We're starting to think that Nintendo might have been taken over by cats. After today's Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury trailer, in which even the birds were cats, we can now see everyone's favourite four-legged feline plumber, Cat Mario, on the eShop itself.
Normally, the loading icon is a wee Mario running, but as of today, the image has been swapped for that of Cat Mario, running on all fours. One Reddit user, Riomegon, documented the new loading screen on the Japanese eShop, and our own research indicates that the same is true on both the North American and European eShops, as well.
You may remember that the eShop was updated a while back with an N64-style Mario to celebrate the 35th anniversary (and Super Mario 3D All-Stars, too). Well, that Mario is dead now. Long live the Cat.
[source reddit.com]
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That is not cat Mario. That is holy darkness destroying turtle slaying lion Mario.
Yeah, I noticed the Cat Suit when preordering 3D World this afternoon. Nice little touch that.
That mario is dead? I loved seeing 64 mario on the eshop 😔
Does anybody else remember that youtuber team that nintendo worked with called the cat mario show
The ones who constantly said Mee-oww
It's the little things that make life great, isn't it?
loading screens...got love them. Does other E game shops have loading screens?
I hope they keep doing themed loading screens for upcoming switch games.
going back to an orange eshop is gonna be pretty strange
We need dog Mario soon
I want to see spike as a cat, and then a very big spike cat! If I was into doing fan art I’d be up all over it.
Jesus that tag line for the article is deep!
Long live the Cat - Nice pun there
@quinnyboy58 I kept hearing "long live the King" in my head in Scar's voice while I was writing this
@Snatcher I really like the Luigi's mansion 3 loading screen imo
@WahooTime what about horse mario too? 😃😃
@huyi And Bee Mario! And Frog Mario! And Raccoon Mario!
Alright, I may be bad at the joke, but I got the marios I was looking for.
Kamehamemeow
well they gotta for celebration!
super saiyan cat Mario just waiting for super saiyan god cat Rosalina to appear but I do hope its much larger then what the demo shows cause as large as it might seem it still appears much smaller unless they structured it to be like several large area's to clean and clear mith multiple fights against him.
@edgedino so Peach would be super saiyan rose, Toad Super Saiyan blue evolved and Luigi is the legendary super saiyan
@Isaix but the real question is can bowser junior go super saiyan anything.
Mufasa? Too soon, bruh... Too soon.
Lately, Nintendo has been way off on what they should share early. The new forms, Ultra-Super Cat Mario, along with, Mega-Dark Bowser, should of stayed out of the sneak peaks.
They could've shared Bowser Jr picking up the brush again without these leaks.
Now, I'm thing I need something to look forward to, Like a master mode after the game has been completed. Though, the closest thing a Mario game has gotten to a new difficulty was the postgame, dark side of the moon courses.
Long live the Cat indeed.
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