That sounds really impressive, although is that from purchases, or just downloads? Also, for it being the biggest launch on the app store, those numbers don't seem thaat impressive. Still, 2.85 mil is a great number. There are other factors, such as the game having a much bigger launch than Pokemon Go did, being available in many more countries than PoGo, which is still steadily releasing in other countries. It'll be really interesting to see how Super Mario Runner will do in the long run.

i download it, play all the free mode, and then delete it, so am i still one of the 2.85m user?

Now that is not bad at all. Still, let's see how the legs will be on it.

No one of the 3.5mil users in the US!

Well, is getting better

Everyone in my college is playing it. A lot of attention to it

It's free advertising. 

Expect this to help mario games increase in sales 

You guys do remember what Kimishima or Iwata planned from smartphone games, right? They aren't meant to be cash cows; this game was probably made in 2 lunches.

The goal is to make the Nintendo brand known worldwide. They don't care if 90% of the downloads are just the demo itself. The goal is, if I recall correctly, to have 100 million My Nintendo users (I guess short term).

Two (ish) words: Let's-a Go!

3.5M in US alone and biggest openning in the app store. Let's see if people can spin thid into something negative.