And here everyone on MacRumors claimed it would be a total failure. Currently the #1 app in the free store and the 7th highest grossing and that's only on the first day.
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Hands-On With Nintendo's New Super Mario Run Game
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IMO Its a good $2.99 game, levels are way too short and not many. The multiplayer is also a bit flat and you need the tickets which is kinda ridiculous since you have paid more than enough to get unlimited everything.
I don't know what people were expecting. It's a touch iOS game, it's done really well. I didn't expect console rich gameplay, and was pleasantly surprised.
Tried it, wasn't that impressed with it. $9.99 isn't a ton of money to me but this is not a product that will be receiving my market approval.
Family purchases: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201085
Unless of course the game isn't eligible... is that the case?
i've heard if you log into your nintendo account (or just make one when you download the game) that you can use it on other devices (if you log in with the same nintendo account on the others)
As someone who grew up with the NES, playing this made me feel a little sick. Hopefully this is just a weird little one-off thing and not something Nintendo embraces. Logging in and choosing my country at the bottom of a huge list just to get a half-game of Mario started? *shudder*
Well, its weird then... Notify is grayed out i can't even click it, heh...
I just wanted to see what its like, I don't anticipate it being any good without any actual controls...
No big loss, i'll try it eventually...
With 72 Levels, you get a lot of content for $10. Just saying.
It's actually pretty fun. I have never purchased a mobile game in my life because I dislike touchscreen controls. I need the tactile feel of a gamepad to feel like I have real control. Even Pokemon Go only amused me for 5 minutes. But I just payed full price for Super Mario run after playing it for an hour.
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Let's be real here, it's 24 levels. Each just has 3 different arrangements of coins. It's a fun game. I don't need to kid myself to justify paying for it.
It bothers me that Mario is always running. You can't run back. It seems that you miss a lot of coins and spots in a world.
Everything goes so fast by that you really can't enjoy the moment.
Everything goes so fast by that you really can't enjoy the moment.
I had the same problem installing. I clicked a web link from my MacBook Pro and downloaded it with iTunes. Then I synched to my iPhone and that's how I installed it. Some bug on the App Store on the iPhone in Canada is my guess.
Anyways, yeah I did try it and paid the $14.99 CAD but I wonder if I will finish the game or not? I am on world 2. It's OK I guess. Honestly I find Papijump to be more addictive than this, but I'll give it a chance.
What pissed me off most is the fact they created all this "aurora" of suspence like we were waiting for the ultimate mobile game experience, but in the end, it's just a very boring and stupid app not worth a cent. I regret the few minutes I spent to download and try it.
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Nintendo today released its highly anticipated Mario-themed game, Super Mario Run. Super Mario Run offers simple one-handed gameplay in the form of a traditional runner crossed with platform game, but it adds complexity through coin-based score goals, competitions with friends, and a world building component.
While Super Mario Run is free to download, it costs $9.99 to unlock the complete game, which is pricy for an iOS title. We went hands-on with Super Mario Run so you can find out just what you get for that $10 investment before you shell out the cash.
The free component of Super Mario Run lets you try three levels of the standard Tour mode, which is a collection of Super Mario levels where the goal is to collect as many coins as possible. New and more difficult content goals are unlocked by collecting pink, purple, and black coins.
For $9.99, you unlock all six worlds, each of which features three standard levels and then a boss level, for a total of 24 levels. That price tag also gives you 3,000 coins and 20 Rally tickets.
Rally tickets are used for the Rally gameplay mode that lets you compete with other players to win Toad villagers. Rally mode is similar to Tour mode, but the goal is to get more coins and more applause than your opponents by doing tricks, defeating enemies, and grabbing bonuses.
Toad villagers and coins are both used to build out your Kingdom, adding decorations and little mini games to play. Mini games are small add-on games that give you coins and Rally tickets to put towards expanding your kingdom.
Super Mario Run is not a freemium game and does require the $9.99 investment to play the full game, but for Mario fans, the purchase is a no-brainer. It's a fun little iOS title that has a surprising amount of depth. [Direct Link]
Article Link: Hands-On With Nintendo's New Super Mario Run Game
With a feature at the keynote, 4 months of hyping, a [NOTIFY] button in the appstore for months, and all 6 of the 6 banners at the top of the appstore it would amaze me if it just reached #2.
Ten bucks is not the right priceset anno 2016. I don't particulary say it's not worth it - developers don't work for free and I'm not to judge their business strategy. But if the market sets big games at $1.99, $2.99 or $3.99, and clearly there are studios (including Indies) who can do it for that money, charging $9.99 looks a bit excessive.
At $1.99 or $2.99 I'll buy it just for the sake of it, perhaps I can kill some time on the airplane. Or maybe I wouldn't play it at all and wouldn't care about the purchase. At $9.99 with obliged internet connection it's a no go for me.
It looks like Nintendo is looking for a reason to say - hey look, we've tried to enter the iOS platform but nobody bought it so...
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