meanspartan
Member
And people say Nintendo doesn't know mobile gaming....they are fitting right in!
It appears Super Mario Run will require an internet connection at all times
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GuitarAtomik
Member
Kind of a deal breaker for me. I mostly play phone games on the metro where my internet connection cuts out. I was hoping since you can outright buy it, it would be offline compatible.
perfectchaos007
Member
So I can't play on an airplane. Oh well I only fly like twice a year anyway
jts
...hate me...
It will come to Android. Would be pretty bad PR if they added always-online DRM just for Android.
Grettir_the_Swole
Member
And Jesus wept.
Uno Venova
Banned
I hope it's internet connection requirement is front and center so the millions that want to play games on the NYC train system don't bother with this game.
zerodeefex
Member
"We care more about stopping the minor amount of piracy on iOS (less than a fraction of a percent) than giving you the freedom to play your game without an internet connection."
I work deep in mobile. This has been my experience with them constantly.
Good point. I mean gaming on PC and console it has happened but mobile....the entry price is smaller but still.
Me and I believe many others out there.
I still play HR Battle 3D to this day. I still fire up Angry Birds. Plants vs Zombies.
(Made a mistake earlier about HR battle. It still has an offline mode but its crippled because any IAP you made are locked out of offline mode. Cant remember about any gold balls you won and used for purchases.)
Just like using an app I paid for if its updated and still available and usable, of course I still play it years later.
How do we know that folks like me and him are in the minority? Many of us got smartphones in 2009, 2010. As long as the game is updated... And one reason I still play older games is the size of newer games has gone up drastically.
I just dont have the space like I want. Between games and apps they have gotten fatter.
And someone mentioned earlier about who has a phone with no data plan? Some of us with kids that wanna give them a cheap mobile gaming device with as lil cost as possible. Get a phone off eBay, use wifi while in the house. When I was in between jobs I did this. Someone gave me a phone and the place I was staying had wifi. Or I could use it while in school before and after class.
Omega Kirby
Member
Not all mobile games require internet access
C.Olimar788
Member
Oh, so at least there's a good reason for this -
Oh. Never mind, it's just another company deciding to screw over its regular consumers to combat a relatively-negligible amount of piracy. Good, good. Carry on as usual, then.
It's such a damn shame, this could have been a good game and I would have almost certainly picked it up, but now I have no interest whatsoever. What's the point if I can't play it on the bus?
Oh. Never mind, it's just another company deciding to screw over its regular consumers to combat a relatively-negligible amount of piracy. Good, good. Carry on as usual, then.
It's such a damn shame, this could have been a good game and I would have almost certainly picked it up, but now I have no interest whatsoever. What's the point if I can't play it on the bus?
jts
...hate me...
Why wouldn't you be able to play it on the bus?
FalsettoVibe
Member
This is Nintendo.
Not surprised at all.
Not surprised at all.
uncle_koploski
Banned
If you have 4g you can play it?
I don't understand the issue?
Our phones have internet access all the time?
C.Olimar788
Member
My bus commute goes through areas that I do not have a stable internet connection during, and besides that I would rather not use up my rather small data plan, which I keep primarily for emergencies.
jts
...hate me...
We don't know how much data this spends, it's likely a neglectable amount.
Mammoth Jones
Member
This. Needing a constant connection is unrealistic for me. I lost connection multiple times during my commute.
Where do you live where you have Internet access all the time?
First part doesn't make a lot of sense (because I don't know how the game works), but the second is basically anti-piracy.
Xamtheking
Member
How it will likely work is that if you lose internet connection during gameplay, but you get it back by the time you finish the level, everything will be fine
Doesn't solve playing in places with no internet at all, though
Doesn't solve playing in places with no internet at all, though
I play iOS games when I am beneath the surface of the earth, where radiowaves can't penetrate.
Mammoth Jones
Member
This. Many times during my commute I technically have LTE but no data came come in or out. This game is basically useless I unless I'm playing at home.
There are other ways to deal with piracy.
sixteen-bit
Member
That's a fail, imo.
hopefully they can patch in an offline mode for those moments where you're out of rage of a hotspot.
hopefully they can patch in an offline mode for those moments where you're out of rage of a hotspot.
The Hermit
Member
This is a deal breaker for me
I play mobile games in place where I DONT have internet connection, otherwise I would be surfing the internet/Gaf.
I understand Pokemon Go being and online game and all that, but this is freaking Mario!
I play mobile games in place where I DONT have internet connection, otherwise I would be surfing the internet/Gaf.
I understand Pokemon Go being and online game and all that, but this is freaking Mario!
Quadraphonic
Member
i can see why that sucks for some people, but overall I doubt it will have much of an impact on the success or failure in terms of purchases. If it didn't really hinder the Pokemon Go launch I doubt it will do so here.
Honestly the price tag will probably serve to be the biggest hurdle for mainstream numbers. IIRC 'higher' (relatively speaking) prices on mobile tend to be tough sells.
Honestly the price tag will probably serve to be the biggest hurdle for mainstream numbers. IIRC 'higher' (relatively speaking) prices on mobile tend to be tough sells.
Joelstinton14
Member
Play it at home? At work on your break?
Also piracy, particularly on Android is not relatively- negligible. It's Rampant, have a look at some of the figures on the various website. There are games where there is 1 sale to 10,000 pirated downloads. That is not relatively negligible.
Psychoward
Banned
Yep my iPad doesn't even have data. Fucking genius Nintendo.
Psychoward
Banned
Even if you have an unlimited plan you still lose connection in some areas, most notably during commuting which was the main draw of the game for me.
But then again unlimited plans cost a shit load here.
Also some tablets don't have data at all.
Suburban Thug
Member
This is a minor inconvenience for me but I can see how many others will be affected by an always online requirement. Hopefully Nintendo will backpedal on this if enough people raise a stink. I mean, we got DRM removed from the Xbox One so why not here? If you're upset make your voice heard on twitter or write in to Nintendo. I think those are the best ways we as a community can voice our displeasure.
I don't play many mobile games but I remember getting on a plane with my Android tablet about a year ago only to find out that almost all the games I put on it required a network connection. I guess I've expected it from mobile games since then. Sucks for people that are on planes or subways a lot though.
Doubtful this means "always - on" in the way it would mean for consoles/PC. More likely, like pretty much every other mobile game I've played, online is needed at menus but once you get into a level it functions perfectly fine. Not as much of a problem for intermittent connections (lrt) but does prevent airplane gaming.
Are people really this ignorant to the notion that people prefer edge-to-edge screens or at least screens that get closer to that goal?
I just got a bezel-less OLED 4K tv, and the lack of a bezel is great.
eyeball_kid
Member
An equal problem is that an always online game means Nintendo can shut off your game at any point they decide to sunset the game servers. You paid 10 bucks, but next year maybe Super Mario Run 2 comes out and sorry, thanks for playing! Please understand. Or you want to play and heyyy the online check doesn't work because their server is down for maintenance.
I can't believe how many apologists there are for this practice.
I can't believe how many apologists there are for this practice.
'Our' phones being split across different countries, data plans and transport networks (some of which being underground), I think you are casting the net a bit wide to suggest everyone is in the same boat.
Makes you wonder where people live and their daily doings that they never deal with a blackout area.
Even the largest cities on the planet, places that have the best of everything, finding dead zones is common, and forget it if you ever use a subway
Yeah, it's like...what is the possible motivation in defending bs like this?
Even on the overground part of my commute, there are three black spots that wreck any attempt to play an always-online mobile game.