Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto reveals that a new Super Mario Bros game is due to appear on the forthcoming 3DS. Hurrah!
That a Mario game should be coming out on a Nintendo console isn’t much of a surprise, of course - at least one platform adventure starring the Italian plumber has appeared on every system since the NES.
What we now know, however, is that Mario is set to appear in at least four titles on the 3DS. Paper Mario is one game we’ve long known about, and the trailers look great. Mushroom-filled racer Mario Kart is another. We know from first-hand experience that the handheld’s 3D graphics make the game look more like a tiny, pastel-coloured Scalextric set than ever. Sadly, it was a rolling demo, so we were unable to play it.
Back in November, Nintendo’s creative genius Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that a 3D game was in the works for the console, with gameplay along the lines of Mario 64, as well as a 2D game that harked back to the portly plumber’s classic outings on the NES an SNES.
Miyamoto has now announced, via an interview on the Wii’s official US site, that a Super Mario Bros game will be made for the 3DS.
“So, in the interests of adopting new technology for the Super Mario Bros. tradition, I am now making a new Super Mario Bros game for the Nintendo 3DS system,” Miyamoto said. “I want to show everyone as soon as possible what the new Super Mario Bros. will be like on the Nintendo 3DS.”
While we’re excited enough about a 3D Mario game - a miniature version of Super Mario Galaxy would be great, Nintendo - a 21st century version of the classic Super Mario Bros would be equally fantastic. As the recent 25th anniversary reissue reminded us, the game’s still a genre-defining piece of videogame perfection, even a quarter of a century later.
Miyamoto’s words suggest to us that his new Super Mario Bros game will be a proper new entry in the series, and not the NES version with tacked-on 3D support, which makes us very, very happy indeed.
According to Nintendo Life, Miyamoto may be formally unveiling Super Mario Bros 3DS at this year’s E3 in Los Angeles this June. We’ll keep you posted.
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