Game Informer has managed to get an exclusive new trailer for the glorious New Super Mario Bros U which is exclusive to Nintendo’s forthcoming console, Wii U. The trailer shows off new environments, the mini mushroom, and some of Yoshi’s new abilities in action. New Super Mario Bros U launches alongside Wii U on November 18th.
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Nintendo: Mario And Luigi Do Not Have A Last Name
Based on the forgettable Super Mario Bros. film, Mario is the last name of Mario and his younger brother, Luigi. Despite that, according to legendary Nintendo designer and Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario and Luigi don’t even have a last name.
New Super Mario Bros U Features A Super Mario World Style Map
More New Super Mario Bros U information has emerged from the latest issue of Game Informer which confirms that the game will feature a world map that’s extremely similar to the one found in the Super Nintendo classic Super Mario World. New Super Mario Bros U will feature a seamless world map.
The map can be panned around and explored at any time and features multiple branching paths that let you choose which way to go. The mid-world fortresses are guarded by Boom-Boom, and the end-level castle is guarded by Koopalings. Game Informer spotted 7 worlds: Acorn Plains, Sparkling Waters (tropical), Frosted Glacier, Layer Cake Desert (complete with melting deserts), areas similar to Forest of Illusion and Sky World and a world surround by a tornado.
New Super Mario Bros 2 Has Sold Over A Million Copies In Japan
New Super Mario Bros 2 has now sold over one million copies in Japan alone. This staggering figure doesn’t even take into account digital copies – which would have seen the game surpass this figure a few weeks ago. It will be interesting to see how the game fared in North America when we get August’s NPD figures.
Check Out These Super Mario Bros. Piggy Banks
Super Mario Bros. themed piggy banks, which are made by Media Factory, are available for purchase in Japanese retailers. There are six different designs, each with four sound effects. When a coin is inserted into one of the piggy banks, a classic sound effect from the Super Mario Bros. series will play, including a coin sound, pipe sound, mushroom sound and a game over sound.
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels Coming To 3DS eShop
Nintendo of Japan has announced that Japanese gamers will be able to download Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console next week. Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels was originally only released in Japan in 1986 for the Famicom Disk System, and is referred to as Super Mario Bros 2 in Japan.
IGN: Nintendo Is The Number One Video Game Maker
Over the past few days, IGN has been listing the top 50 video game makers of all time and, the one and only, Nintendo EAD came out on top. Nintendo EAD (Entertainment Analysis and Development) is responsible for some of the most influential video game franchises in history including Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Metroid, Pikmin and The Legend of Zelda. Do you agree with IGN? If not, which video game maker is your top pick?
“The term ‘legendary’ almost isn’t enough to describe Nintendo’s Entertainment and Analysis Division (EAD), an internal group of development teams based in Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan that have revolutionized gaming time and time again for more than three decades.”
“With various groups led over the years by such visionaries as Shigeru Miyamoto, Gunpei Yokoi, Hideki Konno, Katsuya Eguchi, Eiji Aonuma, Genyo Takeda and Takashi Tezuka, Nintendo has not only created iconic series like Super Mario Bros., the Legend of Zelda and Metroid, but boldly redefined gaming with efforts like Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Brain Age and Wii Sports.”
“Its contributions have accomplished no less than saving the entire industry after it crashed in the early ‘80s, and continue to redefine how the world experiences games, even when it seems crazy to avoid commonplace trends.Nintendo has forever changed the way we interact with games, and every few years, it seems to do that all over again. That’s thanks to EAD. The only question confronting this crew isn’t if they’ll revolutionize the industry again – it’s when.”
G4′s List Of “The Top Video Games Of All Time” Includes Many By Nintendo
While G4 doesn’t always seem excited about Nintendo, they acknowledged many of the publisher’s games by adding them on their list of the “Top 100 Video Games of all Time.” Although the most recent Nintendo title on G4′s list is the 2006 hit Wii Sports at number 84, they mentioned quite a few Nintendo classics. The original Super Mario Bros. is G4′s top game of all time, which is followed by The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past at number two.
G4′s Top 15 (out of 100) Video Games of all Time:
- Super Mario Bros.
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Bioshock
- Asteroids
- Tetris
- The Legend of Zelda
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Goldeneye
- Shadow of the Colossus
- World of Warcraft
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Doom II
- Portal
- Uncharted 2
- Donkey Kong
Geoff Keighley: “Mario Will Be On The Wii U At Launch”
On Spike’s “All Access Weekly,” video games journalist Geoff Keighley has announced that a new Mario game will launch with the Wii U. Keighley didn’t specify which Mario game will be released. On the Wii U Facebook page, Nintendo teased (but didn’t reveal) three video games that will launch alongside their new console – could a new 3D Super Mario title be one of them? We should find out which games will be launching with the Wii U in a couple of days during E3.
F-Zero, Star Fox And Super Smash Bros. At E3?
Gaming Unwrapped has heard news from a source of theirs “who is extremely close to Nintendo” that a Star Fox, F-Zero and Super Smash Bros. will be at E3 next week. The source is confident that they will be at E3 in some form whether it be teasers, artwork or gameplay videos. The source doesn’t know whether the titles will be for the 3DS or Wii U. A Pikmin sequel and a Super Mario Bros. title will be shown at E3 – will Nintendo’s other blockbusters join them?
