Super Mario Run coming to Apple devices this December

Super Mario, One of the most popular game of the 90's is coming to Apple devices. Shigeru Miyamoto, the chief game designer at Nintendo at Apple's iPhone launch event announced the launch of Super Mario Run for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch in December. It will also make its way to Android as well in the near future.

Super Mario Run will be free to download and play but will offer in-app purchases. Super Mario Run is the first official game for smartphones and you can play the game one-handed.

In the game Mario runs to the right automatically, and you have to tap on the screen to make him jump to collect coins in a set amount of time before reaching the flagpole at the end of the level. The longer you tap, the higher Mario jumps.

In addition to single mode, there's a new battle mode called Toad Rally, where you have to beat high scores of others. There's also a mode that lets players create their own 'Mushroom Kingdom' using coins they have collected in first two modes.

The App Store listing for Super Mario Run is already live, but has a 'Notify Me' button, to let users know when the game is available for download. It will launch in 100 countries in December.