Nintendo to launch Lite version of Fire Emblem Heroes for phones with less storage

Fire Emblem Heroes is by far the most successful mobile game launched by Nintendo, having brought the Japanese company no less than one-third of a billion dollars in just one year. The game was released on Android and iOS last year as a free game, but heavy on the in-app purchases.

Although it runs on almost any decently specced smartphone, the size of the app is now almost four times bigger than it was at launch. Fire Emblem Heroes was about 400MB in size, but after numerous updates that added content or new gameplay features it reached around 1.5GB.

But worry not, as Nintendo plans ...