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The most popular Gameboy titles that could be coming to the switch

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4 years ago

September 16, 2021

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Gaming nostalgia is at an all-time high, from PS1 games being remastered for newer consoles. To the trend of modern games with retro game aesthetics, gamers are loving all things throwback. And what could be more nostalgic than the Gameboy?

With the news that Nintendo may be bringing a number of original Gameboy titles to Nintendo Switch Online, RantCasino.com wanted to find out which titles gamers are still obsessed with in 2021. Whilst some Gameboy classics get sequels and revamps, nothing can hold a candle to the true originals. To find out which games are getting the most love they took SEMrush to discover which games people are searching for the most.

The top 20 most searched for Gameboy titles

Rank	Game title	Average number of monthly worldwide searches	Release Year
1	Pokémon Red	5,400	1998
=2	Pokémon Yellow	4,400	1998
=2	Pokémon Crystal	4,400	2000
3	Pokémon Gold	2,900	1999
4	Pokémon Blue	2,400	1998
=5	Pokémon Silver	1,900	1999
=5	Super Mario Land	1,900	1989
6	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters	1,600	1998
=7	Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins	590	1992
=7	Kirby’s Dream Land	590	1992
8	Pokémon Pinball	480	1999
9	Wario Land 3	390	2000
10	Dragon Warrior Monsters	320	1998
11	Wave Race	260	1992
=12	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3	210	1994
=12	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons	210	2001
=12	Donkey Kong Land	210	1995
=12	Pokémon trading card game (Gameboy)	210	1998
=12	Yoshi’s Cookie	210	1992
13	Kirby’s Dream Land 2	170	1995

Pokémon is the clear fan favorite with games from the franchise taking up six of the top ten spots.

Of all games in the study, the classic Pokémon Red came out on top with an impressive 5,400 monthly searches on average. As of September 2021, players can choose from all three Pokémon Red starters in the new Switch-only Pokémon Unite.

In joint second are Pokémon Yellow which came out in 1998 and Pokémon Crystal which came out in the year 2000. Both games receive an average of 4,400 searches every month.

Taking the third spot is Pokémon Gold which was one of the first installments of the second generation of the Pokémon game series. This game is searched for on average 2,900 times each month.

Rounding off the top five is another tie. This time between Pokémon Silver, which came out in 1999, and Super Mario Land which came out ten years earlier in 1989. Both games receive an average of 1,900 searches each month.

Battle Royale

Prime Rush Goes Live in Early Access, Bringing a Brazil-First Mobile Battle Royale to Players

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1 day ago

January 22, 2026

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Supergaming, one of India’s leading game developers, in partnership with Spacecaps, the parent company of LOUD, has announced the early access launch of Prime Rush, a new mobile battle royale game. The game is initially available in Brazil, with a wider release in Latin America to follow.

Prime Rush is a Brazil-first game, developed with a hyper-local, community-first approach. The game’s development was shaped by cultural insights and community feedback, including inputs from Brazilian creators associated with LOUD, to ensure its gameplay, world, and characters feel native to local players.

“Our collaboration with Supergaming on Prime Rush is a significant step in our mission to bring authentic and engaging gaming experiences to our community,” said Bruno Bittencourt, CEO of LOUD. “We are thrilled to have our community be a part of the development process and to see a game that is truly made for them. Prime Rush is a celebration of Brazilian culture and a testament to the power of community-driven game development.”

Set in Maré, a floating battleground shaped by the everyday Brazilian landscapes, Prime Rush offers a unique and high-energy take on the battle royale genre. Rather than recreating a single-world city, Maré blends recognisable elements from across Brazil to create a location that feels familiar yet fresh to players. The map is built to support fast, tactical engagements and multiple win conditions, adding new layers to the traditional battle royale format.

Players will travel to Maré via mysterious portals powered by Cosmium, a rare extradimensional substance that can blend space and time. In each match, players must navigate convergence storms, hunt for cosmic shards, and decide whether to risk everything for one last fight or extract Cosmium while they still can.

“Brazil has one of the most competitive and distinct mobile shooter audiences in the world, and from the beginning we wanted to build Prime Rush with authenticity,” said Roby John, CEO and Co-founder of SuperGaming. “For us that meant spending time on ground, listening to players and creators, and understanding how the Brazilian community plays, competes, and connects. Working alongside LOUD has allowed us to test, learn, and improve Prime Rush in close partnership with players before scaling the experience across LATAM.”

At launch, players can choose from five avatars inspired by Brazilian culture, each offering a range of emotes and weapon cosmetics for personal expression.

Prime Rush also introduces a flexible tactical ability system built for high-tempo mobile combat. Abilities such as Deadeye, Shield Dome, Super Speed, and Hunter’s Instinct allow players to shape engagements around precision, defence, mobility, and intel respectively.

These abilities sit on top of a fully loaded arsenal and a range of different weapons that gives players multiple ways to define their playstyle.

Early Access and Pre-Registration

Early Access for Prime Rush is now live in Brazil, available to a limited number of players via PrimeRush.GG. Players can also pre-register on the Google Play Store for Android in Brazil and will be notified when Prime Rush becomes more widely available and to unlock exclusive pre-registration rewards.

Additional LATAM regions will follow as SuperGaming and LOUD expand testing, game identity and scale servers across the region.

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Regulating the Game 2026 Draft Program Unveiled, Spotlighting the Issues Shaping the Sector

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1 week ago

January 15, 2026

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Regulating the Game has published the draft program for its 2026 Sydney conference, outlining a comprehensive agenda of keynotes, featured addresses, panels, and expert masterclasses examining the most consequential regulatory, policy and operational issues facing the global gambling sector.

Regulating the Game 2026 will be held 9–11 March 2026 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth and represents the sixth edition of the conference as a forum for rigorous, cross-jurisdictional engagement on gambling regulation and sector performance and uplift.

The draft program confirms that each conference day is anchored by keynote and featured speakers, whose addresses are designed to frame and contextualise the broader program of talks, panels and masterclasses that follow. These speakers bring senior executive leadership, policy and advisory insight, and deep subject-matter expertise, helping to frame the regulatory and operating environment, its trajectory, and the lenses through which the agenda is explored.

Across the three days, the program integrates:

Context-setting sessions that frame the regulatory and operating environment and its direction, including examinations of where gambling regulation and policy are heading, how enforcement and sanctioning approaches are evolving post-inquiry, and how governments and markets are responding to persistent black-market and grey-market pressures. These sessions establish the policy, strategic and operating lenses through which the broader agenda is explored.
Moderated panels that interrogate regulatory assumptions and reform outcomes in practice, including discussions on harm minimisation in increasingly data-driven environments, the limits and consequences of intensified regulation, and the interaction between market design, consumer behaviour and regulatory intent.
Expert masterclasses, including a session led by Jay Robinson focused on embedding the Responsible Gambling Officer role with purpose, authority and practical impact, and a second masterclass convened by the International Masters of Gaming Law, with final scope and focus to be confirmed. Together, these sessions are designed to support practical capability uplift and address the implementation risks that sit between policy intent and operational reality.
Industry Spotlight sessions, introduced in 2026, comprising tightly curated 15-minute presentations from incumbent organisations. These sessions provide a platform to articulate strategic direction, investment priorities and innovation pathways, and to examine what lies ahead for the sector as regulatory expectations, technology and market structures continue to evolve.

Collectively, the agenda addresses:

The trajectory of gambling regulation, enforcement and sanctioning frameworks
AML/CTF reform, financial crime risk and supervisory expectations
Safer gambling governance, harm minimisation and behavioural insight
Black market and grey market dynamics in increasingly regulated environments
Technology, data governance and the use of AI in regulatory and compliance systems
Leadership, accountability and the operational reality of reform delivery

While the program is deliberately broad, particular attention has been given to curating sessions and contributors that surface topical and often unresolved issues facing the sector. The agenda is designed to frame the current environment and its direction, provoke informed debate, stimulate curiosity, and act as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, innovation bets and next practice across regulation, policy and operations.

Paul Newson, Principal at Vanguard Overwatch and Founder of Regulating the Game, said the 2026 draft program reflects a deliberate architecture:

“The program is designed to open up the problem space, not to close it down. Early sessions are intended to frame the environment honestly and rigorously, so that the discussions that follow can interrogate options, trade-offs and solutions with clarity and discipline.”

He added:

“Regulating the Game is deliberately structured to move from context to analysis to application. The draft program makes that progression clear and intentional.”

The program is supported by flagship events including Pitch!, the RTG Global Awards Gala Dinner, and an expanded Exhibition Showcase, which together complement the formal agenda and support cross-sector engagement.

The draft program reflects the core structure of the conference, with final speaker confirmations and minor refinements to be completed in the coming week.

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Adam Smart Director of Product Gaming at AppsFlyer

AppsFlyer State of Gaming Report: AI Is Flooding Mobile Gaming Marketing Channels and Raising the Cost of Standing Out

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1 week ago

January 14, 2026

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State of Gaming for Marketers 2026 reveals how AI-driven scale, global UA spend, and China-based publishers are reshaping mobile gaming competition

AppsFlyer, the Modern Marketing Cloud, today released the State of Gaming for Marketers 2026, an in-depth analysis of how AI, creative scale, and rising paid pressure reshaped mobile gaming marketing in 2025. Drawing on AppsFlyer data, the report examines how studios adapted as marketing activity expanded faster than player attention.

In 2025, AI-enabled production coincided with a sharp increase in advertising across iOS and Android. Creative output scaled rapidly across all spending tiers, with top gaming advertisers producing between 2,400 and 2,600 creative variations per quarter, up 25–30% YoY. That expansion increased pressure on paid acquisition channels. Paid install share rose 10% YoY across iOS and Android, while ad impressions increased 20%, indicating a significant rise in the number of ads competing for the same pool of players. To manage rising marketing volume and fragmentation, AI-enabled tools became a common part of daily workflows with 46% of AI assistant queries focused on reporting and performance breakdowns, reflecting the need for faster visibility as data volumes grew.

“AI has dramatically increased the speed and volume at which games and marketing assets reach the market,” says Adam Smart, Director of Product, Gaming at AppsFlyer. “The result is not a shortage of creativity, but a surplus of it. As paid activity and creative supply expand faster than player attention, marketing success depends on how effectively teams can measure, interpret, and act on an increasing volume of fragmented signals.”

Additional key insights from the State of Gaming for Marketers 2026

Global gaming app UA spend reached $25B in 2025. Midcore UA spend increased 28% YoY on iOS, while Android spend remained largely flat.
● China-headquartered publishers increased their share of global gaming UA spend. Their share grew by 26% YoY in the UK, and 22% globally, with gains strongest on Android.
● iOS paid installs reached record highs. Share in the UK rose across Casino (+13%), Hypercasual (+10%), and Midcore (+30%).
● iOS advertisers expanded media mix to find incremental scale. iOS gaming advertisers increased the number of media sources they used by up to 15% YoY, reflecting growing fragmentation and the need to diversify beyond core channels.
● AI is still used primarily to manage marketing scale, not strategy. With 46% of AI assistant queries focused on reporting and performance breakdowns, teams are using AI to keep pace with rising data volumes rather than replace decision-making, but some genres are already employing more complex tasks and asks.

Methodology

AppsFlyer’s State of Gaming for Marketers 2026 is based on anonymized, aggregated data from 9.6 thousand gaming apps worldwide, analyzing 24.8 billion total installs, including 14.1 billion paid installs, alongside ad spend, creative production, monetization, AI-assisted workflows, and media source usage across iOS and Android during 2025.

The full report is available at: appsflyer.com/resources/reports/gaming-marketers/

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