Super Mario Run debuts as #7 top-grossing app in America, #2 in the UK
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Unlike Pokemon GO, Super Mario Run isn’t entirely free-to-play. You’re able to play a bit of the game before you pay $10 to unlock everything it has to offer. Having said that, a big question people have wondered about is how Super Mario Run will be received, and how well it will sell.
In America, it’s currently the seventh top-grossing iPhone app (Pokemon GO is at the fifth spot in case you’re curious). And in the UK, the title is #2, just behind Pokemon GO. Super Mario Run is off to a strong start – at least so far.
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Super Mario Run – “Battery Saving” graphics options comparison
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Super Mario Run comes with a couple of options to turn down the graphical quality, resulting in a dip in performance. In exchange, Nintendo says you’ll save a bit of battery. Nintendo Life compares the options in the video below.
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How to unlock all characters in Super Mario Run, including two new ones
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Before Super Mario Run hit the App Store, Nintendo officially confirmed four playable characters in the game. You can eventually use Luigi, Yoshi, and Toad in addition to Mario. However, there are actually two other characters in Super Mario Run as well.
If you’d like to find out who those mystery characters are, continue on below. We also have information about how you can unlock everyone in the game.
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Super Mario Run – “The feeling never changes” promo
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Another video from Nintendo is here to highlight Super Mario Run’s debut on iOS. The promo, posted below, shows how the feeling of playing Mario never changes, and you can now experience the series one-handed.
Miyamoto on his deep Mario Run involvement, Switch envisioned for families, more
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Today, Wired put up a new interview of its own with Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto talked Super Mario Run, including how he hasn’t been involved with a project like this since 2007. He also commented on the audience for Switch and why we won’t be seeing the original Super Mario Bros. on phones.
Continue on below for some excerpts from the interview. You can read Wired’s full piece here.
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Super Mario Run reviews roundup
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Now that Super Mario Run has arrived, the reviews have as well. We’ve rounded up some of the early verdicts below.
IGN – 8 / 10
USGamer – 4 / 5
Nintendo Life – 8 / 10
GameXplain – “Liked a lot”
Game Informer – 7 / 10
Kotaku – N/A
GamesBeat – 70 / 100
GameSpot – 7 / 10
GamesRadar – 4 / 5
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Super Mario Run footage
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Now that Super Mario Run is here, footage from the new mobile game is starting to appear online. Catch the videos below.
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Super Mario Run file size
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Super Mario Run’s page has been updated ahead of tomorrow’s launch. We can now say that the game will require 205 MB.
Even though Super Mario Run isn’t out yet, there’s also a mention of a 1.0 update. It’s small in nature though, as it apparently only encompasses bug fixes.
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Togetic can now be obtained in Pokemon GO
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Niantic added the first few Pokemon from the series’ second generation this week. One of these was Togepi. Reports are now beginning to surface that the Pokemon’s evolution, Togetic, can be obtained as well.
Twitter user Kellyffsweden has shown various photos of having obtained Togetic. He writes that he hatched three Togepi eggs, and then managed to gather 50 candy to evolve Togepi.
Thanks to Jake and SwirlixFan for the tip.
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Scans roundup – Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World, Goodbye! BoxBoy!, more
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This week’s Famitsu scans are now available. Highlighted games include Tank Troopers, Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World, Goodbye! BoxBoy!, Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death, Super Mario Run, and Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki. Scans of all titles can be found below.
