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Fire Emblem Heroes has less than 1/10th of Super Mario Run's downloads, but has made more money
Nintendo chief: # of Fire Emblem downloads less than 1/10 of Mario, but revenue is bigger than Mario.
— Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) April 27, 2017
Well there's the story right there. Nintendo has been open to trying all sorts of approaches to mobile games, including different methods of charging consumers. The upfront $10 price for Super Mario Run didn't sit well with many consumers. Fire Emblem Heroes takes the microtransactions approach, and while the install base for Heroes is much smaller, it's clear the daily revenue from that title has helped it to surpass what Super Mario Run brought in.