Nintendo’s classic video game character Mario will be available on Apple’s iPhone and iPad. The news from Apple’s product launch in San Francisco sent Nintendo shares aloft.
The launch of a game with the blue- and red-clad plumber was perhaps the biggest surprise on Apple’s event. Mario games are among the biggest game successes ever, and over 200 million copies will have been sold in various editions.
Apple’s share fell slightly during the presentation, while investors sent at a time Nintendo- heading up over 20 percent.
Mario manager himself, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, was in place on stage at Apple’s event Wednesday. Initially launched game “Super Mario Run” to the iPhone and iPad.
Nintendo hesitated long to launch their games the success of mobile phones. Mario games have instead been actively used to drive up sales of Nintendo’s own hardware, as the handheld DS console.
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Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Apple Inc during a demonstration of iPhone7 in San Francisco, California, US on 7 September 7. Photo: Beck Diefenbach / Reuters
Headphone output away
Apple also unveiled that awaited its new iPhone in two editions, iPhone 7 and the larger edition iPhone 7 Plus.
analysts were ahead of Wednesday’s launch in doubt about the company once again would fail to excite his audience with a presentation of yet another mobile phone without groundbreaking technical innovations.
the two phones are generally updated with newer and better hardware, has better camera function and is dust and waterproof. The latter is a feature that many other phone manufacturers already have in place.
A more controversial design choice is that Apple’s new phone comes with headphone jack. The company adds, however, by an adapter that makes it possible to use the phone’s data and charging port to connect regular headphones.
The company let out information about phones on Twitter before Apple CEO Tim Cook had presented them from the stage , apparently by mistake.
Nintendo Mario developer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed Wednesday that the company develops Mario games to Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Nintendo’s shares rose sharply after the disclosure. Photo: Beck Diefenbach / Reuters / NTB scanpix Photo: NTB scanpix
Pokemon Go
A new version of the company’s smart watch, Apple Watch Series 2, was also among the products launched. Unlike its predecessor, new clock support for GPS tracking, which provides the ability to keep track of training tours.
The watch will also be waterproof enough to be taken with a swim.
Mobile game Pokemon Go, which during the summer has become a global phenomenon, is also being launched for Apple’s smart watches during the year.
Managing Director John Hanke in Niantic Labs, which has developed the game, said on Apple event that the mobile edition so far been downloaded more than 500 million times. According to him, the new clock version give users greater opportunities to monitor the surroundings, and not only have their eyes on the phone.
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