Nintendo and Apple have announced today that they’re teaming up to bring Super Mario to the iPhone. The game is called Super Mario Run and as you would expect is a side scrolling 2D adventure where Mario runs automatically to the right. The longer you hold down on the screen the higher Mario jumps and progress is tracked by score. There’s also a new battle mode called “Toad Rally.” The game is set to launch this holiday season exclusively on the iPhone and will no doubt come to Android at a later date.
An epic moment. Mario is heading to iPhone & iPad. #SuperMarioRun. Only on the App Store. https://t.co/RUoFlEfsyP pic.twitter.com/JATw7l30xb
— App Store (@AppStore) September 7, 2016
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
Saying that on everyone’s behalf here
What
The
Actual
Fuck
We knew it was coming, so this actually isn’t really surprising when you really think about it.
This sounds like the garbage we were all afraid of.
“First on iOS.”
*Looks at my Android phone.*
Fuck.
looks at android phone
feels nothing.
starts up mario galaxy
… okay. Fair enough.
I’m rarely pissed at Nintendo for their business tactics. But it seems not even they could resist bullshit timed exclusives now. Mega sigh.
I blame Apple more than Nintendo (but Nintendo shares that blame, too).
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That’s not what you were saying several months ago. It was a lot of crying about Starfox and Metroid and how the WiiU was lacking. Oh and you were QUITE upset about jump to mobile games. Hell, some time before the mobile games were announced you (along with half of this website) would vehemently argue that Nintendo would never be so low as to delve into the mobile gaming world. Yeah I remember that you disappeared sometime in February while you were going through your Nintendo fueled depression. I guess a roach always pops back up though! A roach using the same line, “our grand design”. Well you’ve been saying that for a few years now. When is it going to happen? Or have you finally gone delusional and convinced yourself that mobile gaming, along with all the other poor and casual/children-catered decisions, are your Nintendo wet dream?
||So many flaws in your arguments…||
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Quadraxis… You’re such a fucking tool.
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That so deserves a like for how well you handled being called a tool & even turned it around to suit your own needs. xD
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Nintendo just got all the way in bed with mobile gaming, and started by fucking the Apples.
I hope you’ll be able to tell friend from foe once Nintendo is finished sleeping with the enemy… All of the enemies. You think this won’t end up on the Microsoft store? Because it will. And given Apple’s size, your being worried about the Xbox is like chasing a bread their when the syndicate is infiltrating high command.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but Apple has no friends and even sue their own business partners.
Thanks are getting damned blurry if you ask me.
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Calm down kiddo, there are no “enemies” here. This game is nothing but a good thing for Nintendo. They make money, and children are exposed to Mario.
I really doubt this will end up in Windows Store because no one but Microsoft gives a fuck about Windows Store.
Wouldn’t it be neat if Apple teamed up with Nintendo for the NX?
||Young fool, we haven’t and never will…||
“Nintendo and Apple have announced today that they’re teaming up”
It literally did just happen, sir.
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There would be a 1% chance of it happening, but it would surely be interesting
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Like i said very unlikely, but I could see a collaboration of Nintendo and Apple working together on an OS turning out to be quite interesting.
I think it would be a perfect fit on a couple levels. Apple and Nintendo have a similar business model in that they are exclusive in and of themselves… Maybe not in all cases but generally speaking they have done their own thing over the years and some have failed and some have been gigantic successes.
If Apple were to aid Nintendo with OS and general hardware capability leaving Nintendo to focus on the games, I would be very happy.
Sure, some of the people with their androids and PCs would feel quite butt hurt, and I won’t insult them because everyone has their tastes, but for me, the design and functionality of an Apple/Nintendo console would be a giant game changer. Like Microsoft, Apple would move into console gaming, however, it wouldn’t be on their own or having to come up with something new and unique… nintendo already does that and with their IP coupled with each company’s fanboy army… well, you’d have quite the stew going there that is for sure.
Yeah I would love a nintendo console with a not nintendo OS
or at least if Apple had a hand in helping Nintendo design an OS it would be top notch.
/s
No, that sounds like epic vomit, they would partner with Microsoft any ways.
They already have in the past
lol
Because the last time Apple teamed up with someone to make a gaming console, it turned out SO great..
I have no idea what you’re talking about. Enlighten me please.
Apple Bandai Pippin. A console, a collaboration between Apple and Bandai, that came out back in 1996 and was a total disaster. One proof of it is that you never heard of it.
ahaha indeed. I’d like to think Apple has stepped up their game since 1996 though lol
With the introduction of a Mario Game were you push one button. Sure it’s a improvement.
lol I meant Apple as a whole
an improvement* dammit
eww fuck no. Apple and Nintendo are totally different… Apple is the company that steals from the Nintendo’s in this word. And then goes acting like they invented that shit.. And they’d make pure overpriced shit.
lol
As if Nintendo never stole anything from Apple (or others), especially aesthetics during the Wii/DS era.
At least it’s just a runner and not a full blown Mario game.
I guess the question is, is it better for your average (young) consumer to associate Mario with shitty runner games, or not know it at all?
Forget Apple, GIVE US THE ANDROID VERSION!!!
Well… this came out of nowhere.
Didn’t they say a few months back that they wouldn’t make Mario, Zelda etc. for mobile?
I thought they said the opposite actually
What happened is Iwata did say a lot of stuff like ‘we won’t go mobile’ and ‘WiiU won’t have game droughts,’ and then he would backpedal a lot and shit. Hence the “please understand” and apology memes.
I think they said they wouldn’t have a mainline game on mobile, but certainly they were going to use existing franchises.
I’m not fussed by the exclusivity – easy for me to say with an iOS device, but it’s not like we’re not used to Nintendo games being exclusive to a platform. My problem is that this sounds utterly devoid of imagination. If I thought of the most stock game Nintendo could have made for mobiles, a Mario auto-runner would certainly be that game.
this game isn’t aimed at us though its aimed at brainless smartphone people
It’s exactly what I was expecting tbh, if it will help me rack up platinum coins I’ll probably mess with it lol
I dont see any problem.
The sheep-minded herds exist, and they are stock with their smart devisies glued to their hands, and since they apparently throw money at anything, why not give them the option to spend it on something good?
It will strengthen Nintendo, ergo strengthen us.
That’s called cognitive dissonance.
screw IOS iphones are dying off because theyve been superseced, need this for android asap please nintendo
Wasn’t iPhone 7 announced today or something?
Yep.
https://s.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/405/031/9/S4050319/slug/l/iphone7event-1299-1.jpg
I like my Android phone, (Nexus 6P) but I am definitely getting an IP7 eventually. Even before I settled with Android, I was strongly considering an iPhone, so it’s no surprise that I want the new one.
Any cool new features? I haven’t had a chance to look into it today.
There’s two versions. Just like 6/6s, there’s 7 and 7 Plus. New black and Jet Black finishes. Comes with iOS 10. There is actually no headphone jack on these phones which was a pretty controversial decision, but they’ve included earpods with lightning connector. I guess just in case you don’t have Bluetooth headphones. Anyways, there’s also a better camera and stereo speakers. 3D Touch is still there as well. It’s also water resistant and 32GB is the base model.
“water resistant and 32GB”
sold.
Hooray. All about the iPhone 7 choo-choo train. Choo! Choo!
My 3-year-old phone is water resistant.
Good for you I guess.
and it was cheaper
So they announce the next iPhone system pretty nice. I’m not much of a iPhone person I’m much of a T-MOBILE and Android And Samsung person.
It kinda reminds me of Bit.Trip Runner as opposed to the more popular Temple Run or Sonic endless runners or Lara Croft Relic Run… Not completely original, but at least it’s different from what the other big triple-As are doing.
Coincidentally, like Bit Trip Runner and rather Runner 2 particularly, they both star Charles Martinez.
First Sonic Runners, now Super Mario Run. Also Rockman Xover and any rehash of 1980 Pac-Man.
The counterparts continue.
… huh. I forgot about that. Good point.
Temple Run and Canabalt are to blame for making endless runners mainstream.
I’m good I have a IPad :) But seriously Super Mario Run is going to dominate the mobile gaming market just Pokémon GO did. Mario is more universally known than the Pokémon series so it’s a safe bet to assume that SMR is gonna pull in similar if not more revenue than Pokémon GO. I know the game hasn’t even dropped yet but it’s a wrap for Nintendo’s mobile gaming competitors. No holiday Wii U games no problem…..Super Mario Run, Pokémon Sun And Moon and the NES Mini is gonna make Nintendo tons of money this holiday…….mark my words
Possibly. But I could also see this not matching Pokemon Go, since this is just one of those runner games, whereas Pokemon Go is almost real life Pokemon. I don’t play or follow mobile gaming, so I’m not saying that people are tired of runner games. I’m just saying I could see it. You could be right though. Maybe this does surpass Pokemon Go. Either result wouldn’t surprise me.
Well that would explain the jump in stock price.
A Mario endless runner…
So much for Nintendo entering the mobile scene the “right” way. Isn’t this the exact scenario so many have been afraid of.
What happened to those Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem mobile games?
Whaddya mean?
Except it’s not an ” endless ” runner. It has levels, power ups and a ending.
Sounds like alot of people are pissed about this. I’d say look at pokemon go…
Insane man. I wonder what’s going to happen to stock prices…
:)
It’s already happening.
http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/ntdoy
EXCELLENT!
Damn 35$? I’m thinking of looking into that.
I wish I was still in it. I bought some when it was $17, but sold it to put the funds into another stock. One of the biggest mistakes of the year.
Yeah damn dude! Honestly, I don’t think Nintendo is going anywhere. Stocks of the Big N would be good just to have for nostalgia/support terms.
I never been a huge fan of runners, but I’m curious about this game and I’m willing to try it.
I prefer the Mario levels that would pan the screen to make you run through the course, but you would still have complete control of your character, like the “athletic” levels with the platforms that would fall as you walked on them. I found those levels to be fun and challenging. I wouldn’t mind having a mobile game that had levels similar to those and not have your character run automatically.
I don’t see the trailer of the game I want to see if it gets release on Android.
Nintendo has already confirmed that it’s coming to Android ” in the future “. Most likely Apple locked up a timed exclusive deal with Nintendo so Super Mario Run can sell even more IPhone 7s
well you could be right but nintendo did team up with apple to make other mobile titles in the future once the NX gets revealed and also, iphone 7 is ok but i’m not much of a apple fan i mean they are making millions out there own products. :/
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Well this is the big moment we all been waiting for since they announce mobile titles and now it’s time for them to announce the NX
It’s like a Simplified Version of the Boost Rush Mode from New Super Mario Bros U. Won’t say I am excited for it, but it’s harmless.
Meh…
Terminology question: is an “endless runner” any game where your character runs automatically and you just control simple inputs like jumping or attacking, or does it specifically refer to the ones where the level is procedurally generated and you just go as long as you can until you screw up?
The latter. Endless runner’s don’t have any levels. It’s just go until you die.
Looks at Android tablet this message is being typed on.
Looks at N3DS next to me that has Mario 1, 2, 3, World, NSWB2, 3DLand, MarioKart 7 and Dozens of other more worthwhile games to play on it.
Shrugs shoulders and doesn’t care about Apple exclusive Mario lite game.
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