Super Mario Run captures Nintendo’s magical game design for mobile — even if it’s too short

The idea of Nintendo making mobile games used to terrify me. Now that I’ve played Super Mario Run, I realize that fear was silly.

Super Mario Run is available to download now for iOS devices running iOS 8.0 or later. You can try it for free, but you’ll need to spend $10 to unlock the full game. I used to think that Nintendo making mobile games would be some kind of sign of defeat for the Japanese game maker. But at as it enters the field, it does so with an easy-to-play game like Super Mario Run.