NEW Super Mario Bros. 2 Announced for the 3DS

You may remember that a little while back I mentioned there was a 2D Mario game in the works for the 3DS. Well, I am glad to say that the game has now been officially announced as NEW Super Mario Bros. 2!

Though, nothing has been revealed yet apart from the fact that the raccoon tail and gold leaf are back (and that I will be raving on about in the future).

Anyway, here's some pictures-

Images from IGN

There's a New Mario Game in the Works for the Wii U!

Remember the Super Mario Bros. Mii game that Nintendo showed a bit of at E3 last year? Well, it looks like that game is going to become a reality, even sooner than expected.

Either that or it's some other Mario game, hopefully a SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE 2!

But it looks like a Mario Bros. game. When asked by IGN, here's what Nintendo had to say-

"In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii U system will be shown at this year's E3 Expo. This is based on the Mario experience that was demonstrated at last year's E3 Expo. We'll have more to announce about our plans for the E3 Expo at a later date."

Useless Mario Trivia #1- Mario Originally Had a Gun

It seems hard to believe now, but the fat, loveable and almost harmless Mario was once planned to have a beam gun and rocket pack. Not very harmless then, eh? This trivia was found in the original developer's notes for Super Mario Bros. which turned up online about two years ago. Luckily, Nintendo soon realised that people thought they were more skilful when jumping on Goomba heads instead of blowing them up.

Image from http://www.wiiplaygames.com/2010/12/28/mario-had-a-gun/

Of course, this all brings up the question- Would you still like Mario if he had a gun and blew things up?

I definitely wouldn't, as that would mean that Mario games would probably now have evolved into First Person Shooters instead of racing, sport and platforming games.

Capcom, Sega and Namco Present- A Strategy RPG?

As the title says, the BIG game that the people at Namco, Sega and Namco are working on is not the best fighting game ever. Instead they are making a Strategy RPG called Project X Zone for the 3DS!


This game will feature pairs of characters from multiple different hit games fighting and, uhhh.... well.... that's about as much as we know about the gameplay so far. No need to fret though, just look at the amount of characters in this game. Here's the announced characters for the game as of now according to Andriasang-


Ryu and Ken (Street Fighter 0)
X and Zero (Mega Man) 

Kaito and Black Rose (.hack) 

Demitri and Dante (Darkstalkers, Devil May Cry) 
Chris and Jill (Resident Evil) 
Pai and Akira (Virtua Fighter) 
Shinguji Sakura and Ogami Ichiro (Sakura Wars) Kurt and
Ulala and Touma (Space Channel 5, Shining Force EXA) 
Sanger Somvold (Super Robot Wars) 
Jin and Ling Xiaoyu (Tekken)
Kos-Mos and T-elos (Xenosaga) 
Yurie and Estel (Tales of Vesperia)
Kurt and Riela (Valkyria Chronicles) 


It's surely an impressive list, but where's Sonic and Tails?

Are there any other characters that you would like to see in the game? Remember that there's a comments section below just waiting for your opinion!

Your Favourite Mario Enemy!

A while ago I posted a poll on this page that let you guys vote on your favourite basic Mario enemies. Unfortunately, it was a tie between Koopa Troopas and Shy Guys. However, I AM the moderator of this blog and so therefore I overpower all voters and say that Koopa Troopas are better than Shy Guys. So, without further ado, I now present your (and my) favourite basic Mario enemy ever, the KOOPA TROOPA!

Also, Koopa fans rejoice as Koopa Troopas are playable in pretty much any Mario sports game on the Wii, 3DS or DS as well as Mario Kart games where they are my favourite character (after Yoshi, of course!).