada's 100 Best Employers in 2008, 2009 and 2012.
 * Next Level Games was working on another Super Mario title called  Super Mario Spikers, which mixed wrestling and volleyball. Unfortunately, the title was rejected by Nintendo because it was too violent.
 * However, the idea for a Super Mario volleyball game was revisited by Square Enix in Mario Sports Mix (2010), just a few years after the original idea by Next Level Games was rejected. Volleyball was one of the four main sports that can be played in Mario Sports Mix.

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