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Super Mario Is Coming To The iPhone (popularmechanics.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the here-we-go dept.

One of the first announcements made at Apple's iPhone 7 launch event was that Nintendo's Super Mario Bros franchise will be coming to the iPhone. The announcement was short, sparse with details, but certainly well received. Popular Mechanics reports: "Nintendo head Shigeru Miyamoto took the stage early in Apple's iPhone 7 reveal in San Francisco today to announce and demonstrate the new game Super Mario Run, the first Mario game for the iPhone. The game is simple: Mario runs completely, a la Temple Run, and you push buttons to make him jump and try to reach the end of the levels. Miyamoto says 'you can play the game one-handed for the very first time.' There's a battle mode, too, where you try to top friends' scores. Super Mario Run will come out sometime this fall before the holiday season. Pricing is TBA, but Miyamoto promises there will be a single price and no in-app purchases." In a separate report via Kotaku, Nintendo said, "We do intend to release the game on Android devices at some point in the future." The news sent Nintendo's stock soaring, up 29 percent in U.S. trading after the announcement.

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  1. Re: The way of the Sega by Bartles · · Score: 3, Funny

    Right. Because temple run is so popular right now.

  2. Great.... by IMightB · · Score: 1, Funny

    A one hour event is going to turn into 5-6 /. stories parsed out over the next few days. It was probably the lamest Apple event with the weakest tech I've ever seen. All the Apple FanBoi's in my office gathered around Projectors and TV's in slaverish anticipation. I'll spoil the next few articles for you dongle, special modified BT chip on wireless headphones. iWatch2 - faster, GPS and brighter screen. Iphone 7 has 2 front cameras that can take pictures. super mario.... Tim Cook does lame Steve Jobs impression.

    I'm not necessarily against Apple, just the sycophants...

  3. Augmented reality by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 3, Funny

    If it's not an augmented reality game, I want nothing to do with it. I want a super mario that jumps desks and pounds on people's heads in augmented reality. Otherwise, it's crap.

    --
    "Somebody has to do something. It's just incredibly pathetic it has to be us."
    --- Jerry Garcia
  4. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    essentially this is just Flappy Bird with the bird swapped out with Mario.