Nintendo's just released yet more character artwork from Super Mario 3D Land, showing some classic characters will make their return.
Super Mario Bros. 3 veterans will recognise the Boomerang Bro — also seen in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2 — but there are new characters too: Boom Boom seems to have found himself a girlfriend, and there's a rather jolly-looking Whomp too.
If all this whets your appetite for information, don't forget to read our Super Mario 3D Land preview and send in your questions for our upcoming Q&A article.
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Oh man, that not-dead eerie is one of the most adorable things ever.
...Needs a tanuki tail, though.
Nice art work! Can't wait to get my hands on this game.
I never thought I'd be sick of the koopa kids, but they're being overused to a Metal Sonic degree.
Other than that though, the game is looking great.
Give ALL THE THINGS tanooki tails. All the things.
Why do they have to release this on the same day as Skyward Sword?
Could have at least launched one of them.... now... ish...
this will be a great game!
Tanooki Boo is the best thing ever.
Eerie looks like an evil Yoshi.
The kids haven't been overused. Only in SMB3 and New Super Mario Bros Wii. Plus Boom Boom isn't a koopa kid, he's just there a lot. The kids were the rulers of the 7 worlds in SMB3 and Bowser Jr. is the 8th one.
I love the Propeller Mario, Tanooki Boo, & Happy Whomp! This game is gonna be so awesome.
@Sir_Dragoon - Eh?
@Highwinter - Erm, The Koopa Kids have only appeared in 2 Mario titles, and Boom Boom hasn't been in a Mario game in 23 years!
@chronicler: Don't forget that the koopa kids also appeared in Superstar Saga. But yeah, how can 4 games in 20 years be overuse? If anything, we need MORE games with the Koopa Kids, heck, give them their own game! Anyway, as far as I know they've (sadly) not been announced for this game, is there something I'm missing?
So far there were no signs of the koopa kids actually being in this game.
Boom-Boom isn't one of them.
@Sir_Dragoon exactly what i think and was about to post:)
How do the Goombas get on top of each other like that?
@James
Easy; see the pipe dispensers in world 1-2 of Mario 3. All they have to do is wait for the next one to pop out.
Happy Whomp is awesome, by the way.
Four can ladder. They must have learned from Mr. Saturn, but Mr. Saturn can ladder better.
Okay, I'm heading out to pre-order this game! I have procrastinated long enough.
Happy Whopm is awesome, lol
@James: If you're wondering why they don't die, well, Mario is pretty portly...
So glad the boomerang brothers are back, compare to the hammer bros. the boomerang weren't as annoying. Hopefully they introduced the boomerang power-up too like they were gonna in the GBA version of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Has everyone forgotten that the Koopa Kids were in Super Mario World too? Poor, forgotten Super Mario World...
Hm, still haven't seen any characters from Super Mario Land or 6 Golden Coins. There's got to be at least one, right?
Bowser's children are koopaLINGS not Koopa kids. The Koopa kids are that trio of enemies from the Mario party series. Anyway the artowork looks awesome but I think they're overusing the Tanooki tail.
The more I see it and read about it the more I cant wait for it to come out.
NEED MORE TAILS
The game box should came with a tail o.o
HAPPY THWOMP!
Nintendo just take my money.
I'd like the Koopalings to make a reappearance in this one, but I doubt it will happen and that's ok — they have to have something to bring back to get us excited about the sequel. This will likely, however, be the first Mario game since his inception that Bowser Jr is apparently not a part of.
That one picture looks like how a Rex would look if it died and became a Boo.
@Kage_88
They have appeared in 3 actually. Mario 3, Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
I'm surprised Boom-Boom and Bam-Bam don't have tanooki tails.
@Atomic_3DS_man No, they appeared in four as they appeared in Mario & Luigi: superstar saga too.
if a boo can already fly then why would it need a tanooki tail?
@John To whip you with it.
@John: #34 Awesome icon.
@mariofanatic128: #25 I, too think that the Tanooki-tail is getting overuse, & overuse-abuse. To make matters worse, the tail isn't even providing full-nostalgia(no flight, just tail whip, & float?!), which is the reason Nintendo is including it, in the first place. I wish Nintendo had made/given the suit all of it's original properties(, including flight).
@Mully: #29 I 100% prefer the Koopalings to Bowser Jr.
@Capt_N That would make the game much too easy. If you notice, the whole game so far involves tricky jumps aided by the 3D effect. Just flying over everything would take away all the challenge.
WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME MY TAIL WAS THIS BIG!!!
Why propeller block.
Also, Koopalings are in Yoshi Safari.
Here's the list of their appearances I know of:
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario World
Mario is Missing
Yoshi Safari
Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
...they were also going to be in Super Princess Peach, but they got cut.
As far as I know, Boom Boom has never been seen outside Super Mario Bros 3.
Anyway, I heard the Koopalings were not really Bowser's Children in the Japanese story, they were just called "Koopa Henchmen"
I'd be fine with her name being Boomerella.
how does that ship fly if bowser and princess peach is large
Nice artwork! As for the Boom Boom's girlfriend: Isn't she just Wendy O Koopa? Also: RACCOON TAIL OVERLOAD! Goomba's, Boo's. Even Bowser has a raccoon tail! Is this part of the presumably pretty simple story? I mean: Bowser finding a big bunch of power-leafs and using them to rule the kingdom?
Also, that blue flying thing looks a bit like yoshi!
@Sir_Dragoon awesome expression, I second that!
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