Unlike the New Super Mario Bros. 2 images that surfaced earlier in the day, these photos are in direct-feed. The screenshots above have been officially released by Nintendo of America.

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo fans will have no shortage of reasons to celebrate this year, thanks to a wealth of upcoming games and content for both the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system and the Wii console. Nintendo today revealed plans to launch New Super Mario Bros. 2, a new side-scrolling Mario adventure for Nintendo 3DS, this summer. Later in the year, Nintendo will mark the 20th anniversary of the Kirby game series with a special compilation game disc for the Wii system. Other content on the way includes a system update for Nintendo 3DS, re-runs of the popular Kid Icarus anime videos as well as the May 20 launch of Mario Tennis Open.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 is a traditional side-scrolling adventure game featuring Mario, Luigi and loads of other favorite characters from the popular Mario series. The game was created specifically as a pick-up-and-play experience that can be instantly enjoyed by players of all skill levels on the Nintendo 3DS system. The game will launch across North America in August.

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Missed the Japanese Nintendo Direct that was shown a few hours ago? No worries! You catch watch the full presentation in the video above.

Kingdom Hearts 3D received a European release date today. The title will be available on July 20.

Earlier this month, Square Enix announced a July 31 launch for North America.

There will be a small benefit in purchasing both Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir and Project Zero 2: Wii Edition. Once you’ve completed Spirit Camera, you’ll gain access to certain modes. Special content will appear in the game if you enter one of these modes and point the 3DS’ camera at the AR marker found on the back of the Project Zero 2: Wii Edition manual.

Spirit Camera and Project Zero 2 will be hitting Europe on June 29.

European consumers will be able to purchase Kid Icarus: Uprising AR card packs “soon”. The announcement was made on today’s European Nintendo Direct, as shown in the video above.

This is being made possibly by “an exclusive partnership with Panini.” There are plans to make an album available as well