The question that's circling effectively every place on the internet that discusses video games that has any kind of mobile gaming inkling to it right now is dominated by one thing: When exactly is Super Mario Run going to finally hit the App Store" Something is definitely happening, as per AppShopper version history, a 1.0 version of the game was pushed to the App Store earlier today, with an initial download that weighs in at just under 200MB. (You may have gotten a push alert from the TouchArcade app for this, sorry!) With it officially being Thursday the 15th in most areas of the world right now, it feels like the game could hit at any time. Japan Times is claiming a 5:00 PM release time in Japan, which would put it at Midnight Pacific but aside from this cryptic Nintendo tweet I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere else, so I'm taking it with a pretty massive grain of salt.
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Historically, games with tightly controlled global launches (Like games from the Angry Birds Series) when marketed with a Thursday release date will hit the App Store a little after midnight Pacific time. Other games have appeared randomly in the early morning. My gut is telling me we really shouldn't expect a late night launch from Super Mario Run. I'd love to be wrong, but consider Nintendo has been pushing this "Notify" thing pretty hard, consistently featuring Super Mario Run on the App Store and letting people choose to get an a...