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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. Investigative journalism in the comments... by Black.Shuck · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...is how /. works. Sorry forgot about that.

    Kotaku says that Miyamoto got it wrong: It'll be a free download with an in-App purchase to upgrade to the full-game.

    1. Re:Investigative journalism in the comments... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      I'm not sure it's really a case of him getting it wrong, at least beyond semantics. If you can effectively download a demo/trial of the game, then make a single payment in order to have the full product then there is a single purchase and although the purchase is technically in-app what was clearly meant was clearly that there wouldn't be things to buy in game like extra levels, funny costumes etc.

  2. Re:Congrats Short-Sighted Investors by Truekaiser · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nintendo's goose is Pokemon. Without it they would have followed sega years ago.