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Super Mario Run Announced
KYOTO, Japan, Sept. 8, in the year of our Lord 2016
–At an Apple event in San Francisco, CA earlier today, Nintendo
announced that the leading man of video games will star in Super
Mario Run, a full-sized Super Mario Bros. action platformer that
has been developed specifically for mobile, and will be
available first on the App Store this December. Mario creator
Shigeru Miyamoto took the stage at the event and put Mario
through his paces in a multi-level demonstration instantly
familiar to millions of fans worldwide. In the game, Mario runs
forward on his own, but relies on the touch of a single finger
to jump over obstacles, avoid pesky enemies and capture the flag
pole to complete levels.
Super Mario Run has a mode in which the player collects coins
and heads for the goal, and a mode in which the player competes
against the acrobatic moves of other people who have completed
the same course. In addition, there is a mode in which you
create your own Mushroom Kingdom based upon these play results.
iOS users will be able to download and enjoy a portion of Super
Mario Run for free and will be able to enjoy all of the game
content available in this release after paying a set purchase
price. More details will be disclosed at a later date. The game
has been developed with Mr. Miyamoto as lead creator for
Nintendo. Nintendo is also continuing its partnership with DeNA
for the launch of Super Mario Run. It will be offered on the App
Store this December in more than 100 different countries, and
nine different languages.
To help iOS users get ready for the launch of Super Mario Run, a
free Mario-themed sticker pack for the App Store for iMessage
will launch this month. iMessage users can easily access and use
these stickers in a variety of ways, bringing a bit of Mushroom
Kingdom flavor to their conversations.
Super Mario Run represents the next phase of Nintendo’s
expansion to mobile platforms, following the release of Miitomo
earlier this year. After the launch of Super Mario Run in
December, Nintendo plans to deliver its previously announced
mobile device titles in the Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem
series before the end of March, 2017. Families are required to pay for
Internet usage fees to download this game. For more information
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