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Why Super Mario Run Isn’t Free To Play

This first Nintendo mobile game has to be done in a precise manner so that gamers will have the best experience for the game.

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As such, Nintendo and Apple are pulling out all the stops. The video game publisher will launch Super Mario Run for the iPhone and iPad on Saturday, December 17 (NZ time).

But actually, the security element is one of the reasons that we made a decision to go with iPhone and iOS first.

And that’s not all.

Creator of Super Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, announced “Super Mario Run” last September 7 alongside the announcement of iPhone 7.

It’s clear that both companies understand that this partnership is historic in nature, and as such, are going above and beyond to promote it properly.

He also believed that Apple and Nintendo have similarities on product development, thinking on how people will use their products.

Collect all five purple coins in that, and an even harder “black coin” version unlocks where, in the words of Nintendo’s demonstrator, “they expect you to be a bit more fancy” with your acrobatics to collect everything. In spite of prevailing skepticism for $10 price point, people still think that the power of Mario will make this a giant hit, notwithstanding short of the absolute madness we saw with Pokémon GO.

Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Toad are controlled by the player as they steer automatically from left to right. It was pretty simple.

Nintendo’s highly-awaited mobile platform game “Super Mario Run” has been optimised for one-handed gameplay and constantly locked up to internet connection in order to prevent piracy.

As a portable mobile game, Super Mario Run should be played even in offline mode or else it will not serve its objective being a portable game.

“For us, we view our software as being a very important asset for us”, he told Mashable.

In an interview with Glixel, Miyamoto said this was a precaution to maintain the brand’s child-friendly image.

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That experiment will come to life as Nintendo’s first ever smartphone game. The team behind the upcoming game wanted to make sure that all three modes offered in the game will be functioning together in a way that will keep the software secure, thus the need for a network connection.

Super Mario Run is Only Playable Online