Nintendo attributed the motive for the delay to the release of Fire Animal Crossing Items Emblem Heroes and Super Mario Run, the first two mobile games released as part of its partnership with DeNA. Fire Emblem Heroes launches February 2, while Super Mario Run released for iOS on December 15, 2016.

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto previously stated the agency will hold to recognition on crafting original video games to mobile, rather than porting vintage ones. This has been the case for Mario, which regarded on iOS and Android devices as an vehicle-runner, and Fire Emblem, which changed into released as a brand new unfastened-to-play entry inside the series.

In his Super Mario Run review, critic Peter Brown provided it a 7/10, saying "it's clean to fault Run for numerous reasons, but it is hard to absolutely lose appreciation for the lolga.com way properly it is delivered the collection' center gameplay to smartphones."