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Basically, you need internet to play any of the games' 3 modes

Shigeru Miyamoto:

For us, we view our software as being a very important asset for us. And also for consumers who are purchasing the game, we want to make sure that we're able to offer it to them in a way that the software is secure, and that they're able to play it in a stable environment.

We wanted to be able to leverage that network connection with all three of the [Super Mario Run] modes to keep all of the modes functioning together and offering the game in a way that keeps the software secure. This is something that we want to continue to work on as we continue to develop the game.

But actually, the security element is one of the reasons that we decided to go with iPhone and iOS first. So this is just — based on the current development environment — a requirement that's been built into the game to support security and the fact that the three different modes are connecting to the network and interacting with one another.

We had thought at one point that it would be nice to have the World Tour [story] mode available standalone, to be able to play without that connection. But then the challenge is when that's operating in a standalone mode, it actually complicates the connection back to the Toad Rally and Kingdom modes. And because those two modes are relying on the network save, we had to integrate the World Tour mode as well.

More Q&A from Reggie


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G45nrjxibA&feature=youtu.be

Random Trailer


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKG5jU6DV70&feature=youtu.be



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This should be interesting.



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Ka-pi96 said:
Is that normal for mobile games? I don`t know (nor particularly care) but even if not... meh, it`s just a mobile game.

Pretty much all recent ones I played do. 



 

Guess I won't be getting this. Not that I can anyways. Don't have an iPhone.



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No big deal, would be annoying if they were to do that to say a Zelda.



Always online is a strangely regular thing in mobile gaming, and it's one of the reasons I hate it to death.



If they do this for the Switch too, I'm fucked. Most of the time I can't even get my Wii U nor my PS4 to connect to the internet.



Not a surprise



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Jranation said:
Not a surprise

How did this not surprise you?