New Super Mario Bros. 2 Art Brings Back Old Favourites

I guess this is cool but I kinda saw it coming

mega mushroom's back, woot woot!
I've already convinced my parents to pre-order this for my birthday, looking foward to this game!

Where them images?

If only we could have the Mega Star instead, loved being turned into a giant pixelated Mario. xD

THIS IS EPIC!!! Way better than the Super Mario 3D Land photo! Can't wait to get my hands on this game!

And how about the cape?
Now that would be a true SMW homage!

Wait! The Mega mushroom is back!?! Awesome!

@Hyperstar Nothing, James messed up. There's no such thing as a Raccoon Leaf, it's a Super Leaf. He was talking about the Invincibility Leaf in 3DLand that turns you into a White Tanooki.

Mega Mushroom is awesome. Would be cool to see that in New Super Mario bros. U as well since I'm more likely to buy that.

And part of this image is guaranteed to become a StreetPass puzzle. Just like the one for Super Mario 3D Land:

The first I noticed was the golden goombas

Hurray for the return of the Mega Mushroom and Koopalings! At first I felt meh towards this game, but my interest has been perked up now.

Can't wait hope to get a NSMB2 Puzzle swap puzzle

Bowser's clown-face transportation thingy is back too, along with Reznor? This is shaping up to be almost as Super Mario World-esque as NSMBU! And it's about time World got some love. After the Raccoon outfit was in 3D Land, I would've preferred the Super Cape, but Flying Squirrel will be the next best thing in NSMBU! Can't wait for August 19th!!!

Guess that means there's no chance of Wario being the villain in the game. Missed opportunity, if you ask me.

Needs more goooooooooold.

Nintendo I am disappoint. I only count 84 coins in that picture. 16 more and I would have been... satisfied...

Oh well. Maybe that Golden Flower can help...

I still prefer Super Mario 3D Land ... I agree with one of the people above me ^^; Wario should've been the main villian cuz he's all about money... The game would've been far more interesting that way...

I always feel the compulsive need to get every single coin I see in mario games...This game will be bad for my mental health D:

Wario being the villain makes no sense, PLAYING as Wario in this game makes sense. How can Wario sit in a castle knowing there's all these coins out there.

Good to know that the mega mushroom is returning, that power-up is awesome and I agree with Miss_Birdo that Wario should have been a playable character.

@Miss_Birdo Cause Wario would rather have Mario collect all the coins and buy Princess Peach back? Seems like a easier (and lazier) way to get treasure.

Wario is not lazy when it comes to money and treasure.

Lol @ caption

@Miss_Birdo Touché.

Mega Mushroom is back? If it's true, Nintendo better not make the Mega Mushroom storable to the item box. As much as I want to say that I liked the DS title, the one thing I didn't like about it is the Mega Mushroom and how you could turn any boss and level into nothing with it.

I hope the reward for getting a million coins is the ability to play as wario and waluigi.

I hope the reward for getting a million coins will be nobody ever again saying, "Wario should be the main villian, seems like a missed opportunity".

i have this game pre-ordered already. Can't wait until August to get this game.

I just found the images, I saw no Mini Mushroom but I saw a Golden Mushroom, anyone have an idea what that does? Or is it like the Golden Fire Flower minus the fireballs.

btw, the Gold Bullet Bills look awesome! Someone needs to remake this GIF in gold now!

i hate that this game is such a coin fest, which means more lifes, and that might make the game to easy.

@Miss_Birdo Because Mario sells better than Wario.

3D Land's artwork was better, imo, but this is nice. Glad to know the Koopalings are a part of canon again and not just a one-off appearance in NSMBW. I am getting mighty sick of that darn raccoon tail though. We get it, Nintendo: you LOVE SMB3. This would have been a nice opportunity to bring back the cape instead.

This isn't much of a "return". The Koopalings were just in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. So was Bowser's clown aircraft. Saying its a homage to Super Mario World isn't saying much, when practically every Mario game design has some similarities to that and Super Mario Bros. 3. Sigh, if only Wario was in this.

Mega Mushroom Yeah!!!!!!!!!

@FluttershyGuy Mind if i steal this GIF?

Now I want to buy this game more than ever! I am going to buy it day one. It will be a eshop download for me as I don't use cash very often right now.

@Emaan
Well, this is embarrassing. I forgot about the clown thingy being in NSMBWii. Guess not absorbing the game you just played is a side effect of a huge backlog where you move right on to the next game, and ability to get VC/shop games cheap.

@Qeuix
Feel free to steal that GIF I just stole. That's maybe the greatest GIF EVER that isn't about My Little Pony, hot chicks, or cute dogs and/or cats.

@WaveBoy
I miss detailed, traditional instruction booklets that included awesome stories and artwork! I'll NEVER get used to these tiny, insignificant instructions Nintendo puts in now, which are so tiny they don't even give COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS!!! The instruction booklet is becoming a relic of the past, the loss of which actually takes away from the game you just bought. Glad I saved all my instructions from all the past generations. Like here lately, going back to my old SNES games, when I pick a game up, I'll also read the instruction booklet! Progress is not always a good thing. In cases like this, it just plain sucks. Now, I guess Nintendo is saving stuff like artwork to put in collectors edition-type things/Club Nintendo rewards.

@FluttershyGuy dude if you have a 3DS maybe we can exchange friend codes sometime.

My eyes went blind there for a few seconds, too much yellow.

So much coins!

Seeing as how Miyamoto says his favorite Mario game is Super Mario World, should we really be surprised at all the references to it? I loved that game, and if New Super Mario Bros. 2 is going to use it as a foundation, it should be amazing.

Eh, looks fun. The graphics are still pretty bad though.

Wow... even the Lakitu clouds are gold

Go for the gold!!!

Wario should be the villain in this.

@BalrogtheMaster

I guess you have a bad screen then...

I knew this game had to do something with all this gold. I remember looking back at One pic were Mario was all golden. Wario would love being here right about now.

@fluttershyguy uh... Why buy. Game with a huge instruction Manuel? I prefer something small so therefore I don't have to care much about. But, most luck getting a big book is a guide book at some local store. It sol for you.

I love SMB3, as my fav game. But, if this is based on SMW, I agree w/ some commentors that the Cape Feather would have been better. On the other hand, maybe Nintendo is purposely mixing elements (items/enemies/locales/etc.) of games

Personally, I always liked the conglomeration of items/gameplay-mechanics in SMA4:SMB3 for the GBA. The cape feather, super leaf, & veggie tossin' mechanic for examples, all in one game.

To date(, & to my knowledge), 2 power-ups, & 1 power-up design (that) we have not seen re-used, have been Superball Mario from SML, Rabbit Mario from SML2:6GC, & the design of Fire Mario w/ the feather in his cap(I always thought that was cool!) also from SML2. I'd like to see these in future titles.

@WaveBoy I loved the (older/pre-N64-ish) designs of Mario, Luigi, & also of Peach, Daisy, & Wario. Like a lot of product icons(Aunt Jemimah/Uncle Ben/the Brawny guy/etc.), Mario was redesigned sorta, I think, specifically slimmed down. The images of Mario you linked in your comment are examples of the Mario art design/style I like. I also loved the manuals from back in the SNes, & prior era, too!

I love SMW, my favorite mario, and now I'm ten more times excited for this. However. If you were going to do a true homage to SMW, you would need the cape feather, purple flying yoshis, the tape goal at the end instead of a flag, star levels, and much more. Looks more or less they only took the bosses from SMW.

Looks good as gold, mate!

@Qeuix
Sounds good! My FC is 5421-1915-3356
@Nano
I guess it's all the visual goodness(artwork, etc.), and depth added to a game by instructions. In the past, games haven't always been as story-centric in-game, but this was something manuals usually added in. Just made games richer outside of the game, IMO.

Just wanted to issue a correction before someone else points it out. I said Super Mario World was Miyamoto's favorite Mario game based on this article:http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/09/super-mario-world-is-miyamotos-favorite-mario-game/

Here's what he told IGN a few days ago:http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/15/this-is-shigeru-miyamotos-favorite-mario-game

I guess he must have changed his mind over the last few years. I wonder what made him say Super Mario Bros. 2 is now his favorite Mario of all time. I wouldn't mind seeing another Mario 2-style game. It might not be a "real" Mario but I thought it was awesome. It would be a nice change of pace from all these "New Super Mario Bros." that keep using the same gameplay. Gotta mix things up every few years.

@PoorVGNerd
Wierd that his opinion would change and his favorite would be one that he made before SMW. I guess our views on past events change as life goes on, strange thing about humans.

So weird seeing Doki Doki Panic videos, with SMB 2 without our Mushroom Kingdom crew! To think Shy Guy, Birdo, Wart, etc. originated in a different game universe.

I've wondered if there's some legal reason that Nintendo hasn't had future games based in any way on SMB 2 USA. The formula is so great, having Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad having various jumping/pulling abilities. I'd like to see it (along with Wart & Co.) in a future Mario game, whether new, new new, old, or old old. After 24 years, not holding my breath, however.

A thing of true beauty.

Should have inserted a pun by sayng Gold favourties >.<

@Radixxs your spot on I probably wouldn't be half as interested if they had announced this as a Wario game.

Where's the Mega Mushroom?

I like both, but 3d lands pops out at u more, BUT the nsmb 2 one has ALOT of classic refereneces...Err...tough...maybe more of a lean towards nsmb, just cause it has the koopalings!!

Word of the day: EMBIGGEN!!!

@WaveBoy Gotta agree with you. Mario's design and shape was clearly created with 1940s style Golden Age animation in mind - in fact, I think Miyamoto studied cartooning at one point, right?

@fluttershyguy But. Nowadays case are small and can't carry large instruction Manuel's. Back then games and instruction Manuel's came boxes.

@waveboy You sir are a tribute to my childhood of the late 90s. Man How much I miss the cartoony version of Mario, nowawdays we have a generic CG Mario if that isn't enough. Na, just joking i love Mario whatever he appears in, I loved Super Mario 3D Land, can't wait til I get my hands on this possum.

This actually looks like it might be realizing the classic 2D Mario platforms games better than New Super Mario Bro U.

The more I see of this game the more I'm interested in it.

I really hope they get some more of that classic stuff in New Super Mario Bros U and really capture the greatness of the best 2D Mario platform games.

POW Blocks are there too. Did everyone miss that?

Well, this is already preordered for me. Racking up coins was never as sweet as this.

As a Mario fan I'm not too excited about this. Not too excited about this.
I want something more out of the box. It feels to much like beeb there done that.
Somenone mentioned earlier that Wario should be the main villian.
If peach gets captured once more, I'm going to lock her up myself.

I"ll probably pick this up eventually. I'll first get through my backlog

Anything with the Koopalings is fine with me!

i love it!

I'm still trying to grasp the hook of the game being almost all about collecting coins... at least that's what most of the footage seems to be about. Won't that result in excessive amounts of 1-ups and the like? Sounds like it will make the game too easy, but I'm sure there's more to it I'm just not seeing...

Meh, either way, I'm playin' in, so it's not that serious

Guys! Guys, "embiggen"

I'll be adding this game to my ever growing backlog lol

ill buy this! im sold

I want this game! Like, right now!

Click to embiggen? It's probaly not, but it sounds like a reference to the emoglobins in bowsers inside story. Looks like agreat game!

Why not Gold Pipes? D: