Super Mario Run: The Future of Mobile Gaming

Super Mario Run was announced at this year's Apple Keynote. The future of Nintendo and mobile gaming has come to center stage like never before.

[eagle21]

I hope it's a really solid Mario game, we know it will do well in popularity.

[Player3Podcast]

It will be popular, but Nintendo purists may take issue with it being an endless runner.

[Psychonaut85]

Good thing it's not an endless runner then. The video clearly states and shows that there are separate levels with ending flagpoles at the end of each level. This will be much more akin to the Rayman phone games than an endless runner. Which as a side note, were both excellent.

[mikeslemonade]

You guys ruining core gaming by supporting mobile.

[Lazybones2020]

I am excited to play the game myself. While I prefer to play games on consoles, I appreciate the ability to take out my phone and play a bit of Mario wherever I am.

[blawren4]

there is no reason mobile can't coexist with consoles. game looks fun.

[EddieNX]

I might try it once, but after playing Mario maker 3D land, 3D world it's gunna suck bad... I cannot however, wait to see what Mario game is innevitably in production for the NX.

Mario Run will DEFINITELY be huge though and will help Nintendo in every way.

[Player3Podcast]

This is where the future of Nintendo lies -- their IP on other platforms.

[Lazybones2020]

Only time will tell where this takes the Big N. Its the beginning of a real game changer.

[LOL_WUT]

Trust me they'll make a ton of money by doing so don't let the naysayers tell you otherwise. ;)

[Psychonaut85]

I agree. I'd be thrilled to see Nintendo just go third party and stop making hardware. Their hardware is gimmicky, and the third party titles are mostly shovelware, but they create some of the most consistently high quality first party titles in the industry. Being able to play Zelda, Mario, etc. on console or PC with a normal controller and higher end graphics would be awesome. Instead of shelling out hundreds of dollars for a gimmicky console with maybe 10 games a cycle that are any good.

[BrandanT]

Your comment is proof of the damage the Wii u has done to their reputation.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

"I'd be thrilled to see Nintendo just go third party and stop making hardware"

You don't care for Nintendo's long-term success, then.
Real fans want them to improve their consoles, and their advertisement.
They also don't sit there begging Nintendo to port everything everywhere else, by telling them to try selling to the people on rival consoles who only buy "mature" third party games, and would never buy the next Mario when the latest Assassin's Creed, CoD, BF, FF, RE, Fifa, Forza and flavor-of-the-month sandbox release at the same time.

Nintendo has no future selling to Sony and Microsoft consoles, let alone PC where anything Nintendo would just be ripped and emulated instead of bought.
They're only doing well on mobile because that's an entirely different, much more casual, audience, and the games on it from Nintendo are designed to be lesser experiences suited for the different tastes of said audience.

It would be like Sony and Microsoft trying to put Infamous and Halo onto Nintendo systems while dropping their own; sacrificing their hardware, and insulting a fanbase they could make grow with better hardware decisions, by forcing them to go over to a different console they might not want, for the sake of selling their first party to an audience that would rather buy Nintendo games instead, is just as stupid a move as the reverse is.

No more port begging, guys.
If you really want Nintendo to flourish, encourage them to improve both hardware and software to regain high sales in both areas.
Competition is good for the industry, and a two-dog race is less exciting, and less healthy, than with three. Nintendo needs to stick around just as much as Microsoft and Sony do.

[rjason12]

Can you go one sentence without using the word "gimmick" damn man. That's a gimmick right there. Using gimmick to bash Nintendo.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Not even close.
Nintendo's already stated that Mobile is a SIDE VENTURE designed to draw attention to their own hardware.
And given the fact that Pokèmon GO made Pokèmon game sales, and console sales, rise, what they're doing is the correct choice.
They aren't ever going to go full mobile, and you'll never play Zelda on PS4 or XB1.
Buy a Nintendo system if you want core Nintendo games instead of mini experiences on mobile.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Yes IPs on other platform such as mobile to generate awareness for their platform. Not their IPs on other platform cause you people don't like Nintendo system.
And they aren't gonna put anything on PS or Xbox system/

[Huguinho]

To the fanboys: please understand, what Nintendo is doing is giving the middle finger to micro and sony, showing them that even tough the sales failure of the wii u, they´ll never, ever be releasing their IPs on those consoles, we all know that you, fanboys, really want to play their beloved franchises on your hyper-powered boxes, so that way you wont have to beg your parents to buy you another console, that Nintendo hardware you hate so much; but saddly for you that wont ever happen, and im going to enjoy every second of it.

[LOL_WUT]

I honestly believe that if the WiiU would've been successful the idea about going mobile would've never occurred :)

[humanmap]

Run, Sackboy, Run!

[FreeSpeech69]

And so the mighty have fallen. Nintendo has become Sega.

[ZeekQuattro]

How so? Nintendo is still making platforms while Sega isn't and hasn't been for a long time. Nintendo is simply doing what Microsoft, Sega, Sony and other companies have been doing for years.

[FreeSpeech69]

I was being dramatic. Microsoft and Sony makes Smartphones so not comparable. I really hope the NX delivers but I think it's going to be a gaming tablet tbh.

[spoilerjerk]

As somebody who has been very disappointed in the Wii and Wii U I would have to say I don't think Nintendo is becoming Sega (at least yet). While I agree that their hardware future is going away quickly and that NX will be their last console I think they have a brighter future than any other company as a third party developer. Sega never had the franchise power or quality from game to game - if Nintendo were publishing games on Apple/Android/Sony/Microsoft they would be the most dominated developer in the world. The announcements on mobile platforms is the first step Nintendo is taking in a new direction away from home consoles.

[rjason12]

Can you let me use that crystal ball to see who's gonna win the next Super Bowl? Seeing as though you know for sure that the NX will be the last Nintendo home console.

[TheEvilResident1997]

Nintendo your such a disappointment make console games not crappy mobile games smh.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

News flash: the others have gotten into mobile too.
Nintendo's just better at it.

[FreeSpeech69]

Um Microsoft and Sony actually make smartphones though. Nintendo doesn't, there is zero reason to pump up the smartphone market except for short term gains. In the long term they are destroying their own market.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

@free
No, in the long term they are drawing in new players and helping bring in funds that will serve to fund NX software and other areas of their business.

[rjason12]

Exactly and Pokemon Go's success has made Sony think about getting more serious with mobile gaming.
@resi, I agree, most mobile games don't have that lasting appeal, but that's what Sonys ceo/head of gaming department said.

[blawren4]

nintendo made more games than any developer this gen. what is wrong with diversification and gaining audience?

[TheEvilResident1997]

@rjason12 they better not, mobile games are lazy money grabs and the people who disagree with me are just suckers for that stuff.

[spoilerjerk]

I have never enjoyed mobile gaming, I've tried a few games over the years and absolutely hated each one. Fallout Shelter kept my interest for about a half hour which is more than anything else. Regardless, I'm excited to see this is coming to Android in the future (I loathe anything Apple)... not sure if I'll enjoy it but looks better than anything else I've seen in the mobile realm. This probably means as well that after the NX bombs like the Wii U (with another goofy controller) that they will see the crazy cargo ships of money waiting for them if they go third party. Them running on Apple/Android is a step in the right direction - imagine a day with them running on PS5/Xbox "Two". They would completely dominate the industry.

[Realplaya]

Man Nintendo is going to make a killing on the iphone. Iphone hardware and Nintendos go hand and hand. Nintendo already said in a prior interview how they want their consoles and handhelds to be like like Apples when it comes to their family of hardware.People want to think this is it for Nintendo or the NX is a handheld.

Sorry but the NX is a home console and the 3ds successor won't be announced for a year after and it will opperate in line with the NX.

[deafdani]

There's a chance the NX is the successor to both the Wii U and 3DS, if it is effectively a hybrid like so many reports and rumors suggest.

[Realplaya]

Since everyone knows more about Nintendo's future than they do. I think you should read the follow up interview with Miyamoto. This is proof that Nintendo for better or worse is not going 3rd party and will continue to make consoles.

Over the years in our own experiments on our own platforms, we had come up with some ideas for how to make Mario simple for people who don’t play Mario games," Miyamoto told The Verge in a sit-down interview after the Apple event, with the help of a translator. "One of the ideas we were working on we felt was too simple for a home console device, and ultimately that was the one we decided to bring to smartphones."

Still, Miyamoto said he hopes people are "going to want to play a much more in-depth and a more challenging Mario experience … it’s going to increase the population of people interested in coming to our platforms, which is of course is our main focus."

The key word being our.

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