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Super Mario Run to let you play one-handed against other players around the world. Gordon Mah Ung reports
One of the first big announcements to come out of Apple’s September product reveal was the news that Nintendo will release its first smartphone game on the iPhone. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the game, Super Mario Run, before being joined by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto who provided details about the game.
The gameplay has Mario always running to the
right and jumping when the screen is pressed.
A longer press causes Mario to jump higher.
Miyamoto said the game can easily be played with
one hand, allowing gameplay while simultaneously
riding the subway, say, or eating a hamburger.
A multiplayer mode called ‘Toad Rally’ lets you
play against others in a time trial mode, where
the other player is represented by a ghosted
image while you collect coins and jump over
enemy turtles. Winning in the Toad Rally allows
you to collect ‘toad people’, which you can use to
customise your mushroom kingdom.
Nintendo has never made a smartphone game
before, so its selection of iOS for this debut gives
Apple’s app store a significant
advantage over
the competition, at least while the game remains
exclusive to that platform.
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