Power-ups are some of the most important elements in a Mario title. Super Mario Bros. 3, for instance, wouldn’t be nearly the same without the inclusion of the Super Leaf or Tanooki Suit.
You might be wondering: how does Nintendo approach the power-ups? How does Nintendo decide which ones to bring back?
Nintendo’s Takashi Tezuka was asked about this in the latest issue of Game Informer.
He responded with the following:
This is coming a bit later than initially anticipated, but Nintendo of America has confirmed that its own “Nintendo Direct Mini” for the New Super Mario Bros. 2 downloadable content will be shown at 7:30 AM PT (10:30 AM ET) tomorrow morning.
NoA tweeted a few moments ago:
“A Nintendo Direct Mini, which is a brief video on a Nintendo topic, will air at 7:30 AM PT tomorrow w/ details about #NSMB2 add-on content.”
Technically, this won’t be anything too new. We already received most of the DLC details late last week through the Japanese presentation.
Anyway, look for it on the site tomorrow!
Software
1. The “Denpa” Men: They Came by Wave
2. New Super Mario Bros. 2
3. Super Mario Bros.
4. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
5. Bird & Beans
6. Rising Board 3D
7. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
8. Art Academy: First Semester
9. Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D
10. Photo Dojo
11. The Legend of Zelda
12. Colors! 3D
13. Fractured Soul
14. Crazy Chicken Pirates 3D
15. Cut The Rope
16. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
17. Bird Mania 3D
18. Pushmo
19. Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
20. Plants vs. Zombies
Videos
1. Nintendo Show 3D: September 20, 2012
2. The “Denpa” Men: They Came By Wave Video
3. New Super Mario Bros. U September 13, 2012
4. Kirby 20th Anniversary Dream Collection Trailer
5. Paper Mario: Sticker Star Video
6. Fractured Soul Video
7. Kirby’s Dream Collection Teaser Trailer
8. Nintendo Show 3D: September 6, 2012
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Coin Rush
10. Wii U Preview Event Sept. 13, 2013
11. 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure Video
12. Nintendo Land Trailer
13. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Warp Canon
14. Nintendo TVii Preview Sept. 13, 2012
15. Rising Board 3D Video
16. Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed Trailer
17. LEGO City: Undercover September 13, 2012
18. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Rainbow Course
19. Nintendo Show 3D: August 23, 2012
20. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Trailer
Source: 3DS eShop
We know that the Karateka remake is coming to Wii U. Thanks to a listing on the official Xbox site, the first screenshots and tidbits are now available.
Details include:
– Art by Jeff Matsuda (Batman: The Animated Series)
– Music from Christopher Tin (Civilization IV)
– Save Mariko from Akuma
– Made by Liquid Entertainment
– D3Publisher is publishing
– Supports online leaderboards
It hasn’t been said when the Wii U eShop version is launching. The Xbox Live Arcade edition is due out on November 14.
For those of you who missed the original press release earlier today, Club Nintendo members can receive a free download of Donkey Kong: Original Edition when either Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! or Crosswords Plus is registered on the site. You’ll be emailed a code if it’s registered before January 6.
The offer also works for three of Nintendo’s other upcoming 3DS games.
“We respect Nintendo as a highly successful competitor. Of course we will watch what they’re doing with interest. It’s a very interesting product they’re bringing to market. I don’t have a clear view on how successful it will be. And to a large extent it doesn’t matter what I think. It matters what the great British public think. So we will see.
They certainly laid a broad church in terms of the list of features hopefully trying to have a broad appeal in the device. I don’t think there will be huge volumes in the market this side of Christmas. I think they will pull in early adopters. It’s probably one to be concerned about far more and watch more carefully into next year. But we feel very confident that in the PlayStation and we won’t be going after the same niche early adopter market they’ll be going after this Christmas. I think we’re sitting in separate camps at this stage, so it won’t be head to head.
If they gain real traction next year it becomes a more important factor in the mix. They’ve been a very key player in the market overall as you well know in recent years. So we have to respect that, watch that and do our best to compete with that.” – Sony UK’s Fergal Gara
Is it just me or is Sony really upping their respectful banter lately? I don’t think I’ve heard them berate Nintendo at all over the last few months, save for when they say that Vita+PS3 = Wii U. But that’s not berating or being disrespectful- it’s more of a political move, if you will. I think Mr. Gara definitely makes some great points in this statement. Wii U is going to sell out for the first few months because that’s what always happens with new consoles (well… mostly), and the folks buying it right away aren’t really people Sony is competing for.
Atlus released the Shin Megami Tensei IV Tokyo Game Show 2012 trailer recently. However, an extended version was shown to expo attendees, and we’re still waiting for this version to be published online.
Atlus has now confirmed that the uncut trailer will be posted on Friday. The game’s official website will see a “grand opening” on the same day, too.
