Super Mario Run Has Mysteriously Vanished From The iOS App Store

RIP Apple

That's pretty peculiar.
Update
Seems like it's already back up.

When they found out Mario wasn't a plumber anymore they pulled it. Makes sense, news like that shocked us all.

No problem since it's never been on my phone.

I nearly forgot this game existed.

iPhones with Mario Run installed will shortly be selling for £1000+ on eBay...

I looked it up in the App Store and was able to find it?? Yeah it's there for me.

Nintendo is weird company

I still play a couple of toad rallies a week. I'm hoping it comes back with more content, but that is a vain hope.

Maybe they found a bug with that version and are tweaking it?

Just searched for it and was there, also an update popped up for it at the same time so probs just an app store bug whilst they were submitting the update.

its there whats the point of this story? is it clickbait?

Just had an update for the app on iOS so possibly will return now it's been updated.

Edit: showing in App Store now as v3.0.3 although looks like v3.0.2 was also released today and may have had an issue.

I just checked and it looks like it's back again. I did get an update notification to version 3.0.3 so maybe it was in the middle of the swapping it out in the app store...

It's there with its update. Haven't played in a while

Well, at least Android users can still play Mario Run.

I see it on the App Store still...

"...one of Nintendo's most high-profile smartphone titles..."

You mean the second of three to relase? Unless you count the Switch app, bringing it to a whopping four.

@Not_Soos Miitomo,
Super Mario Run,
Pokemon Go,
Fire Emblem Heroes,
Pokemon TV,
Pokemon Duel,
Nintendo Switch Parental Controls,
Magikarp Jump,
Pokemon Shuffle

That's a lot more than 4 apps...

Still up on the Canadian App Store.

American too

Chill out is back on the store

Seems like Nintendo pulled an NES Mini with Super Mario Run.

@nintendawesome All those Pokémon ones were published by The Pokémon Company, except for Pokémon GO which was published by Niantic. There are 5 published by Nintendo, only 2 of which are games.

Appears like Nintendo for a brief moment realized they were selling something with the same quality and effort as the Zelda CDi titles, and they pulled it from the market.

Then they realized they are bound by contract to put it back on there.

The game no longer even entertains my 4 and 2 year old. They sometimes log in, get the free stuff, and then turn it off 2 min later. The PBS game app has more appeal to them because they games have more depth. Beyond sad but true.

Apple wasnt happy that Miiverse was ending.

limited time runs of apps on the app store?
DO NOT GIVE THEM IDEAS!!!

Apple: Fight with us for parts will you? Well take THIS! (Removes Super Mario Run)

Strange

It's up with an update. It seems like a brief absence while replacing one version with another.

@nintendawesome I view the Pokémon ones as being more closely affiliated with the Pokémon Company than as Nintendo apps, so my original comment still stands.

Did anyone actually play this game?

Game wasn't all that great

That's so interesting, last night I noticed on google play store they were advertising the pixel with the super mario run game on the screen. Struck me as odd

Nintendo doesn't have infinite digital resources. You can't except them to keep the game up forever.

@Not_Soos Nintendo owns The Pokémon Company

nintendo probably didn't have the $100 to renew the developer license

I just received an update to Mario Run on my iPhone. Also when I look for it on the AppStore, it is still available. They could have pulled the version that was up and then went live with the updated version. You can do that in iTunesConnect if you wanted too.

I am a developer and sometimes do this because there was a bug in the current version that was not working correctly. So to fix it we pull the current version from the store then push the brand new version. This takes around 30 minutes to an hour to show up in the AppStore.

Also HUGELY scummy tag line you have there in the article title.

@ValhallaOutcast 100% clickbait with that tagline >.>... Thought you guys were better than that NL.

Mario had to take another plumbing gig then. Those pipes ain't gonna unclog themselves!

How do you punny sods not write 'Mario Run away?' as a subhead, how!?

@nintendawesome They own it in part, as I understand it, but Game Freak and Creatures Inc. also have shares in the Pokémon Company. It isn't exclusively Nintendo.

Well that's what Apple get for trying to prevent Nintendo from getting new techs for the Switch. Now Nintendo will remove contents and titles associated with their partnership, soon I expect Fire Emblem Heroes and Pokemon Go to be dropped too.

I just checked my iPhone (which has the latest iOS installed) and Super Mario Run is still on the App Store, so I don't know if this was a glitch of some sort or what, because the game still has its reviews and whatnot

Um... there for me in America... it’s 7:50pm, 04 September

Would've used the 10 bucks on Fire Emblem Heroes maybe if only knew....TOAST!

@XCWarrior Lots of free games for your kids. My niece and nephew are 2 and 4, Paw Patrol is all the rage. When my kids were younger they played on there all the time.

http://www.nickjr.com/games/

@rjejr My kids like Paw Patrol but never ask to play any of those games. I've brought them up right, they are both Pokemon and Mario fans. But Super Mario Run... nope. We still play Pokemon Go well over a year and my 4 year old still loves it dearly.

Because it was crap

@XCWarrior My kids are older, 12 and 14, and while they are both big Pokemon fans - tv show, cards, games, movies, books even - they played Go for about an hour and saw no point. Mario is Mario, though even they didn't play Run for long. They were never going to pay $9.99 for it.

Good job on the child rearing.

Because Apple, that's why

Sell it for $10 up front on Switch and I'm game.