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Nintendo's first smartphone game is landing on iPhones and iPads in a month from now on December 15th but it won't be completely free Super Mario run will be a free download to try out but it'll cost $10 to open up access to the full game the game is a bit different than other Mario games because Mario keeps running automatically and you have to tap to keep him jumping around to collect coins and avoid obstacles that makes it easy to play with one hand there are also three modes in world Tork the goal is to get through the level to rescue the princess from evil Bowser you know the usual stuff toad rally opens up when you've cleared some levels in the world tour here you compete with others around the world to collect the most coins and there's Kingdom Builder where you take all the coins you've earned in the toad rally and spend them on buildings and decorations to make your own lands no word on when it'll be coming to Android but it will eventually meanwhile Nintendo is also keeping fans curious about the price of its new game system the Nintendo switch coming out in March of next year over the weekend the Canadian Toys R Us website listed the Nintendo switch as costing about 330 Canadian dollars which comes out to about 250 bucks in the US the site removed the listing oopsies if that price is right that means it'll cost less than the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox one and that's also about what the Nintendo 3ds handheld cost at launch the switch is portable but it can also be docked at home to play games on your large screen TV I'm Bridget Carey stay up to date with the biggest tech news at cnet.com slash you