Takashi Tezuka has been offering some valuable insightful into the Mario series through numerous interviews. He’s probably the best man to talk about the franchise (aside from Miyamoto!) since he’s been working on it since the first Super Mario Bros.

Tekuza’s latest remarks include the reasoning behind the similarities between all of the New Super Mario Bros. games, how Donkey Kong Country Returns’ visuals motivated the NSMB Wii team, the possibility of a touch screen only Mario, and more.

For Tezuka’s exact quotes, head past the break.

Order Up!! will be one of the 3DS eShop’s largest-sized games

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When Order Up!! hits the North American eShop this Thursday, it’ll be one of the largest-sized games on the digital store. The title takes up 2,485 blocks on an SD card, which amounts to 310 megabytes of space.

This does make quite a bit of sense. Order Up!! was originally intended to arrive in North American stores before being moved to the eShop.

Other large eShop content includes Mighty Switch Force (1,800 blocks, 225 MB), Let’s Golf 3D (1,520 blocks, 190 MB), and The Amazing Spider-Man demo (1,001 blocks, 125 MB).

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12 minutes of off-screen Bit Boy!! Arcade footage

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Moffitt: No specific Wii U specs, first-party games in 1080p, want to reach the core, more

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Nintendo of America vice president of sales and marketing Scott Moffitt has delievered new commentary on all things Nintendo. He discussed why the company won’t be releasing specific Wii U hardware specs, “thinks” that first-party games will run in 1080p, and expressed that core gamers are very important.

We’ve posted the full Q&A below.

List of upcoming Heroes of Ruin challenges

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When Square Enix and n-Space Heroes of Ruin, the companies promised that the game would feature daily and weekly challenges. The two have already made good on their commitment, as these challenges have been made available starting on June 15.

There are more tasks planned throughout the month, and n-Space is giving European players a sneak peak as to what’s in store. You can find the full list below. And remember: challenges will show up automatically in the Quest log.

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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes launch trailer

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Off-screen Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate footage

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3DS eShop charts (6/18/12)

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Software

1. Donkey Kong
2. Super Mario Bros.
3. Bird Mania 3D
4. Colors! 3D
5. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
6. Art of Balance TOUCH!
7. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
8. Cut The Rope
9. Pushmo
10. 3D Classics: Kid Icarus
11. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
12. Plants vs. Zombies
13. Photo Dojo
14. Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive!
15. Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
16. Super Mario Land
17. Game & Watch Gallery 2
18. Brain Age Express: Sudoku
19. Inchworm Animation
20. GO Series 10 Second Run

Videos

1. New Super Mario Bros. U Trailer
2. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Video
3. Kingdom Hearts 3D Trailer
4. Nintendo Direct: June 3, 2012
5. Nintendo Show 3D: May 31, 2012
6. Nintendo All-Access Day 1 Update
7. Rayman Legends Trailer
8. E3 Presentation
9. Pikmin 3 Trailer
10. ZombiU Trailer
11. Scribblenauts Unlimited Trailer
12. Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition Trailer
13. Transformers Prime: The Game Trailer
14. Heroes of Ruin Trailer
15. Wii U GamePad Overview
16. Just Dance 4 Trailer
17. LEGO City: Undercover Trailer
18. Assassin’s Creed III Trailer
19. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate Trailer
20. Art of Balance TOUCH! Video