Nintendo has made plenty of Freemium games - Miitomo and Badge Arcade. Nintendo has also pioneered (?) free-to-start games, such as Pokémon Picross (where it s

Nintendo has made plenty of Freemium games - Miitomo and Badge Arcade. Nintendo has also pioneered (?) free-to-start games, such as Pokémon Picross (where it starts off micro-transactiony to get "energy" but once you've paid $x all shop items are free)