We've commented, throughout our coverage so far, that Super Mario 3D World has a terrific soundtrack performed by a live Big Band / orchestra. Gamers in Japan will have a chance to pick up an official soundtrack as a Club Nintendo reward, which is sure to cause enormous outpourings of envy from, well, everyone else.

It'll have 77 tracks over two discs, but we're big fans of the cover art on the case and the discs themselves. The image below includes the fifth unlockable character confirmed by Nintendo in its most recent 'Direct' broadcasts. if you want to avoid that non-secret, look away now.

But yes, Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of America, we want this too. And Bowser rocks on drums.

Soundtrack

[source destructoid.com]