Mario is finally coming to the iPhone

[vwalbridge]

http://gizmodo.com/super-mario-is-coming-to-the-iphone-1786329473

It's about time Nintendo came to their senses and started spreading out the Mario intellectual property.

I hate to admit it but I think Nintendo's software is now worth more than its hardware.

[opt2not]

Endless runner tho...

[vwalbridge]

Endless runner tho...

I agree, it's kinda disappointing. But if anyone can finally make a good endless runner worth playing, it's Nintendo.

[thomas_surles]

Is it going to be for us cool folks in Android land?

[vwalbridge]

Is it going to be for us cool folks in Android land?

What's an Android?

-signed,

delusional Apple user

[Howard_Casto]

Let's be frank on this one.  Nintendo will NEVER release their old back catalog or a traditional game on cell phones/tablets because the biggest reason people continue to buy their hardware is because the first party games and their back catalog are exclusive to the systems.  It would immediately de-value their old games.  Just look at sega's compilations for proof... they can easy be found for a dollar or two most of the time. 

I think it's fantastic that they are branching out to do mobile games, but Nintendo isn't going to shoddily port traditional games on to hardware ill-equipped to play them... they'll do games that are suited for the devices like Miitomo and Pokémon Go.  It's an endless runner because about the only input that works reliably on mobiles is a generic tap to the screen. 

[opt2not]

Do Super Mario properly, or don't do it at all. kthx

[vwalbridge]

Nintendo: “We do intend to release the game on Android devices at some point in the future.”

[pbj]

Sega already did an endless runner for Sonic that fit that style way better than Mario ever will, and it was still boring in 10 minutes.

Miitomo was crap and only managed to piss me off that I had spent $35 on Tomodatchi Life.

Pokemon Go has been a lot of fun but they need to get some more meat to it PDQ.

[vwalbridge]

I think the real story here is not that Nintendo released yet another endless runner...rather they made a bold move to put Mario on another piece of hardware and a phone no less. (A device that is in nearly every single person's pocket and completes directly with their DS)

Like it or not, this game is not necessarily made for old-school Mario lovers. It's made for the new millennial-hipster generation that wants to play Mario on their phone one-handed while ordering their food at a Jamba juice on an iPad point of sale with Apple Pay.

[pbj]

Jamba Juice?  lol grandpa

[Malenko]

they'll do games that are suited for the devices like Miitomo and Pokémon Go.

Nintendo literally had nothing to do with the making of pokemon go.

[opt2not]

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/NTDOY:US

 

[Howard_Casto]

they'll do games that are suited for the devices like Miitomo and Pokémon Go.

Nintendo literally had nothing to do with the making of pokemon go.

Sure they did.  They allowed the use of the license.  They don't put their name on crappy games ever since the Phillips debacle. 

[ark_ader]

And you get the pleasure of hearing the wonderful Mario music/tune/beep beep on the $159 earbuds on the iPhone 7.

We are living in such wonderful times.

[Malenko]

they'll do games that are suited for the devices like Miitomo and Pokémon Go.

Nintendo literally had nothing to do with the making of pokemon go.

Sure they did.  They allowed the use of the license.  They don't put their name on crappy games ever since the Phillips debacle.

So then we agree Nintendo had nothing to do with the MAKING of the game.

You're too much of a fan boy to have a serious discussion about Nintendo first party titles that were less than good and I'd hate to be accused of running you off again because Metroid: Other M was a bad game on a terrible system.

[Howard_Casto]

I'm not a fanboy.  In order to be a fanboy you have to like something that isn't good.  Go check metacritic and ign and ......well.... anyone.  Nintendo is objectively good. 

Metroid Other M was an acceptably good Metroid game (notice I didn't say great) on an objectively fantastic system.  I have the sales numbers to back it up.

The problem isn't that I'm a fanboy, the problem is you are the dreaded anti-fanboy. 

I'm sick of getting accused of things that I'm not when everyone else is FAR WORSE than me.  The Wii has by far the best selling console of last generation, but somehow that doesn't count, because you didn't like it.  I think Pokémon Go is the lamest, most watered down Pokémon yet, but it doesn't matter what I think, it's a worldwide phenomenon... it must have value and because the Nintendo brand is associated with it, sorry but it DOES count.  You seem to be incapable of separating your personal feelings from what is actually happening.

If you don't want to be accused of running people off, perhaps you should quit attacking people.  You call me names and then expect me to just take it.  Sorry, but it doesn't work that way.  You obviously don't want to have a serious discussion... you just insulted me on a personal level.  That ends the discussion right there.  You ended it.  Congratulations?

[opt2not]

I'm not a fanboy.  In order to be a fanboy you have to like something that isn't good.

Well you do think the N64 had the "best visuals of that era". Just sayin'.

[Malenko]

 



I'm not entirely sure what I said to spark that reply, thought you and I had a pretty good rapport going, especially in the flash cart thread. I wont argue that the Wii console sold fantastically, it did. 3rd party Wii software not so much.  A rock solid library (first and third party!) is what makes a system great (to me) which is why I think the SNES is one of if not the best consoles of all time. Supported pretty much every Nintendo console from the NES up to the Wii. Yes, I bought an N64, a GameCube and a Wii. Wayne Gretzky Hockey made me get the N64, Cruisn USA was a bad port but still fun, and ya know GoldenEye multiplayer and the wrestling games. GameCube was meh, but Playing as Link in Soul Calibur was pretty awesome. Can't name a single Wii game that dazzled me. Twilight Princess was pretty good and Mario Kart was more of the same but fun.  I never owned a virtual boy, and my Wife bought me a WiiU for Xmas a few years ago, made her take it back. Other than the DS and the 3DSXL I haven't gotten my money's worth out of a nintendo system since the SNES.

You say Nintendo wont attach its name to a crappy game, then say pokemon go is a crappy game, and that nintendo made it. I don't even know where to start with this.

As for Fanboy, you like the Wii and it isn't good. As stated before the console itself sold well, and before you say if it sold well it has to be good, the Kim Kardashian dress up mobile app made 100 million dollars; do you think its a good game too?

Anyfart, Other M was a disappointment for Nintendo they shipped half as many units as they expected and it ended up taking them almost 2 years to hit their million unit goal. Feel free to go into my project thread and suggest I burn the build to the ground though 

[pbj]

In the thread - 40 year old men arguing over semantics in a discussion about video games.

[Malenko]

In the thread - 40 year old men arguing over semantics in a discussion about video games.

Only 37!

[Le Chuck]

Only 37!

PBJ: (suprised) What?
Mal:   I'm thirty-seven!  I'm not old--

and thus starts one of the funniest movies ever. 

[Ond]

"well I can't just call you 'man'".

The wii is/was utter utter utter utter utter utter utter utter utter utter utter shite!

[pbj]

It was a $200 entry fee into Wii Sports which was borderline worth it.  Then it did Netflix way before anything else.  Did not live up to its potential, though.