Mobile megahit Monster Strike is coming to 3DS in Japan this December

One of the most lucrative games in the world is rolling over to Nintendo’s handheld platform.

Monster Strike, which is already a huge success on iOS and Android, is getting a 3DS adaptation, according to Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu (via Gematsu). The game will debut December 17 for around $40 (4,500 yen). That might sound like a lot of cash for a game you can typically download for free on a smartphone, but developer Mixi is making some huge changes to its game to justify that price. Monster Strike is one of a handful of games that makes approximately $1 billion annually from in-app purchases on iOS and Android. It is part of what gaming-market analyst Serkan Toto calls the “Japanese duopoly” along with Puzzle & copies in Japan alone), it could pad out its revenues with a 3DS version.