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Upcoming Mario-related games:

• Donkey Konga (GC) - September, 2004
• Game & Watch-e card series (GBA e-Reader) - TBA
• Mario Party Advance (GBA) - December 6th, 2004
• Mario Party 6 (GC) - Q4, 2004
• Mario Pinball (GBA) - October 4th, 2004
• Mario Tennis (GBA) - Q4, 2004
• Mario Tennis (GC) - 2005
• Paper Mario 2 (GC) - October 11th, 2004

June 21st, 2004
Mario Golf: Advance Tour for Game Boy Advance swings onto store shelves across the US today.

May 24th, 2004
Mario vs. Donkey Kong for Game Boy Advance climbs onto store shelves across the US today.

May 11th, 2004
New info trickles in from Los Angeles as the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) gears up to showcase new and upcoming games from May 12th through the 14th.

Here are some release dates and surprise titles announced for Nintendo's portable "DS" (Dual Screen) system. We'll have more screen shots soon.

Nintendo DS
Mario Kart DS [1 2 3 4 5 6 7]
NEW Super Mario Bros. [1 2 3 4 5]
Super Mario 64x4 [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8]
WarioWare, Inc. DS [1 2 3 4 5]

Game Boy Advance
Mario Party Advance - December 6th, 2004
Mario Pinball - October 4th, 2004

GameCube
Paper Mario 2 - October 11th, 2004
Mario Tennis - 2005 [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10]

April 18th, 2004
Nintendo of Japan's Famicom Mini series continues with 10 new releases scheduled for May 21st. Our favorite plumber stars in three of them: Dr. Mario, Mario Bros., and Wrecking Crew.

The other seven games coming out May 21st in Japan are Balloon Fight, Clu Clu Land, Dig Dug, Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Douchuu, Makaimura (Ghosts 'n Goblins in the US), Takahasi Meijin's Adventure Island, and Twinbee.

No US release is currently set for the second installment of games. The first Famicom Mini series (released February 14th in Japan) comes to the US as the "Classic NES Series" on June 7th.

April 5th, 2004
Scheduled to ship today is WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ for GameCube. The MSRP of $29.99 USD is not surprising because not a whole lot changed from the Game Boy Advance version.

April 2nd, 2004
Nintendo have revealed some release dates for games due out near the end of 2004. First, a few surprises for the Game Boy Advance: Mario Party, Mario Pinball, and Mario Tennis, all coming in Q4 (Oct/Nov/Dec). For GameCube, Donkey Konga is scheduled for September; Mario Party 6, Mario Tennis, and Paper Mario 2 are currently scheduled for Q4. Some awesome, awesome, Paper Mario 2 screens scanned from the latest Famitsu (Japanese video game magazine) are up at Game-Science.com.

I would've posted this yesterday but no one would have believed it.

March 27th, 2004
Another Mario cartoon DVD is due out July 6th, featuring the first four episodes of the SMB Super Show and one Zelda cartoon. TVShowsOnDVD.com has more info. If you can't wait until July 6th, Yahooligans! TV is showing a different episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show each week.

An "NES Classics" series is coming to the Game Boy Advance starting June 7th. The series will include Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong. On the same day, Nintendo will also be releasing a special edition GBASP which will be colored like the NES controller.

The other games in the series are Excitebike, The Legend of Zelda, Ice Climber, Pac-Man, Xevious, and Bomberman.

February 4th, 2004
Nintendo.com recently updated the release info for three upcoming Mario titles. For Game Boy Advance, Mario & Donkey Kong is now Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and is due out May 24th, 2004. Also for GBA, Mario Golf: Advance Tour gets a date of June 28th, 2004. On the GameCube front, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ now has an official name, and its release is set for April 5th, 2004.

January 14th, 2004
On February 14th, 2004, exactly one year after the Game Boy Advance SP launched in Japan, Nintendo of Japan will be releasing a "Famicom Color" GBA SP, using the color scheme of the Nintendo Famicom (the Japanese equivalent to the NES). On the same day, 10 classic Famicom games will be re-released for the GBA, including Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong. Reportedly, SMB will also be bundled with the Famicom Color GBA SP.

The other classic games to be released in Japan on Feb. 14th are Ice Climber, Excitebike, The Legend of Zelda, and third-party titles Pac-Man, Xevious, Mappy, Bomberman, and Star Soldier.

Currently, no NES-themed special is announced for the USA.

Pictures at Nintendo of Japan's website.

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