Super Mario Run: Nintendo's mascot finally makes the jump to mobile

Nintendo's iconic character, Mario, will finally make an appearance on smartphones in a fully-fledged running game on the iPhone first

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Nintendo will finally launch its iconic character Mario on smartphones starting with a running game for the iPhone called Super Mario Run.

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, father of Mario, took to the stage at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco alongside Apple's chief executive Tim Cook to announce the coming game.