Nintendo, the Japanese video game giant, officially launches Super Mario Run on iPhone and iPad in 151 countries. Starting today, the game will be available for free download on the Apple App Store for all devices equipped with the software iOS 8 or higher.
It is a kind of demo, which will allow you to test the potential of the title by hand and then decide whether to proceed with the purchase of the full version, for $9,99, useful for unlocking all game modes and various levels, 24 in all scattered across 6 worlds, that Nintendo has made available.
For the Japanese company it is one late turn, But say epochal scope, announced in September: it had long ignored investors and enthusiasts who asked to bring Mario to smartphone screens. One move, at this point, not without risk, given that the market is already crowded and that, to play the full version of Super Mario Run, it will be necessary to pay 9,99 dollars, a very high price for a smartphone application.
The most famous plumber in the world has adopted, for the occasion, a sSimplified control system for ease of use with touch devices: for example, Mario runs automatically leaving the player only to manage the jumps. Super Mario Run will be simple and interactive, despite a traditional game logic and in line with the Super Mario Bros. video game saga.
There are three sections: Worlds, Challenge and Castle. The first is the most classic with six worlds divided into four levels to be completed in sequence within a certain time.
Together with Single Player mode will also be there Battle mode, with which it will be possible to challenge our connected friends and other online users. The challenge will be very simple: the player must win as many coins as possible.
Una third mode will involve the creation of a personal Mushroom Kingdom with the coins collected during the two modes previously described.
According to predictions by SensorTower experts, in the first month gross revenues will be more than 71 million dollars, half of the 143 million grossed by Pokemon Go, which is partly owned by Nintendo. The Japanese company later made it known that the game will also be launched on Android, but did not provide further information.
