Nintendo

Mario Kart 3DS, Super Mario 3DS Coming This Holiday Season

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!


June 16, 2011
Nintendo

Why Mario’s Tanooki Suit Used To Fly, And Why It Doesn’t Anymore

As many of you know, the upcoming Super Mario game for the 3DS will be bringing back Mario’s iconic Tanooki suit, the raccoon-like outfit that allowed Mario fly in Super Mario Bros 3. Though the suit has returned, its functions have changed. As it turns out, Mario will not be able to fly this time around.


June 14, 2011
Nintendo

Watch Me Fail At Super Mario 3DS Over And Over And Over And…

Super Mario 3DS is a wonderful, difficult, though not too surprising, Mario experience.


June 13, 2011
Nintendo

Here’s A Look At The Zelda Tribute Level In Super Mario 3DS

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.


June 9, 2011
Nintendo

Super Mario 3DS’ E3 Trailer Brings The Easy-Listening

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.


June 8, 2011
Nintendo

Super Mario 3DS Has A Little Zelda Tribute

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.


Nintendo

All-New Super Mario 3DS Coming By Year’s End

At E3, Nintendo revealed it has an all-new Super Mario adventure built specifically for the 3DS, arriving on store shelves by the year’s end.


April 21, 2011
Nintendo

Miyamoto: Super Mario 3DS This Year?

Kotaku AU

Interviewing Japanese game developers is a strange experience. There are translators to go through, culture barriers – so when I hear that Shigeru Miyamoto promised to to do all he can “to deliver the new Mario game this year”, I want to believe. But I have my doubts.


March 3, 2011
News

The Near Future Of Video Games, Straight Outta San Francisco

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.