We Have 74 New Screenshots of Super Mario 3D Land

Having fun watching all the screenshots Happy Whomp is funny looking.

After watching all of them the things that I have left in my mind are the "Super Tanooki suit" which seems odd and the old SMB Mario on bottom screen while in stage selection.

Looks great!

However, the level select screens make it seems like there are quite few levels... I really hope for additional hidden worlds, or bonus stages in all worlds.

forget tanooki boos tanooki bob-ombs are the biggest thing yeah im not lyin http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/arej/index.html

Looks fantastic. Getting a bit hyped towards this, at least more than I was before.

Whoa thatsa lotta screenshots. O:
Love the cartoony look so far. It's kinda like a mini SMG2 but it's like, 3 instead of 2 n stuff.
Can't wait to give this game a try later on.

The lower screen is disappointing. I always thought that NSMB (DS) missed a huge opportunity there, and here they are copying it. Actually, the one neat trick the DS title had up its sleeve was those rare cases in which it threw you to the lower screen through a pipe, but even that surely won't happen here due to the 3D / 2D problem between the screens.

@NintyFan That artwork is in 3D too, it's pretty impressive

From the looks of the screenshots sequence it warps you to the end of the level — officially known as the Goal Pole, fact fans. Presumably this means there's no Super Guide, though.

loving the eye candy

If I understand correctly, the P-Wing and "Super Tanooki Leaf" is this game's replacement for the Super Guide, either skip the level or play through it while invincible all the way.

I know I'm a broken record on this point, but I still find the moronically linear and dull map to be a travesty.

That also doesn't look like a whole lot of stages per world.

I can't wait! A true Mario adventure for a handheld... it's been so long!

This looks like a beautiful fusion of Mario 3, Mario 64, and just... new awesome design.

Hahahaham Tanooki Boos? Awesome! We also get a glimpse of the opening cutscene. Cool!

Some of those screenshots look great but I agree with warioswoods about the map, It looks like the sort of map you would expect as a beta map.

@warioswoods

Well, if the bottom map screen doesn't expand - and I'm pretty sure it does ;p - that would still be 56 total worlds. Not too bad for the system's first Mario game, I'd say.

Maybe the number of levels differ in each world?

I've heard from other sources that there are bonus levels in each world so I'm expecting 7-8 stages per world, not unlike NSMBW. I think this game will be plenty big for a handheld Mario game.

I wonder what the white tanooki is all about...Kinda looked like its another "star" power up.

Tanooki everything, even Bullet Bills? A bit overkill don't you think?

According to GoNintendo, you get the golden Tanooki suit after you lose enough lives, and apparently it lets you stay invincible throughout the entire level. This makes the Starman pretty much useless now.

@17

Well, I don't believe the Mushroom House should count as a level, unless it's more substantial than I'm expecting. So I'd count the baseline at 6*8 or 48 levels. Of course, with Mully, I do expect some branching eventually...

But it still doesn't change the fact that it feels like an ad-hoc collection of individual pieces without any kind of real map or overview to bring it together. Even Yoshi's Island, which had a very linear map per world, backed that up with a nifty 3D overview of the island as you progress across its terrain and upwards. Who knows, maybe something like that is here, but it doesn't look that way at the moment.

@warioswoods (22)

Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World had the best maps in the entire series.

Super Mario Bros. 3 had separate themed maps, while Super Mario World had one huge interconnected map. The NSMB games had pretty decent maps as well.

Super Mario Galaxy 2's map was horrible, extremely linear. It seems Super Mario 3D Land just copies it.

Well its being developed by the same people...so, yeah. lol

@23

I agree with you except for the NSMB part. The DS NSMB had a horribly linear map that isn't much better than what we're seeing above. In fact, while I greatly enjoyed the Wii game, the DS NSMB is what I'd rate as the worst entry in the main Mario series since at least the Mario Land games. The maps were basic, the level design was lacking... it just didn't do it for me. Bringing more of Nintendo's big developers in for the Wii game fortunately changed all of that, as did the fantastic multiplayer which was more than half its worth to me.

We agree that Galaxy 2 is the lowest of them all regarding its maps, but I would say that the problem started with the DS game, and Galaxy 2 just tried to bring the 3D games closer to that model.

These screens are gorgeous. I won't look at them all, though. I want to save some surprises for when I get my hands on 3D Land. Can't wait!

74? God that's a lot! I want this game when it comes out, so I'm viewing all of 'em!

Who cares about maps? All I care about is if the levels are accessible and if the map is easy to memorize. SMG2's map was pretty good for people like who who want to jump straight into the level without having to explore around.

from the new pictures, you can tell what the story line is now:one day in a windy night,bowser took all of the tanooki leafs in mushroom kingdom and the next day Mario noticed that there was only one tanooki leaf left in the tanooki tree then he receives a letter that has a picture of bowser kidnapping peach. and that's the story

omg this game looks awesome. Super Raccoon Mario looks like super sonic. It is nice to get a glimpse into how the raccoon bullet bills operate

Aren't those platforms those flip-switch platforms or whatever from Galaxy 2? Man, I hope they bring back Beat Blocks in some way again, LOVED that level. Was catchy.
"Beep, beep, beep, swoosh!"

Man, all this stuff warioswoods is saying about the bottom screen makes me think about how cool it'd be to be sent to the bottom screen at some portions of the game to play as a 2D sprite in a 2D world. A mini side scrolling Mario in the veins of the NES Super Mario Games.

I think it would be awesome.

@Eureka Yep, they're the very same, only much harder to negotiate because there's no spin jump now!

I can't believe it man. The P wing will be in this game so this actually (more or less how ever you want to picture it) confirms that Mario will be able to fly in this game......AWESOME. But whats the deal with the white, glowing Tanooki Leaf? could this mean that you can fly with that too?