Preview: Puzzling Our Way through Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars

Can't wait to download it for my boys 2DS and play it on the big screen for me!

I'm doing the same. Downloading on my wiiu and give my son the 3ds version

Has it been said how cross-buy will work?

@HeroOfCybertron I think they said something about giving you a download code for the other console, depending on where you buy it. You buy it on 3DS, they give you a code for Wii U, and vice versa.

@HeroOfCybertron
Or if you're going for digital for both versions, you'll receive a download code on the receipt.

Digital for both? I thought the game was going to be eshop only?

I'll buy the 3DS version retail so me and my boys can use it on all our various 3DS' (soon 5 - have to get a New3DS XL!).

I'll use the download code for WiiU since we only have one.

It is gonna be retail, right? I think Iwata said so in a recent Nintendo Direct.

I thought this was digital only for US and EU, physical release in Japan?

I'll be grabbing this day one, both versions with that cross buy promotion.

Wii U for me and 3DS for my son here too!

While I'm one of the people who would like to see a M vs DK that's like the one on GBA, I really enjoy the Mini gameplay. I look forward to this one, wish the European release data was closer...

Why does this game look like a port of the Mario Vs Donkey Kong game for the DS? I'm not sure if it's worth it for me, especially for the expensive price...

Wii U and 3DS for me, my daughter isn't old enough to appreciate games just yet.

@Extremist Bad news for you... The retail version exists, but there's no cartridge in the box. Just the download code! I saw this in the Nintendo italian official site...

Looks like a lot of fun! I've never played the earlier versions of this series, but I enjoy the "tipping" aspect of this one. May have to get it next week.

I lost interest in this series after we lost the ability to make them stop by tapping them. I think that was probably only ever in the first game, sadly. Until they bring that back I really don't see myself buying another game. I hate that helpless feeling that once you start a toy it won't stop until it either reaches the end or is destroyed.

This so rehashy, it's not even funny. This is 100x worse than the New Super Mario Bros. series. I think I'm going to puke.

Still buying because of cross-play and I love level editors. That means I'm apart of the problem. smh

@TeeJay You could stop them in the first game? Pretty interesting. I wonder why they would remove that...

@TeeJay I guess you must be talking about the first DS game as technically the first Mario vs DK game was on GBA and is a completely different style of game (a very good platformer).

@CapeSmash Yeah. Also by the "first" game I mean the DS one, the first one to feature the toys. I don't know much about the GBA one that just has Mario himself.

Anyway yeah, in that first DS game I loved messing around with the editor too. But then the DSiWare version came out for some odd reason they took away the ability to stop them! I lost all interest after that...

@GrumbleVolcano You ninja'd me before I could finish typing this post, lol. I never played the GBA one, I meant the first one to feature these toys.

@TeeJay @CapeSmash - Yeah, in MvsDK2, you had direct control of the Minis and tapping them made them stop. However, there was a point bonus for completing levels without stopping them and it was required to properly beat levels. That might be why the feature was taken out, to add to the difficulty, making it mandatory.

@NbaJunkie I'm downloading it and giving my Wife the download lol

I have never played any of these mario vs donkey games, and don't think I will be getting this one either because these games look boring to me. If it was like the Donkey Kong Gameboy game I would purchase it right off but it seem like a total different kind of game.

Plus it seems over priced for $20. Why should someone that only own a Wii U or 3ds only console have to also pay for a game that they will never use?

I have no idea why i thought this was free to play. Looks good though, might grab this one.

Not really excited for this game, but love the videos Alex! (And Lee too!)

Hyped

Why do I want to pay $20 for this? Seems like $15 would be more reasonable, especially since we've seen this kind of game before

Agree with others. Previous entry was 10 bucks, so why hijack the price, Nintendo? Because you are giving away another "free" code?

Well, it does looks like a light version of Lemmings, but with Nintendo characters ... hmm ...

Im excited to play this series on the Wii U this time around! Ive always liked the Mario VS. DK games, but in my opinion it will be more comfortable playing on the gamepad!

@opeter It is SO much better than Lemmings, it's not just a Mario skin. It's a really good spinoff series, M vs DK Miniland Mayhem is the best one out right now and it's a DS game. You should definitely consider buying it, it's also pretty cheap right now because it's been out so long. I think it's like $20 but it has loads of content and you can download thousands of other user-created and Nintendo-created levels for free.

I remember when people thought this wouldn't be a game upon presentation as a Nintendo Web Framework demo, I also remember saying they were crazy for thinking it wouldn't eventually exist as a standalone game. Winning.

@Barbiegurl777
"If the wii u version is $20. Does anyone know how much the 3DS version will cost? Because I plan on buying two other games that are in the $20 to $30 dollar range already."

Same price for both versions. But when you buy one, the other one is free.

I think I'll be waiting for a sale on this one. It feels like instead of giving you two games for the price of one, they're just selling both versions in a package and charging twice.