Mario Joining the iPhone Party

Ladies and gentleman, the moment we've all been waiting for.

Nintendo's resident mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto took the stage at today's Apple iPhone 7 launch event to make the surprise announcement of Super Mario Run — finally bringing Nintendo's flagship video game character to smartphones.

And Nintendo investors are loving it. At one point, shares in the company jumped up almost 19%, to $33.50 a share. The market has long been awaiting Nintendo's entrance into smartphone gaming, as sales of the company's own console hardware have sagged.

As a Nintendo fan, I have long awaited the day Mario and co make themselves available on smartphones. Maybe one day we'll see Mario Kart on the App Store, what a game-changer that would be.

Out of curiosity, what do you monkeys think of investing in Nintendo right now?

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