As part of its press release outlining the 3DS’ massive price cut, Nintendo also provided more detailed release information for two of the system’s more eagerly-anticipated titles, saying Super Mario 3D Land (November) and Mario Kart 7 (December) will be out in time for Christmas. As will Kid Icarus!
Super Mario 3DS is a wonderful, difficult, though not too surprising, Mario experience.
At E3, Totilo liveblogged a Nintendo developer Q&A which showed a Zelda-inspired level for the upcoming Super Mario 3DS. Pictures and video weren’t allowed, but a snipped of video just went up to Nintendo’s official E3 site, giving a glimpse of what Super Mario 3DS has in mind.
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, a Mario game comes along with just enough of a twist on the last one to make you fall for it all over again.
Fresh from the Nintendo Q&A, we’ve learned that Super Mario 3DS has at least one neat level: one that’s a Zelda tribute, from the top-down NES-style camera view to going room-to-room in a dungeon solving puzzles.
The Kotaku crew is hip-deep in the 2011 Game Developers Conference, bringing you the latest news, newest games and anything else we can drag kicking and screaming out of one of gaming’s biggest annual events.