App Store
| App Store | |
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| Release Date | WW: July 10, 2008 |
| Status | Supported |
| Manufacturer | 
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| Type | Storefront (   )
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| Drawn to Life Games |  
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| Predecessor None |
Successor None |
–App Store Slogan
The App Store is a mobile storefront created and maintained for the iOS line of mobile operating systems and Macintosh line of computers, all developed by Apple. The store opened on July 10th, 2008 with 500 applications available, and became an instant success, making flip-phone and JAVA game stores (the previous format of mobile gaming) essentially obsolete. The store expanded to multiple options over time, with multiple individual mini storefronts being included with the base store currently. It is currently the second-largest mobile game storefront behind Google Play; however, despite the lower range of apps and device compatibility, the quality control is regarded to be an improvement over the latter's. The App Store housed two Drawn to Life games, a port of the original Drawn to Life developed by WayForward, and the most recent entry Drawn to Life: Two Realms. The series' development teams 5th Cell and Digital Continue have released other titles on the platform.
Notable Games[edit]
| Game | Developer/s | Publisher | Release Date |
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Oct. 7, 2011 |
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Self-Published | Jan. 12, 2012 |
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May 21, 2014 |
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Dec. 16, 2015 |
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Sept. 5, 2019 |
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Dec. 7, 2020 |
*Run Roo Run's original release was delisted, and is now exclusively playable via Gameclub.
**The mobile release of Lock's Quest was delisted in December 2025, and is now exclusively playable via Crunchyroll.
Trivia[edit]
- All three 5th Cell series that began on the Nintendo DS have had games release on the App Store.
- According to the App Store, the iOS port of Drawn to Life was available to download as late as 2019, five years after it's initial release.
- According to the Google Play description, the Android version of Two Realms is incompatible with modern Android devices due to low API.
- Meanwhile, the App Store version requires iOS 9 (released in 2015) or above to run, making this game compatible with models as early as the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (both released in 2011). It is currently unknown if this version has the same compatibility issue with newer models as the Android release.
- Strangely, the page also lists the Mac and Apple Vision Pro's compatibility info, despite only being designed for the iPhone and iPad. This is likely generic compatibility info.
Media[edit]
505 Games Mobile's webpage advertising the iOS port of the game.
The iOS port's iTunes page from 2016.
The iOS port's App Store page from 2019.
A portion of Two Realms' page on the App Store.
The startup screen for Drawn to Life: Two Realms on mobile devices.
The startup screen unstretchered and without logos.
Additional Info[edit]
- App Store page on Wikipedia
