In fact, plenty of people are scouring the internet for less-than-legitimate versions of the game for Android. If you’re one of those people, you should probably stop.
“But all I want to do is play Super Mario Run,” you say. The thing is, the game doesn’t exist for Android. When Pokémon Go was released, many found
There’s always a way, of course. You could download an iOS emulator and find an illegitimate version of the iOS app online, for example. That’s risky, however: Not only could the iOS emulator itself host malware, but the app could also have been tampered with before being uploaded.
It’s the same situation with Super Mario Run knockoffs like Super Plumber Run. There is absolutely no guarantee that those apps are malware-free — in fact, it seems like Super Plumber Run has already been taken down (although, chances are that is because of copyright infringement rather than the discovery of malware).
So what should you do? Well, either buy an iPhone or wait for the game to come to Android. While there is no guarantee the app will be available on
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