Super Mario Run : the plumber sprintera on iPhone and iPad as early as 15 December – 01net.com

If the conference Apple devoted to iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus was not at all like the other, it is (mainly) because Nintendo has announced the arrival of its first game in the universe iOS, Super Mario Run.

Until now, the specific date of release was not yet known but it is now official : Mario is going to have to put his shoes running from the 15th of December, on iPhone and iPad (iOS 8 and higher required). The price is also finally revealed (and a little high) : 9,99 euro, without in-app purchase”, which is planned. The most undecided, will try their hand at a free demo.

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For those who don’t know what is Super Mario Run is a game that, as its name suggests, is of type “runner”, where the planks are just the tip of the finger, the movement of the character. In this case, the plumber in blue jumpsuit.

To justify the price of the app, Nintendo announced that three modes of play are on the program.
The first is a classic story mode (Tour of the Worlds) in which Mario will have to catch coins in 24 tables in order to… save the princess Peach from the clutches of Bowser. No doubt, it’s a Mario !

In the second mode, the challenges Toads, it is a question of being able to play against friends or anonymous around the world with challenges that change with each part. However, it will raise a “ticket challenges” in the story mode or the bonus games offered in the app to be able to participate.

Finally, the third and last mode, theeditor kingdom, where players can build and develop a small “at home”, with furniture and objects of the universe Mario made… by the Toads earned in the challenges of the second mode. According to some screenshots found on the official website, it seems that the various items are to buy with gold earned in the game but, again, it will have to wait for the 15th of December, to have the heart net.

finally, please Remember that Super Mario Run is a temporary exclusivity to Apple and that it is the first title of the license Super Mario has to be developed specifically for the mobile world. A further example of the growing interest of Big N for smartphones and tablets that can perfectly do the office of small consoles, portable and on which certain of its licenses would be perfectly in their place.