Ondrej Holzman Umagazini wokudlala U-Glixel kulethwa ingxoxo enkulu noShigeru Miyamoto, owaba neqhaza elikhulu ekwakhiweni kwemidlalo edume njenge Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda noma imbongolo kong. Kodwa manje, ngokubambisana eduze ne-Apple, iNintendo yakhe ingene emakethe yamaselula okokuqala ngqa.
Kwakunjani ukusebenza ne-Apple? Ukuthi ukubambisana kwenzeka kanjani Super Mario Run? Bayisekela kakhulu kunalokho abavame ukuyenza kumdlalo ngamunye.
Isikhathi saba yinhlanhla ngempela kuzo zombili izinhlangothi. Thina kwaNintendo saba nezingxoxo eziningi mayelana nokungena emakethe yamaselula, kodwa besingakanqumi ukuthi sizomenzela uMario kuma-smartphones. Njengoba sixoxa ngakho, saqala ukuzibuza imibuzo ngokuthi kwakuzodingeka abukeke kanjani uMario onjalo. Ngakho-ke sazama ezinye izinto futhi saqhamuka nombono oyisisekelo, futhi sagcina sesiwubonisa i-Apple.
Ingxenye yesizathu esenza sihambe ne-Apple kwakungoba bengidinga ukwesekwa kwentuthuko ukuze ngiqinisekise ukuthi umdlalo uqhuba ngendlela ebesiyilindele. Njengoba uNintendo ehlala ezama ukwenza okuthile okuhlukile, besifuna ukuzama okuthile okuhlukile ngasohlangothini lwebhizinisi. Besingafuni ngempela ukwenza noma yini eyokudlala mahhala, kodwa ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi sinethuba lokwenza esikufunayo, bekumele sikhulume nabantu abebeyigijima ngempela.
Abantu be-App Store basitshela ngokwemvelo ukuthi indlela yokudlala yamahhala yayilungile, kodwa ngangihlale nginomuzwa wokuthi u-Apple noNintendo babelane ngamafilosofi afanayo. Njengoba siqala ukusebenza ndawonye, ngaqinisekisa ukuthi lokhu kuyiqiniso futhi bakwamukela ukuzama into entsha.
I-Super Mario Run izofika nge-iOS ngoLwesine, Disemba 15, futhi ekugcineni izobe imahhala, kodwa kuphela njengomnambithi. Inkokhelo yesikhathi esisodwa yama-euro angu-10 izokhokhiswa ukuze kuvulwe yonke igeyimu nawo wonke amamodi egeyimu. Noma kunjalo, uMario odumile kuma-iPhones nama-iPads angalindelwa ukuthi abe yi-hit enkulu. Kuzoba mnandi ukubona ukuthi i-Apple yabelana nganoma yiziphi izibalo zokuthengisa, njengoba kungumkhankaso wokuphromotha ngaphambi kokufika kwangempela Super Mario Run ku-App Store ayikaze ibonwe.
Konke kwaqala ngokwethulwa okukhulu komdlalo omusha ngenkulumo eyisihluthulelo kaSepthemba. Selokhu kwaba njalo Super Mario Run isivele ibonakala ku-App Store, lapho ungenza khona izaziso zisebenze ngokushesha nje lapho igeyimu ikhishwa. Ngasikhathi sinye, abalandeli bangadlala inguqulo yedemo yomdlalo ozayo ne-plumber yase-Italy ezitolo ze-Apple zangempela kuleli sonto. UMario wokuqala ohambahambayo uthola ukumenyezelwa okuningi ngaphambi kokuthi aphume. U-Shigeru Miyamoto, owadala uMario ngo-1981, naye ube nesandla kulokhu futhi manje usethathe uhambo olujulile lwase-United States ukuze asekele nomdlalo obulindelwe.
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UMiyamoto uvumile ukuthi inhloso kaNintendo kwasekuqaleni kwakuwukwenza i-Mario yokuqala yeselula ibe lula ngangokunokwenzeka. “Ngesikhathi siqala ukudala eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule Super Mario Bros, abantu abaningi bayidlalile, futhi esinye sezizathu esenze ukuthi bayithande ukuthi obungakwenza kwakuwukugijima ngendlela efanele bese ugxuma,” kukhumbula uMiyamoto, owayefuna ukubuyela esimisweni esifanayo kuma-iPhone. Kungakho kuzoba njalo Super Mario Run owokuqala uMario ongalawulwa ngesandla esisodwa.
Futhi lokho kufanele kusebenze nanamuhla. Phakathi kwezihloko zegeyimu ezidume kakhulu kuma-iPhone kukhona ama-platformer afanayo nemidlalo ngokuvamile okungeyona nzima kakhulu ukuyilawula, kodwa ingaba ukuzijabulisa, isibonelo, ngenkathi ulindile esitobhini sebhasi, ngoba ungena esenzweni ngokushesha. Kubadlali abaningi abanama-iPhones nama-iPads, kuzodingeka ukuthi bavakashele i-App Store ngoLwesine...
