Nintendo will remove two mobile games from the Belgian market as the company moves to comply with the country’s ban on games that use loot boxes.
Nintendo will remove Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes from the country in August.
Nintendo said it made the decision due to the “current unclear situation in Belgium regarding certain in-game revenue models.”
Both games let players buy loot boxes which contain rare in-game items or heroes that help complete the game. Gaming regulators in Belgium and several other countries consider loot boxes to be a form of gambling.
Nintendo said any future games it produced that used randomized loot boxes as a reward for players would not be released in Belgium. Nintendo’s decision follows similar action by Blizzard, Valve and 2K, which also changed or removed games to make them comply with the decision.
