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Demos

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

– Set at the Tsukuyomi Ravine
– Residents one offered sacrifices to the gods here
– The college students thought it would be a fun trip
– Story takes a twist when the students hear a young girl calling for help
– Curse begins, the students will approach their deaths
– Split into episodes
– 4 playable characters
– Stories are intertwined
– Official site here

Source

Just in time for the holidays, Willis K., 11, and Kaele B., 4, celebrate with Santa after winning a Nintendo DSi XL system and a copy of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! at the Big Brothers Big Sisters holiday party in Houston on Sat., Dec. 11, 2010. Nintendo helped bring some seasonal cheer to the event by providing systems and games for attendees to enjoy. (photo by Richard Carson)

Vanessa U., 8, helps her brother Kenneth U., 6, as he guides pint-sized Mini Marios through a level of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! Nintendo brought smiles to faces this holiday season when the company provided Nintendo DSi XL systems and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! games to the local Big Brothers Big Sisters year-end party in Houston on Sat., Dec. 11, 2010. (photo by Richard Carson)

Source: Nintendo PR

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Nintendo has published a new “Iwata Asks” interview on the official Wii website. The interview once again focuses on the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., and, like previous interviews, contains a number of interesting nuggets about the series. You can check out a few of the details below.

– In earlier years, Miyamoto focused on asking questions such as “Is that fun?” and “Does that feel right?” rather than the essence of Mario
– Hiroyuki Kimura thought about making Super Mario Advance 5 for DS since people were asking about a fifth game around the time the system was released
– New Super Mario Bros. would have been Super Mario Advance 5
– Without the Super Mario Advance series, New Super Mario Bros. may never have happened
– Super Mario Advance series started when Satoru Iwata first came to Nintendo and saw a list of GBA titles in development, and noticed there were no Mario games
– New Super Mario Bros. Wii development began right after New Super Mario Bros.
– As Kimura presented a prototype of New Super Mario Bros. Wii multiplayer to Miyamoto, Miyamoto suggested there be 4 players instead of just 2 (prototype only included Mario and Luigi)
– Nintendo experimented with multiplayer in Super Mario Bros. 3
– Multiplayer featured simultaneous gameplay with Mario and Luigi, but scrapped the idea because the screen wouldn’t pull forward well when scrolling and players would fall even though they jumped
– While developing Super Mario 64, Yoshiaki Koizumi had some difficulty making Mario move in some areas, so Miyamoto used gestures to show how Mario should look
– One of the issues Koizumi experienced was making Mario swim, so Miyamoto was literally sprawled out on a desk and was doing swimming motions (this was at 2-3 in the morning)
– Disputes about the “cuteness” factor in Super Mario Sunshine
– Some suggested making the pole at the end of the levels in New Super Mario Bros. Wii bigger due to 4 player action, but the idea was scrapped since, if it was too long, players wouldn’t be able to reach the top
– Flagpoles (at the end of levels) aren’t used at the end of levels in 3D Mario games because Nintendo felt it would be hard to grab it