Awesome confirmation! Means that any time between now & June 11 I'll learn more about my most anticipated of the 3, the next 3D Super Mario game Can't wait!

I did wonder how Mario Kart U will top Sonic Racing Transformed though I definitely would prefer if Sumo Digital weren't working on Mario Kart & he's only teasing that some Sonic characters are coming to MK U. No offence to Sumo Digital, I absolutely love Sonic Racing Transformed but the game has been just too buggy for me to trust Mario Kart to Sumo Digital. We'll just have to wait & see I guess.

P.S. I also don't understand the Crash Bandicoot hate, I think he's funny & his games are fun. Oh well.

The design of the world in the picture really reminds me of the design of the space theme park in Sonic Colours, hence I'm thinking this is going to be a sequel to Sonic Colours. I hope its mostly 3D, I enjoy those more than the 2D sonics, personally.

@Haywired woah! No, not that extreme. I guess immersed isn't the right word to use then? How about... "fun"? For me, it adds to the fun when I waggle the controller & DK rolls. The reviewer specifically stated they were glad the waggle controls were gone, whereas I feel removing it removes a little bit of fun. Sorry for the confusion

Woah! Lucky people from North America, get to play all the unreleased games. That's awesome!

Woah, short! Or at least it felt short. Um... I really hope New Luigi U isn't full retail price, but it seems like it may be. I'm looking forward to W101 & Pikmin 3 even more now. Sonic Lost World a Nintendo exclusive? From the quick snapshot they showed it looks like a sequel to Sonic Colours. I guess we'll just have to wait until E3 for the real heavy hitters, its only 3 weeks or so away now...

@LavaTwilight Hahaha thanks! I just happened to be thinking a couple of days ago how much I love both Sunshine & Galaxy & what the next 3D Mario game will do to try to top those & all of a sudden it hit me: "Super Mario Starshine". Then Nintendo announces a Nintendo Direct presentation... Coincidence? I hope not!

If they reveal more about the next 3D Super Mario game, I hereby guess they call it: "Super Mario Starshine". As in, it takes Sunshine's F.L.U.D.D. into outer space & mixes it with Galaxy's "gravity" gameplay, so not only can Mario float around spherical objects the water you shoot out can do that too. That's my best guess / desire but I don't mind what they do with the next 3D Mario game, I just want to play it

I totally disagree with the review on the point of waggle. It is perfectly used to add an awesome level of immersion imo. For this feature to have to be relegated to just another button press is sad. Oh well.

I'm just going to look forward to some laughs & keep my expectations low so I can more greatly enjoy any announcements they make, if any... I always hope to see Iwata holding fruit again though

What a strange name change. I was looking forward to a totally different name & its exactly the same as before just spelled slightly differently. As long as Ubisoft approves, I guess?

Wow, amazingly awesome interview! I'll definitely look into getting flipper & the other Goodbye Galaxy games now. I have been wanting to buy more of the best games from DSiWare since its a lot easier for me to do on the eShop (simply by being able to add how much the game costs instead of having to pay $15 for 1000 points each time). Awesome!

@mariobro4 ah ok. Thanks for explaining it to me, awesome

Awesome! I don't mind it being digital only at all, given how hard / expensive the physical carts of the other Pheonix Wright games are (iirc). Plus digital only means it'll be cheaper, in theory. & heck, I'm happy we're getting it at all given we missed out on Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (well that is a spin-off but still). & this only brings us that much closer to Pheonix Wright X Professor Layton Awesome!

I may buy Tekken Tag Tournament 2 one day despite not liking fighting games, it has enough special Nintendo features that I will probably quite enjoy it & its cheap.

I would've bought Super Mario Bros. 2 if it had've been the Super Mario All-Stars version. I may pickup Bit.Trip Runner despite no Aus eShop release.

Super Metroid is a definite huge YES! I seriously feel like I'm stealing from Nintendo, its just so awesomely cheap!

Awesome! I'm looking forward to buying it on either 3DS or Wii U (I haven't decided which one to go with). I had a quick look through & can't find any details on what "cyber-lover mode" means/is, anyone know?

I played around with it for a bit one time when it first came out but haven't touched it since... I really should use it again but I've just been enjoying too many games to make room for random scouring the globe

@TeslaChippie I fully agree.

Sweet! I hope to see this released outside of Japan, & the others too

Wow, what did he do so wrong for him to be booted out of the premises so harshly after just 2 months there?

Yeah I knew this would happen. Every time I heard the name I instantly thought of Ubisoft & had to correct myself each time It wasn't that appealing of a name imo anyway.

Hahahahaha hilarious! Both article, & pictures

Looks interesting, will wait for a review to determine if its down my alley if it receives a 3DS &/or Wii U release.

I may pick up Mario and Donkey Kong, though I kinda wanna beat every other game in the series before I get the latest instalment (I've only played & beaten the first one). Or I may pick up Starship Damrey, it definitely intrigues me. Though I'll probably wait for a review on that one.

WOAH! I wasn't anywhere even near interested in picking up DKCR 3D (as I've got it on Wii), especially not preordering it but that tie!... DAMN that's awesome I'm gonna have to do battle with myself on this one...

Heh. I was expecting the answer to the article headline to be: "Because we're awesome." but NL wrote a lot more than that

If you can get a game even earlier than usual, go for it! More power to you

When LoZ: the Wind Waker came out I tried it on a demo unit at EBGames & isn't declared it the worst game ever & that it was on a kiddie gaming console (even though I was 13 at the time of the Gamecube's release ) & hence got a PS2 with Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 when that was affordable to me...

... Many years later the Nintendo Wii comes out, I pick one up in Sept. '08 with Wii Sports (of course ), Mario Kart Wii & Wii Fit. I once again become a Nintendo fanatic (after being a Nintendo fanatic in the N64 era) & some time after that I felt like using the GameCube backwards compatibility hence I played Super Mario Sunshine (as I remembered a particular shot on the back of the game box made me want a Gamecube back in the day, because the graphics had been amazingly enhanced since Super Mario 64 imo). & then after that I decided to get over my years long of needlessly hating on Wind Waker (especially so since it was in numerous top 10 GameCube game lists) & I sat down & actually played it & now it is my #1 favourite LoZ game of all time! (Tied with LoZ: Ocarina of Time though, they're both my favourite LoZ game(s)). While playing it I loved everything about WW, including the cel-shading which I hated on back in the day. I loved the boating from one side of the world to the other, just the sense of exploration was phenomenal. Heck, even after I learned the ability to warp I still boated around the place most of the time (only using warp when there was a sense of 'urgency' in the game). The dungeons were great fun too. Oh & the music! Such an amazing soundtrack!

In conclusion, I deprived myself of an amazing, amazing game for many years due to stupid "reading a book by its cover"-ness. Then rectified this mistake a few years ago & have since experienced many GameCube classics that I skipped out on back in the day. It's been a while since I last experienced those games hence I'm looking forward to playing them all on Wii U, please Nintendo!

@JaxonH hahaha true!

As for the review, I would've stopped visiting this website had Super Mario World gotten any less than 10 It's pure blasphemy to award it any less haha Great game!

@rjejr Even after years of trying you've been unable to get past the 1st ghost house? I think its time you looked up a guide on youtube...

The LostWinds games are amazing! I would love to play LostWinds 3 Wasn't there supposed to be like 6 of them or something? I either read about it on NL, found out in LostWinds 1 or my imagination is playing tricks on me

How disappointing ... I'll continue waiting for Okami 3 then.

I'm extremely excited for a new 3D Super Mario game. I'm hoping it will be either 'Super Mario Universe' or 'Super Mario Sunshine 2'. I've been waiting for a new console 3D Super Mario since I got all the stars in Super Mario Galaxy 2. They're just such fun games Such an epic feeling of exploration & excitement I just hope that most of the levels are untimed (except "challenge" levels of course), unlike how it is in Super Mario 3D Land.

Wow! This game looks amazingly awesome I hope to buy it on Wii U eShop one day

Lego City: Undercover, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Nano Assault Neo, Need for Speed: Most Wanted U, Sonic Racing Transformed... The list goes on, & on...

I also hope this happens in PAL regions

Awesome! I was going to pick this up on a family member's iPad but now I can wait for it to come to Wii U, yay!

I'm greatly looking forward to this game It is my 2nd most anticipated game after Wind Waker HD. Can't wait!

I'm looking forward to watching a Wii U specific trailer. I want to see how the gamepad is incorporated into the gameplay, its definitely got potential to be awesome

I might get Picdun 2, one of the Zen Pinball discounts or maybe even Marvel Pinball 3D discount. I also plan to pickup Super Mario World on Wii U VC when I get paid this week

I'm looking forward to this game greatly It looks awesome just like some mining flash game I used to enjoy back in the day (except that didn't have any platforming). I'm also intrigued by the supposed randomness of the game & that it isn't in split up levels but all in one huge & long level. Interesting...

I had already watched a few of the other Luigi wins by doing nothing videos, they're hilarious! Thanks NL for sharing this one, awesome.

I may buy Super Mario World just to be able to play it on the gamepad, plus its a really great game

Yeah it definitely has improved loading times getting back to the Wii U menu. I exited Sonic Racing Transformed earlier & it was near instant, amazing!

Its the end of an era, I say! I always looked forward to E3 each year ever since I found out the event even existed in 2008. I've watched Nintendo's E3 events since 2009 iirc. It was just a massive gaming extravaganza to look forward to each year.

But now Nintendo have changed the game with Nintendo Direct, giving us major info not just once a year but now once every couple of months or so. I'm certainly sad to see Nintendo's major E3 presentation go but the awesomeness of Nintendo Direct far out weighs the loss of the E3 presentation imo. Plus, I imagine we will still get impressions & such from the gaming press who go to E3 & play Super Mario & Mario Kart U etc. so that's still happening. Hopefully NL will go to E3 again this year to experience the games for us once again haha.

I'd love to see Okami 3 on Wii U! It could have a control scheme for everyone, it'd be perfect!

Awesome! I wonder what the 'hook' for MK U will be... Two person karts & gliders / underwater?

Personally I enjoyed the 1st Big Beach Sports, sure it was more than a bit unpolished but it was still fun. So was the 2nd one, just not as fun as the 1st I thought. I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't get bought though.

I also read on Miiverse (courtesy of "Wii U News") that the Nintendo Network is having some down time on Monday! Could be related... Though I was expecting it to launch on Thursday - eShop day

I'm looking forward to this game, might buy it, sounds like fun