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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android 230 app guy and welcome back to Android apps weekly it's also New Year's so happy new years everybody this is episode number 172 so let's get started Square Enix has put a ton of its games on sale this is great news because their games aren't usually pretty expensive on the blocker 7 Dragon Quest games most of their Final Fantasy titles Chrono Trigger Adventures of Mana Secret of Mana Chaos Rings 3 and romancing saga 2 most of these are great games and faithful ports from their originals snapchat purchased and Israeli startup called semakin the price was between 30 and 40 million dollars the popular opinion is that snapchat plans on delving further into the augmented reality space and this company is going to help them do it for those who don't know summation is a company that lets other companies show how their products look in the real world with virtual devices where guests gonna have to wait and see how that turns out we released our official lists for the best android apps best android games and most controversial apps and games our pick for the best android app was crew maki board the best game was crash lands and finally the most controversial app or game was pokemons go the lists are live on android authority and on youtube if you want to see all of the selections yourself Nintendo has officially put up Super Mario run on Android for pre-registration that means the game's release is fairly imminent it had a good run in its first week on iOS although things are cooling off now you'll also get a notification when the game is out to the public we're all but certain that it will be out before the end of January 2017 while we're on the topic it turns out that Super Mario run is having problems getting people to pay for the game a report this week showed that only about one to two percent of those who downloaded the game actually bought it has also been free-falling through the charts as the game's hot release starts to cool down at this point let's just wait and see what happens when it comes to Android five nights at Freddy's sister location is the latest game in the popular horror franchise it brings back a number of mechanics from previous games that helped make those games popular and yes that does include the classic jump scares there are also some additional things added into the game to make it a little more rounded a ton of people have already been diving in to find the hidden meanings of the story behind the game it's pretty good and relatively inexpensive and there are no in purchases pigment is a coloring book application that's aimed at adults but thankfully it's also pretty good for kids the base application includes 300 free pages for you to color and you can buy more through in-app purchases it features tap to fill mechanics and you have access to eight different coloring tools you'll be able to use your finger or a stylus if you have one it has some crashing issues but we didn't experience them so your mileage may vary it's worth a shot if you're into these types of things rollercoaster tycoon classic is a port of the original roller coaster sim from PC this version comes with both roller coaster tycoon 1 and rollercoaster tycoon 2 so you're essentially getting two games for the price of one altogether there are 95 scenarios to play through controls that have been redone for touchscreens and tons of nostalgic value it's suffering through some early release bugs but overall it's been a positive release there are also no in-app purchases fast key launcher is a new launcher that claims wicked fast app search it accomplishes this feat by having a keyboard that's baked right into the home screen so you can immediately start searching you can also make phone calls and perform other tasks directly from the home screen otherwise it's a simple and light launcher that seems to work pretty well some have reported bugs so do be aware of those but at the very least the app is entirely free The Walking Dead Season 3 is the latest game in Telltale's critically acclaimed The Walking Dead franchise it continues the storyline as per the comic books and there are even throwbacks to characters and events that happened in the first two seasons it follows a lot of the same mechanics as the previous games and it also has similar graphics it's $4.99 and you can buy additional seasons as in-app purchases or you can buy the season pass and get every episode there are some early issues that were sure going to be fixed eventually otherwise it's pretty good for even more Android apps and games news updates and releases don't forget to check out this week's newsletter which is linked in the video description below there you'll find a ton of information that we didn't have time for here you can use the form in the written companion which is also linked in the video description below to sign up for the newsletter and we'll deliver it to your door every Sunday also don't forget to check out the android authority app for even faster updates and that about does it for this one folks if you want to keep watching we have our best Android apps games and most controversial apps and games lists linked up there on the screen and in the video description below don't forget to check out that newsletter and keep it tuned to Android authority because we are your source for all things Android thanks again for watching everybody and have a wonderful New Year's you