Nintendo Minute – “Super Mario Run Challenge”
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, Videos | 0 comments
This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta show off Super Mario Run. Check it out below.
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Reggie on Super Mario Run for Android, says VR has potential but not there yet, more
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Bloomberg recently spoke with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, and has now posted its full interview. Nintendo on mobile was discussed, including when we’ll see Super Mario Run on Android. Virtual reality was a topic as well. Listen to what Reggie had to say below.
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Off-screen Super Mario Run intro footage
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Some off-screen footage has been captured from Super Mario Run’s intro through the game’s playable demo at Apple Stores in Europe. Check it out below.
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Miyamoto discusses Super Mario Run’s appeal to novice and expert players, developing over years
Posted on 7 years ago by Jake in Mobile | 3 Comments
Shigeru Miyamoto made an appearance at the SoHo Apple Store in New York City, where he touched on some of the concepts behind Super Mario Run, as well as his own growth as a developer. Part of what inspired the simple design of Super Mario Run was the difference between advanced and novice Mario players, where the former knows how to properly run, while the latter might find holding the run button troublesome. The constant running was ideal to appease both camps, and items like Special Blocks were added to give some variance. He also noted that the idea for a one-button Mario had been floating around between him and frequent co-developers Takashi Tezuka and Toshihiko Nakago for a while.
Miyamoto was also asked about the differences in developing from when he started to the current day. On his continued enthusiasm for games, he stated:
I keep making games because people keep playing games, and one of the reasons I like to continue to make games is because technology keeps evolving and I keep having my own personal life experiences and I keep looking for ways to combine the two into new games.
He also noted the differences between early games and how small their teams could be, whereas modern games require larger teams, where people’s individual work can get lost. He also pointed out the benefit of how much easier it is to update games.
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Super Mario Run collaboration now live in Miitomo
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Mobile, News | 2 Comments
Miitomo has featured various Nintendo collaborations since launching earlier this year. Today, the latest one went live. Users will find new activities centered around Super Mario Run.
The full announcement notice from Nintendo reads:
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Super Mario Run will require an online connection to work
Posted on 7 years ago by Zack in Mobile, News | 32 Comments
According to an interview by Mashable.com, Super Mario Run will require an online connection for all three game modes due mainly to “security elements”.
It seems Super Mario Run will be one of the only Nintendo games to require a constant online connection to function, according to Shigeru Miyamoto. While Miyamoto said that Nintendo attempted to have the World Tour mode be playable offline, but it proved unfeasible due to how World Tour affects the other modes, and how these modes rely on network saves.
When asked about the online requirement and if there were any plans for an offline mode, Miyamoto had this to say:
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Super Mario Run direct feed demo footage
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IGN has uploaded some new direct feed footage of the Super Mario Run demo to YouTube. You can watch the footage below.
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Super Mario Run – off-screen demo footage from the Apple Store
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If you visit the Apple Store today, you’ll be able to try out a new demo for Super Mario Run. Off-screen footage of it can be seen below.
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Reggie – Mario Run won’t be on Switch but possibly Apple TV, NES games staying off mobile, more
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Mobile, News, Switch | 10 Comments
CNET is another publication to have put up an interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Just as we’ve seen with these discussions, much of it is about Nintendo on mobile and Super Mario Run. Reggie confirmed that the mobile game won’t be on Switch, but won’t rule out Apple TV. On the other hand, NES games won’t be coming to smartphones.
You can read up on a roundup of Reggie’s comments below. Be sure to view CNET’s article CNET“>here as well.
Miyamoto says Super Mario Run was partially inspired by speedrunners, considered GPS for 3DS
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Super Mario Run was partially inspired by speedrunners, according to Shigeru Miyamoto. Miyamoto shared that noteworthy nugget of information with BuzzFeed.
The site reports:
“According to Miyamoto, part of the inspiration for Super Mario Run’s auto-running came from a surprising source: ‘super players.’ Watching online videos of these gamers’ astounding speed runs and other feats of gaming skill, Nintendo employees noticed that the gamers never let up on the D-Pad. Mario always kept running, and all of the skill came down to the incredible precision of the jumping. What if, the Nintendo braintrust reasoned, all players could have that experience? Ironically, the most skilled Super Mario players in the world may be partially responsible for introducing Mario to thousands and thousands of first-time players.”
BuzzFeed also reports that Nintendo “considered building GPS into its 3DS” at one point for a Pokemon GO-esque game. However, “Nintendo decided that it made more sense to put the game on millions of devices that already had satellite location tracking.”
