Mario is Heading to Apple’s iOS in Super Mario Run

<p>Mario is finally heading to mobile&comma; thanks to a surprise announcement during Apple&&num;8217&semi;s iPhone event on Wednesday afternoon&period; In a day that most people were expecting big news from Sony&comma; instead Nintendo made waves by showing off a new &&num;8220&semi;runner&&num;8221&semi; style game for Apple&&num;8217&semi;s iOS platform&period; During the presentation&comma; Tim Cook&comma; Apple&&num;8217&semi;s CEO&comma; brought out legendary creator Shigeru Miyamoto to unveil the new game&comma; essentially the first real mobile game offering from Nintendo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112755" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112755" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-112755" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;07173133&sol;Super-Mario-Run-iOS-1024x604&period;png" alt&equals;"Super Mario Run&comma; Nintendo" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"590" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112755" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Super Mario Run&comma; Nintendo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Super Mario Run<&sol;em> is essentially a &&num;8220&semi;runner&&num;8221&semi; game&comma; where Mario will automatically run to the end of a stage&period; You touch on the screen to make him jump&comma; and you try and collect the most coins before the end of the level&period; The game has the bright visual style that has been showcased in <em>New Super Mario Bros U<&sol;em> for the Wii U&comma; and looks quite good on the iOS system&period; There is another mode called &&num;8220&semi;Toad Rally&&num;8221&semi; where you compete against other players to reach the end of a level and get the most coins&comma; which sounds like a fun little multiplayer mode&period; The game will be free to download  this December&comma; and users can play up to a certain point&comma; then the rest of the game will be unlocked for an unspecified price&period; While the game is launching on iOS in December&comma; it will be on Android at some point in the future&comma; though Nintendo hasn&&num;8217&semi;t said when&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was also announced that <em>Pokemon Go<&sol;em> would be heading to the Apple Watch&comma; and it certainly sounds like it will be quite the experience&period; The <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;replicabands&period;com&period;au&sol;"><strong>apple watch bands<&sol;strong><&sol;a> will detail how far a player needs to walk to hatch their eggs&comma; info about fitness&comma; as well as show PokeStops and Pokemon on the watch&comma; without having to look at your phone&period; <em>Super Mario Run<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Pokemon Go<&sol;em> on Apple Watch&comma; as well as <em>Fire Emblem<&sol;em> and <em>Animal Crossing<&sol;em> which will soon be coming to mobile&comma; are showing that Nintendo is finally starting to take mobile a bit more seriously&period; While we still don&&num;8217&semi;t have a full fledged&comma; traditional Mario experience on mobile&comma; it seems as if its only a matter of time before Nintendo fully branches out in its mobile offerings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; Apple iPhone Event<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;