Super Mario Run was relatively successful for Nintendo on iOS and then Android, though it perhaps struggled to hit its expected heights; having a 'premium' mobile price didn't help.
There are no deadlines with reviving mobile projects, however, and Nintendo seems keen to give the game another push. Nintendo of Europe has confirmed that a new world, mode and playable character are on the way in a 29th September update. On that same date the app will get a discount.
As for what the new mode entails, Eurogamer has outlined some specifics. Daisy will be the unlockable playable character, and you 'rescue' her by clearing Remix 10; in this mode you collect Rainbow Coins across small snippets from 10 different levels; with these sections changing each time you play the mode. A new world will also be added to the campaign - World Star - which will have nine levels once you clear the first six worlds.
Finally, you can play your own music while in the app, with characters having the cute touch of wearing headphones as you do so.
It's a decently sized update, then, and the discount may just tempt more players to take the plunge. Will you be checking this out?
[source eurogamer.net]
Comments 77
Nice, about time they added a discount.
Wow !
My own MP3 musics ??
Very unexpected. =¤
The requirement of having a constant internet connection ruins this game. Nice discount though.
@Tsurii That's enough of that, Daisy Hater.
Sounds pretty cool, and Daisy is a favorite Mario character of mine.
I think memoryman will be very happy
@xPH03N1Xx86 Shhhh, do not mention his name!
I tried the first level or two but the game didn't grab me, and the kingdom builder aspect seemed absolutely pointless.
Slashing the price though should address the major issue that stopped most people from buying it though.
DAISY!
Someone here is going to be really happy
I might grab it for £4.99. £10 was always a bit much for what the game turned out to be.
Still not interested. Maybe when it's a couple of € I'll bite. Maybe!
Awesome. I still play this game during my lunch breaks at work. Nice to have a new world. I dont care about Daisy (is as overrated as waluigi or Kirby) bur good for the fans.
(10 dls is a premium price? Jesus..)
Sucks I payed full price when it first came out and now it’s on sale. BUT I feel like I got what I paid for and more out of it— absolutely.
Looking forward to the update! I think the headphones is a classic Nintendo touch and attention to detail. Really liking that!
@memoryman3 is partying right now.
Good news...but is Peach going to get jealous???
"Hi I'm Daisy!"❤️❤️❤️
I'll jump back in on 9/29. Great game.
I’m pleasantly surprised they’ve chosen to let Daisy become playable before Rosalina. And her double jump compliments both Peach’s floating and Rosalina’s spin jump nicely, I’m glad they’ve given her a new ability.
I seemed to be a part of a minority at launch that really enjoyed this game, regardless, I'm glad to see they're still giving this game updates.
I'm honestly in disbelief though that Daisy is finally playable in a platformer.
@Mario_maniac Daisy is almost a carbon copy from Peach. They will problaby use 99% of the same animations and assets.
@iMarkU According to the App Store description, Daisy has a double jump and not a glide. Plus, this animation looks all new to me.
Daisy got in?!
Okay, she's still not into a main serie game, but it's a step forward; may buy the game now just for support their great taste for extra characters X3
@memoryman3 the picture looks like a glide though. And if she doesn’t move her legs its still an easy animation. Asides of that, Daisy was the most logical addition and I am happy to see that she is getting some recognition after she totally got overshadowed by Rosaline lol
Translation - we want more money. Go make some MK8 levels, you gready bastards.
If the discount applies to North America, I would definitely consider getting this. My girlfriend's daughter loved playing this.
UPDATE: I checked NoA's Twitter and the discount will apply to North America.
I never understood why people complain about the price of this game but will spend hundreds and even upwards of thousands of dollars to unlock to buy orbs in Fire Emblem Heroes on the off chance you get the character you want( even though the odds are against you)
Don't get me wrong, Fire Emblem Heroes is a great game and I enjoy it as a F2P player but let's not kid ourselves. The game's summon system is pretty much a lottery. If you're hunting for a specific character, then you hope you get the right color stones and a good number of them. And then you hope you get the character you want, although typically you'll get common units or maybe a 5-star for someone who you did not want.
My point is, Fire Emblem Heroes is a fine game, but I cringe whenever I see videos of people spending upwards of Hundreds or Thousands of dollars, and getting summons full of Donnels and Jagens for their efforts.
And this is where I will never understand the asine logic of mobile games and their fanbase. $9.99 is too much money to spend on Super Mario Run even though it is a game with a decent amount of content, but we will spend a fortune on Fire Emblem Heroes in the hopes of getting an Ike or a Lucina.
I spent $9.99 on Super Mario Run and I have enjoyed it. It's one of the few mobile games I've spent money on alongside Dragon Quest I and II.
Free to play... naww... I'm good, thanks.
The game was well worth the price as is. One of only a couple mobile games I've ever stuck with for more than a couple of days. Definitely looking forward to the update!
Will likely buy now at the discount.
Haven't played this in 10 months. Might try the free update
@Caryslan I don't necessarily think that comparison makes sense. With Super Mario Run, in order to access a majority of the game, you have to spend $9.99. No other way around it. With Fire Emblem Heroes, sure you have the potential to spend a ton of money, but the entire game itself is free. Just because some people don't have self control doesn't make FE inherently more expensive, and the people that do spend all that money are most likely not the same people who are frustrated with Mario Run's price. Heck, with Fire Emblem Heroes, you get orbs just for turning the game on and completing levels, there's no need to actually buy anything if you're patient.
@iMarkU look at the puff of dust and trail of sparkles. You can see a defined arc.
It's definitely a double jump.
Anyway they don't need to reuse Peach's assets, they have plenty of Daisy material to reuse.
@Caryslan I've never understood the economics of the mobile gaming market, either. It makes even less sense because the people who think any game more than a dollar is too expensive are the same ones who spend hundreds every year--or a thousand, this year--getting the latest iPhone.
How about being able to play without internet?
@Meuz not so. Fire Emblem suffers from the same problem, and it was annoying on the begining, but you get used to.
I'll pick it up at that price.
The constant internet connection is an annoyance but for short bursts, I could probably live with it.
Why are they announcing it now and not the 29th? They're expecting customers to remember that a deal & update are coming in one week. They should've held the announcement until the 29th, so customers can read this article/press release/tweet and then instantly take advantage of it.
Craaaaaaaaaap
Now I have to buy it
@Tsurii I don't care about the $10 price tag being expensive or not, I'm just saying that the Fire Emblem example he provided could be completed for free, and has no mandatory price, whereas Mario does has a mandatory price. It'd be like comparing buying Pokemon Gold or Silver vs downloading Pokemon Shuffle on the 3DS eShop, I don't think the comparison is fair.
Damn, heck of a sweet update. Definitely gonna buy it now.
Yes its not a main Mario but its as close as you can get with the annoying touch controls. The team behind New Super Mario Bros did it after all. Why its not out on Switch yet? It would be a hot purchase for 5$.
I might actually buy it at that price, cheers.
@PanurgeJr the economics of mobile gaming survive off "whales" rich players who are willing to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on an app because they have a lot of money to burn. This is why free to play is so successful on smartphones. The average mobile player won't spend money to buy a game or spend money on the micro transactions, but "whales" have no limit. A $10 phone game deters the average players then while these rich players only pay the $10 (if they're interested), while the apps with micro transactions suck large amounts of money from them and they just pay it because it's an easy way to pay for advantages (usually content is obtainable for free through patience and/or luck but the rich can just bypass those factors). So that's why free to play is generally more successful.
As to why the average mobile gamer refuses to spend money on games... well, do you see how many free options there are? Granted they're rarely decent games but generally core gamers don't go to the App Store for their games, they use consoles, handhelds, and computers. Mobile gamers generally want a quick way to kill some time and are quick to abandon one game for another as soon as they hit a paywall. Basically, they don't generally buy a thousand dollar phone to use as a gaming platform, games just become a free way to pass time and if they're just looking for time wasters, they'll pick free and low quality over paying for it... as once again, they're quite likely to lose interest with their games quick anyways.
@ShadJV Honestly, for the reasons you stated, with so many free to play games on the market a large sense of worth of it's major games is twisted.
Decent or even good mobile games like Angry Birds or Cut the Rope could have debuted on the DS and no one would have questioned a $20 price tag.
Maybe if the update let's you play OFFLINE....finally...
I would love to play Super Mario Run but last I checked, it doesn't run on Bluestacks or Android-i86x and my Nexus 7 tablet is dead. Here's hoping that will change with the latest update. (I doubt it, though.)
The discount is tempting but I don't see the point when I enjoy FE Heroes a lot more and I don't even have to spend a penny!
I kinda wish Odyssey was literally everything it is, minus the Mario brand. Nintendo are such talented developers, but I'm just so burnt out on Mario.
This game is really bad.
for $5 ill probably just go ahead and buy it. the trial was moderately fun and there arent many mobile games that can hold my attention at work
Fans ask (long while back) for daisy and a better price for the full game and they get both and then some on the same day.
I hope all those that were holding out for this would get it now, otherwise Nintendo would find more to not listen to certain online noises.
Got the $10 one. Seeing as there was exclusive timed events between the release and now, and the coins, toads and items I gained, I'm not too bitter. Wish I could play it offline, but with dishonest people willing to gain the upper hand in "competitive" games, I kind of see why not.
@justin233
Me too. The price is finally right.
Daisy will be on mario Switch si yeah
The online requirement is annoying and the mechanics didn't grab me. Also, scrolling is not always smooth, I'm not sure why. I think the game should be in landscape display.
For the amount of content it has and the platforms it is on the temporary price seems more appropriate.
I'm not allowed to purchase this game with a custom Android OS on my two devices. I would have bought long ago, but alas Nintendo is one of the few companies willing to leave money on the table for people like me wanting optimized operating systems.
@sailornic That's not going to happen, as I assume you and me and everyone else know--but a small part of me really wants to read something into the fact that not only is Daisy playable, but they've given her her own platforming move, just like Peach, Luigi, Yoshi, and Rosalina all have. I love Daisy and think she could be a great character, especially if they committed to her as Luigi's romantic interest--but Nintendo doesn't work that way. I think Sarasaland would be a great setting for a 2D platform game, like my dream Super Princess Daisy--but Nintendo doesn't work that way. So I've learned to take what I can get.
Cell phone/tablet games suck anyway. Nintendo's are somewhat better quality, but that's not much. I wouldn't give a single "mobile game" better than a 6/10.
Where's Waluigi?
Bring it on. Haven’t played in a while but more content will get me collecting all the coins again.
@Seacliff I mean I don't mind paying $5-$10 for a mobile game if it's fun and lacks micro transactions but the fact remains in the mobile market core gamers are a minority. And heck, the mobile market has even tainted core gamers in that regard, as many of those gamers refuse to spend money upfront on a phone game (especially more than $3). Given they are actually adding content to Super Mario Run (admittedly after a long wait but it's happening nonetheless), I don't feel that bad I payed for it, but once again I'm in a minority. Nintendo seemed to learn this though considering Fire Emblem Heroes is free to play (and admittedly it's at least decent), and I've no doubt Animal Crossing will be similar in that regard (assuming it's still coming). Unfortunately, companies simply have to accept mobile gaming is very different and, because free games are so readily available, it's an expectation now. And admittedly games like Angry Birds (which I don't really care for) are a hundred times better than some games out there (like the dozens of blatant Pokémon and Digimon rip offs that use the actual IP illegally and don't even do it well).
I've played one Toad Rally each day since this was released and am still enjoying it. Looking forward to getting new content.
I would like to see this ported to the Nintendo Switch… I know that’s weird because the whole control scheme and design is based on phones but the app is so demanding of smartphone resources that I never want to try and launch it.
People wil spend 10 "insert your currency here" to see a 2 hour movie but not on a game that takes at least that to unlock all levels by getting all the coins. Then you have Toad Rally on top of that. People have been conditioned into believing all mobile games should be free with optional paid content for the impatient.
This is the price it should have launched at and it would have seen record breaking sales
Much more enticing at that price.
When I first got my phone, played it once or twice, literally.
I could not care less anything to do with this it........not really sure why.
meh
Had the free version forever on my phone waiting for a sale. For $5, it's finally time to buy the full version. It's good enough of a time waster when I don't have my 3DS or Switch along for the ride.
@msvt Same here. I have always disliked the New Super Mario Bros. artstyle and music but this game has a few more wrong things, one of them being played in portrait mode with one finger.
I have the feeling that the Animal Crossing mobile game is going to be more popular if it gets things right but I doubt that it will be as good as New Leaf which is also portable.
Also the game has scrolling issues on my new phone with 3GB of RAM. Poor optimisation?
Coming to Switch when?
Yay, I'm so glad that Daisy's here!
@memoryman3
The entire comment section from GameXplain's SMR videos is waiting for you, just sayin'.
Looking forward to finally getting the full game. Play it daily to stock up on useless platinum points. At a fiver can't say no.
I recently uninstalled the app because I just wasn't using it... I only had the free content, but I found it too boring and repetitive... and I usually like games that others consider boring and repetitive.
Think i'l check it out
Wait, does the world react to the music "I play"? If so, that's pretty slick. Regardless, the discount has me interested in scooping up the Android version.
Someone on this site may go ballistic: Daisy is in!
In my opinion, mobiles, & their games currently can not replace dedicated handheld consoles, & their games. That said, I'm happy with my purchase of the game. I also enjoy Fire Emblem, though I could do without some of the fanservicey character designs. I also enjoy Pac-Man, (EA) Tetris, Galaga, & Sonic (1), on my device.
It's cool Daisy was/is added.
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