'Super Mario Run' release date, news: Shigeru Miyamoto to reveal more secrets about game this week

Janna Dela Cruz Sunday, December 04, 2016

Nintendo Creative Fellow Shigeru Miyamoto stands next to the Super Mario character during an Apple media event in San Francisco, California, U.S.A., September 7, 2016. | Reuters/Beck Diefenbach

More information about "Super Mario Run" will be revealed by representative director and producer Shigeru Miyamoto a week from the official release of the highly anticipated game.

On Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Apple Store at SoHo, Miyamoto will discuss with TV personality Katie Linendoll important details about the game including the "importance of fun and the inspiration behind the gameplay."

"Join the video game designer and creator famously known for Super Mario Bros. and other iconic Nintendo games for an insightful chat on the making of Super Mario Run," the announcement reads.

After the interview, Miyamoto will offer an "exclusive look" at "Super Mario Run." However, it looks like fans who were able to secure a slot in the event will be the only ones to be treated with such, unless Apple and Nintendo decide to bring it online.

"Super Mario Run" will be released exclusively on the iOS on Dec. 15. A trial version can be downloaded for free, but to get the full experience, players are to shell out $9.99.

While the pricing appears to turn off some, at Northern Trust Capital Markets head of global technology, media and telecoms research, Neil Campling, believes it is actually a good deal.

"Offering a free game with an option to unlock all the available content for just $9.99 will appeal as a pricing point to many," he explained to NBC News.

"So to set a low incentive (zero to try) and then a low total cost when engaged could set Nintendo on a differentiated path which, ultimately, could be a game changer to address a wider audience," he went on to say.

Nintendo has been teasing "Super Mario Run" with a series of illustrations in which they explain how Mario has been running around more than usual, which may have led to him becoming faster and his jumps higher.

In "Super Mario Run," the red-clad hero is automatically running and can also jump much higher. He even dodges obstacls with the use of "smooth stylish, acrobatic moves" and leap-frogs while he vaults over Goombas and Koopa Troopas instead of stomping on them.