Nintendo Co. isn't offering Super Mario games on smartphones. Other people are.
A game called "Super Mario" has been available to download on Baidu Inc.'s 91 Wireless online application store in China and was available on Samsung Electronics Co.'s online China app store by Wednesday. The title, listed as developed by Beijing Flyfish Technology Co., has multiple levels and shows the mustachioed plumber in a red hat and blue overalls jumping to capture mushrooms and coins.
Searches in app stores in China, Hong Kong and Japan showed games, a quiz and mobile wallpaper with characters made famous by the Kyoto-based company. A title listed Thursday on the Samsung online app store in Japan called "Super Mario Quiz" allowed users to take a multiple choice test to identify characters called Baby Donkey Kong and Corporal Paraplonk.