Nintendo's mobile Mario game sets download record


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 21 Dec 2016

Popular game: Super Mario Run hit 25 million downloads just four days after its Dec 15 release in 151 countries on Apple Inc's App Store.

TOKYO: Nintendo Co Ltd's first Mario smartphone title has set a download record but gamers baulked at the one-time cost of unlocking content, prompting investors to push the Japanese game makers' stock to a one-month low.

Super Mario Run hit 25 million downloads just four days after its Dec 15 release in 151 countries on Apple Inc's App Store, earning gross sales of about US$21mil (RM94mil), showed data from app analyst Sensor Tower.

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