Depending on your perspective, Super Mario Run has been a runaway success for Nintendo.
Despite some poor reviews related to pricing sour grapes, it has already passed 50 million installs on iOS, making it the fastest-downloaded title in App Store history.
Now Nintendo is hoping to build on that platform by releasing 2-3 mobile mobile games a year, president Tatsumi Kimishima has said.
Speaking to Kyoto NP (via MacWorld), Kimishima said that’s the plan for 2017 and beyond.
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Elsewhere, Kimishima had now further update on when Super Mario Run will launch for Android devices, but said Nintendo continues to work on it.
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