Nintendo to release first iPhone Super Mario game on Dec 15
The game will be free to download initially, but include an optional one-off payment of US$9.99 (S$14.11) to unlock all of the features.
A Super Mario figure is projected during Apple's unveiling of new products, at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, on Sept 7, 2016 (Thursday, SGT). Photo: The New York Times
LONDON — Nintendo will release Super Mario Run worldwide for Apple’s iPhone and iPad on Dec 15 in US time zones.
The game will be free to download initially, but include an optional one-off payment of US$9.99 (S$14.11) to unlock all of the features. In addition to English and Japanese, the game will be available in several other languages, Nintendo said in a statement on Tuesday (Nov 15).
Super Mario Run marks the first time Nintendo’s popular franchise is appearing on a smartphone. Mr Shigeru Miyamoto, one of the creators of the original Mario game, gave a short demonstration of the game at Apple’s annual iPhone event in September.
The release follows this summer’s wildly successful Pokemon GO, which was developed for iOS and Android by San Francisco-based Niantic with Nintendo’s help and has been downloaded hundreds of millions of times, according to the game’s creator. BLOOMBERG
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