Donkey Kong and Bowser are both included in Skylanders SuperChargers. But interestingly enough, a few other Nintendo characters were considered for the game.

One idea developer Vicarious Visions had was to make a Warrior Princess Peach with a sword. However, Nintendo didn’t approve the idea because that would have been out of character, and all Super Mario Bros. hero characters were off limits.

Kirby was also considered to be a potential character in Skylanders SuperChargers. He would have been able to suck up enemies and bounce around the screen. Since Kirby is partially owned by HAL Laboratory, he couldn’t be licensed out to Activision.

Star Fox was yet another Nintendo character that Vicarious Visions thought about including. He didn’t make it in, however – perhaps so that the Big N could keep the focus on its own title, Star Fox Zero.

Skylanders SuperChargers and its Skylanders SuperChargers Racing equivalent for 3DS and Wii will release on September 20. You’ll find development details about Bowser and Donkey Kong in the game below.

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Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker down to $28.50 on Amazon

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker has been discounted over on Amazon. It’s now being sold for $28.50, down from the original $39.99 asking price. You’ll save $11.49 with a purchase.

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Official Super Mario Maker website now open

Posted on 9 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo has opened up its official Super Mario Maker website. You can check it out here.

It’s nothing spectacularly new if you’ve been following the game’s coverage in the last couple of months, but it’s a nice overview of the game’s features.

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Lost Reavers Beta testing is now live in Japan

Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

Bandai Namco’s mysterious new free-to-play game formerly known as Project Treasure, which was recently revealed as Lost Reavers, has now released the Beta for players in Japan to try. The free-to-play Wii U exclusive has you and other players attempting to reach the end of dungeons with a specific set of skills dependent on your character while collecting treasures along the way. You can read up more on the various characters and watch its brand new trailer here.

No word yet on when or if we’ll be seeing this Beta make its way over to the west.

@GoNintendoTweet @NinEverything Lost Reavers (Beta) is now available in Japan. pic.twitter.com/FQjQbLmbfZ
— Niels (ニールス) (@Rayquaza3010) September 3, 2015

Thanks Niels for the heads up!

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Amazing Super Mario Maker levels: The Great Goomba March

Posted on 9 years ago by Travis(@nintentravis) in Features, Videos, Wii U | 6 Comments

Leading up to Super Mario Maker’s release on Sept. 11th, we’re highlighting some of the coolest, most creative, or just plain ridiculous levels users have created so far. In this episode, we check out the level “The Great Goomba March” from Dalagonash in the UK, who piles in more goombas per square foot than we’ve ever seen in a Mario level!

Let us know if you have any suggestions for levels we should cover in the comments and we’ll check it out!

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GameStop Expo 2015 – Mighty No. 9 footage

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Mighty No. 9 was shown on the GameStop Expo 2015 live stream earlier today. Take a look at the full recording below.

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GameStop Expo 2015 – Little Orbit footage – Adventure Time, Kung Fu Panda

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

During a live stream from GameStop Expo 2015, Little Orbit stopped by to show Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations and Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends. The full recording can be seen below.

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Super Mario Maker “Super Creator Challenge” videos

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 7 Comments

Yesterday, Nintendo put out a teaser video for its Super Mario Maker “Super Creator Challenge”. The company recently brought YouTubers together to compete for the title of Super Creator. You can now watch each of the different challenge videos below.

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[Review] Super Mario Maker

Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in Reviews, Wii U | 19 Comments

System: Wii U
Release date: September 11, 2015
Developer: Nintendo
Publisher Nintendo

Author: Dennis

Since his debut in the 80’s, Nintendo’s famous plumber has spawned a plethora of games, touching upon nearly every genre and delivering smiles to people all over the world. Shigeru Miyamoto’s excellence in game design and character creation is one that’s been seminal and is responsible for copious amounts of developers’ paths to where they are today.

Until Super Mario 64, most mainline Super Mario games had been side-scrolling platformers. With its addictive gameplay and unique design, Mario went on to become one of the gaming world’s most unique and well known characters in gaming history. Mario has become an iconic character known globally even to those unfamiliar with the medium. With countless ROM hacks for the various Super Mario titles from the original to 3 to World plaguing the internet for years, now you can design your own Mario levels seamlessly with the Wii U GamePad easily, and the possibilities are endless.