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Playable Demos of 'Super Mario Run' in Apple Stores From Today

Just saw this in store. It's not a playable demo. It runs within the pricing app. As soon as you life an iPad or iPhone the game video fades to show pricing. It's not installed as an app anywhere on the device.
 
profets said:
Just saw this in store. It's not a playable demo. It runs within the pricing app. As soon as you life an iPad or iPhone the game video fades to show pricing. It's not installed as an app anywhere on the device.
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I played it in store, it was on the demo units. Three levels and some of Bowser's castle. Pretty damn fun.
 
Kaibelf said:
Normally I don't like runners but Nintendo usually has really good gameplay so I might try this one.
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I'm with you on that one. I like that you can download it for free and only need to pay the $10 as an in-app purchase if you like it. If it were $10 just to download it I would skip it altogether.
 
I just saw Jimmy Fallon play this and Zelda: Breath of the Wild and looks really fun! Can't wait to try it.
 
ArtOfWarfare said:
The Zelda got delayed until it became a simultaneous release on both Wii U and Switch.

Running through the list of games that I got for it... Yoshi, Star Fox (Guard is vastly better than Zero, just BTW), Rayman Legends, Kirby, Pikmin, and Toad.

I tried the demos for Mario Maker, 3D Mario Land, Splatoon, and Hyrule Warriors. None of them were appealing - I didn't waste my money on the full games
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Wow we are opposites- Mario Maker, 3D World and Splatoon are some of my favourite games on the Wii U. Especially Splatoon; the most fun I've had gaming in years, along with Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros 4.

By the way, the Wii U did get 2 Zelda HD remakes at least. Wind Waker HD is one
of the best Zelda games ever.
 
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my new3DS won't be going anywhere anytime soon. But good for Nintendo take a chance in other markets.
 
TomaxXamot said:
Wow we are opposites- Mario Maker, 3D World and Splatoon are some of my favourite games on the Wii U. Especially Splatoon; the most fun I've had gaming in years, along with Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros 4.

By the way, the Wii U did get 2 Zelda HD remakes at least. Wind Waker HD is one
of the best Zelda games ever.
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Yeah, I got the Wind Waker version of the console and played through again. It's a fine Zelda (Majora's Mask is definitely the best of the 3D Zeldas), but it's not a new one. If I really wanted to play WW again, I would have saved myself the money and just played through the original on the GameCube or Wii.

With Twilight Princess, it's even more silly than WW. I have the Wii version of Twilight Princess; I can just put the disk in the Wii U. There's no reason to buy the game all over again just for updated graphics.

I have Smash Bros Wii U. It was fine. I don't have people to play with, so I got bored with it pretty quickly. Mario Kart is like Smash Bros - a good party game, but not something you'd spend much time with playing alone, so I haven't picked up 8 yet. Maybe if I see it in a bargain bin or something.

I don't care for playing competitively online, and I got the impression the single player campaign was limited, so I passed on Splatoon.

Just didn't like the Mario Maker or 3D world demos. Not sure why. They didn't feel right to me. They felt slow and boring. They felt like they wanted you to be playing with people and that they weren't intended for playing alone.
 
Bearxor said:
Is anyone really excited about this? There are plenty of "run" games with overly-simplified controls available right now on the App Store... I guess I just can't get it up over something like this ESPECIALLY for $10.
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Yes, me and another few millions of people
 
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Bearxor said:
Is anyone really excited about this? There are plenty of "run" games with overly-simplified controls available right now on the App Store... I guess I just can't get it up over something like this ESPECIALLY for $10.
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You're under 35 years of age, aren't you?
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
The Wii U's hardware is great, but it never had the software to justify the purchase. I did buy it, and I think I regret it.

I bought it assuming that it'd get a main series 3D Mario and Zelda. Mario never came at all. The Zelda got delayed until it became a simultaneous release on both Wii U and Switch.

Running through the list of games that I got for it... Yoshi, Star Fox (Guard is vastly better than Zero, just BTW), Rayman Legends, Kirby, Pikmin, and Toad.

I tried the demos for Mario Maker, 3D Mario Land, Splatoon, and Hyrule Warriors. None of them were appealing - I didn't waste my money on the full games.

The best games I got for it were probably the Metroid Prime trilogy (just $10 - I'd already played all three when each was new, but the series is so great and $10 was such a bargin) and Fire Emblem. Kind of sad that best games on it were just downloadable virtual console titles.

I'm hopeful that Nintendo knocks it off with having two platforms (Wii U and 3DS) and puts all of their developers to work making titles for the Switch. Hopefully they won't have another console that only gets 1-2 good games per year like they had with the Wii U.
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Yea I'm pretty disappointed in Nintendo for the wii U. They really slacked on the Mario and Zelda releases and seem to be relying on their nostalgic fans like me a little too much. I will absolutely not buy a switch no matter what due to wii U never getting its own Zelda and the half ass Mario games. I'll probably still buy this for $10 though.
 
lsutigerfan1976 said:
I think most of you assume we are all gamers. A lot of us are just casual gamers. So no $10 is not going to break my bank. But, $10 for a game in which the novelty of it being a Mario game will where off in a few weeks?

I think those of us who are casual gamers might think it is cool to be playing Mario on an IOS device. But after a few weeks it would just be another game you downloaded that you don't really play that often. Does that make sense?
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You are not the target market.

Casual gamers have spent more than $10 in IAPs. $10 is actually pretty inexpensive. I have friends, casual gamers, spending more than $10 on Pokemon Go.
 
smacrumon said:
Super Mario is what games should be like on iOS.

Currently iOS is filled with half baked dough that's aimed to pick pocket iTunes user's wallets. So much trash games, trash casino rubbish, trash gems, trash be a celebrity rubbish etc on iOS. Super Mario will usher in a higher level of game quality. Let's hope more developers embrace the spirit of Shigeru Minamoto in their work as well.

Steve Jobs would have loved Nintendo coming to iOS.

Nintendo thinks about DESIGN. They experiment and try things. Sometimes they miss the mark, but sometimes, they really get it right, so right on. Nintendo markets their new ideas, and thankfully they don't let the market develop their ideas like a lot of companies do. That's what I love about Nintendo. They go with the gut.
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Not quite. How is it possible for "Pockets" to be picked if the user chooses what their purchasing or how they purchase it? And all the trash you're referring to is optional, not forced on anyone to acknowledge or use it. It doesn't change anything. iOS will always be filled with frivolous applications, it's called filtering what one wants. No one here is backed in a corner.
 
Played the demo at the local apple store. Definitely the same old Mario we all love, unfortunately the demo was a little unresponsive at times (Mostly just some lag). Hopefully the full version is better.
 
I played the first two levels this morning, the graphics are outstanding on the iPad Pro and I do own the larger one.

Take my money.
 
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