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Latest News / New Mario, Donkey Kong games unveiled

« on: June 11, 2013, 09:51:17 AM »

Super Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze were shown for the first time today during Nintendo's E3 webcast. All three games are in development for the Wii U.

Super Mario 3D World will have Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad as playable characters. A new power-up transforms Mario into Cat Mario and lets him climb walls and scratch enemies. The game is currently planned for a December release.

Coming in Spring 2014, Mario Kart 8 features courses that let you drive on walls or upside-down with the new anti-gravity karts. Gliding, underwater driving, and motorcycles return from previous games in the series.

Retro Studios, the creators of Donkey Kong Country Returns, will bring DK back again in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. This time, Dixie Kong teams up with Donkey and Diddy. Tropical Freeze is set for release in November.

Link: Nintendo Direct@E3 2013

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Latest News / Super Mario Bros. 3 warps into Club Nintendo

« on: June 04, 2013, 04:20:30 PM »

Super Mario Bros. 3 for Wii Virtual Console is now part of the Club Nintendo rewards catalog for a limited time. Club Nintendo members can exchange 150 coins for a download ticket from June 3 through June 30. On the Wii Shop Channel, Super Mario Bros. 3 sells for 500 Wii Points.

Link: Club Nintendo

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Latest News / Super Mario RPG now available on Club Nintendo

« on: May 06, 2013, 10:10:47 PM »

Club Nintendo is now offering Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars for Wii Virtual Console as a downloadable reward from today through June 2. Members can redeem 200 Coins for the game, which is also available for 800 Wii Points on the Wii Shop Channel.

Link: Club Nintendo

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Game Blog / More Mario and Luigi games join the million-seller club

« on: April 24, 2013, 11:45:40 PM »

Nintendo released worldwide software sales numbers yesterday, highlighting the top-selling games from the Wii U, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo DS. Unsurprisingly, nearly half of the games listed contain at least one Mario brother. Boosted by Wii console bundles, Mario Kart Wii takes first place with 34.26 million units sold and holds a comfortable lead over New Super Mario Bros. for DS (30.38 million sold). From March 20 through March 31, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon sold a respectable 1.22 million units and jumped ahead of Mario Tennis Open, which has sold 1.11 million copies since May of 2012. New Super Mario Bros. U and Paper Mario: Sticker Star both launched in November and have sold about 2 million copies each.

Here's a list of the Mario and Luigi games and their total worldwide sales (in millions), including games bundled with hardware, as of March 31, 2013:

* Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 34.26
* New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 30.38
* New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) - 27.88
* Mario Kart DS (DS) - 23.34
* Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 11.72
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 11.49
* Super Mario 64 DS (DS) - 10.83
* Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) - 8.29
* Mario Kart 7 (3DS) - 8.08
* New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) - 6.42
* New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U) - 2.15
* Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS) - 1.97
* Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) - 1.22
* Mario Tennis Open (3DS) - 1.11

Link: Top Selling Software Sales Units (NCL)

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Site Discussion / Wanted: Japanese guides/manuals

« on: April 24, 2013, 10:17:34 PM »

By any chance, does anyone here have any official Japanese Mario guides or manuals? We're looking for mostly SNES/NES stuff--especially Super Mario World--but we could use stuff from newer games too. If anyone can help, let me know, and I'll let you know what we need scans/pics of.

Thanks!

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Latest News / Yoshi's Island and Mario Party announced for Nintendo 3DS

« on: April 17, 2013, 03:02:24 PM »

Nintendo revealed new entries in the Yoshi's Island and Mario Party series during the Nintendo Direct webcast earlier today. Both titles are currently in development for the Nintendo 3DS.

The upcoming Yoshi's Island game will bring back Yoshi and Baby Mario for their third platforming adventure together. No release date was announced.

Releasing in the winter, Mario Party will include seven game boards, 81 all-new mini-games, AR Card games, and StreetPass battles.

Link: Nintendo Direct - 4.17.2013 (NOA)

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Latest News / Super Mario 64 jumps onto Club Nintendo

« on: April 08, 2013, 03:18:55 PM »

Super Mario 64 for Wii Virtual Console is now part of the Club Nintendo rewards catalog for a limited time. Available today through May 5, a Super Mario 64 download ticket will cost Club Nintendo members 200 Coins. On the Wii Shop Channel, the game sells for 1,000 Wii Points.

Link: Club Nintendo

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Game Blog / Dark Moon rising

« on: March 22, 2013, 08:14:35 AM »

The "Year of Luigi" is set to start Sunday in the U.S. with the release of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Just in case you need to increase your frothing demand for this long-awaited sequel, check out these must-read articles that have popped up recently.

Creating a Video Game With Nintendo Sounds Stressful, Amazing and Unreal (kotaku.com)
This one's a "Kotaku Longread" about Next Level Game's experience developing Dark Moon.

Q&A: The Development Journey of Luigi's Mansion, From Kyoto to Canada (wired.com)

How a Vancouver studio wound up at the centre of Nintendo's 'Year of Luigi' (financialpost.com)

Iwata Asks: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (nintendo.com)

Also, be sure to visit the official game sites for more good stuff.
NOA
NCL (Japanese)

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Latest News / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D coming in May

« on: March 15, 2013, 11:02:58 AM »

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D will launch on May 24 in North America and Europe, Nintendo announced today. The game is being developed by Monster Games, the studio behind Pilotwings Resort and Excitebots: Trick Racing.

In Japan, "Donkey Kong Returns 3D" is still set for a summer release.

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Latest News / New Donkey Kong and Mario games announced for 3DS

« on: February 14, 2013, 01:47:15 PM »

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, and Mario Golf: World Tour were announced for the Nintendo 3DS during the Nintendo Direct webcast today.

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D is a remake of Donkey Kong Country Returns, which was released on the Wii in 2010. The 3DS version will release this summer.

The latest in the "Mario & Luigi" RPG series, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is scheduled for a summer release.

Mario Golf: World Tour is also coming this summer, and is the first "Mario Golf" game since Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour was released ten years ago.

The Mini Marios from the "Mario vs. DK" series will return in Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, coming soon to the Nintendo eShop.

Link: NOA press release

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Latest News / Paper Mario now available on Club Nintendo

« on: February 11, 2013, 11:25:33 PM »

Paper Mario for Wii Virtual Console is one of four new games added to the Club Nintendo rewards catalog. From today through March 10, members can exchange 200 Coins for a download ticket. The game is also available on the Wii Shop Channel for 1,000 Wii Points.

Club Nintendo also added Kirby Super Star, which includes cameo appearances by various Mario characters.

Link: Club Nintendo

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Latest News / Nintendo announces new Yoshi and Mario games for Wii U

« on: January 23, 2013, 03:12:29 PM »

New Yoshi, 3D Mario, and Mario Kart games for Wii U were announced during today's Nintendo Direct webcast.

Good-Feel, the developer of Wario Land: Shake It! and Kirby's Epic Yarn, is giving the "epic yarn" treatment to Yoshi's world for the dinosaur's first solo platforming adventure since Yoshi's Story. The webcast included a few seconds of game footage that featured Yoshi and Shy Guys made of yarn.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata also revealed that the team behind the Mario Galaxy series and Super Mario 3D Land are developing the new Mario 3D action game.

No footage for the new 3D Mario or Mario Kart games was shown, but Iwata said that both will be playable at this year's E3.

Link: http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/archive/01-23-2013/

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Latest News / Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon U.S. release date announced

« on: January 17, 2013, 01:38:03 PM »

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon will be released on March 24 in the U.S., according to a press release published by Nintendo of America today.

Dark Moon, still known as Luigi's Mansion 2 overseas, is the sequel to Luigi's Mansion, a GameCube launch title.

Link: NOA press release

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Latest News / Mario Kart 64 now available on Club Nintendo

« on: January 07, 2013, 10:36:52 PM »

Mario Kart 64 is now available as a downloadable reward on Club Nintendo. From today through February 10, Club Nintendo members can redeem 200 Coins for Mario Kart 64 on Wii Virtual Console, which normally costs 1,000 Wii Points.

Also starting today, Club Nintendo is offering Tetris (Game Boy) and Punch-Out!! (NES) for the Nintendo 3DS eShop until February 10. Both games feature cameo appearances by Mario.

Link: Club Nintendo

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Latest News / Nintendo announces Paper Mario: Sticker Star release date

« on: August 13, 2012, 10:20:17 PM »

Paper Mario: Sticker Star for the Nintendo 3DS will launch on November 11, Nintendo of America announced today in a press release.

NOA's portable game lineup also noted that the release of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, originally scheduled for later this year, has been pushed back to the first half of 2013.

Link: NintendoWorldReport.com