Super Mario Run

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Mario is a running, jumping fool who just won’t quit, and so Nintendo’s first foray into the mobile market for their iconic mascot naturally attempts to capitalize on that, those enjoyable athletic attributes on full display with Super Mario Run, a side-scrolling auto-runner for iOS (with release on Android devices sometime in 2017).

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