Gaming Super Mario 3D

[BoxmanWTF]

The newest entry in the Super Mario series is a mix of Mario 64, and Galaxy
The official name is Super Mario 3D Land
The Tanooki Suit from SMB3 is making a return

Mario will not have a Life gauge like in Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy, but will instead have the original damage levels

Mario will keep All his Powerups as long as he doesn't take damage(Except for the invincible star)
Flag Poles from Super Marios Bros will make a return as the end points for Stages
You will be able to keep one reserve Item at a time
Airships from SMB3 are also making a return
It will be a "Short game" but with lots of Replay Value
Some areas deliberately try to trick the player with the 3D effect.
There is A Zelda Tribute Levelin honor of the series' 25th anniversary
The Game will Release on 18th November for Europe,
13th November For North America, and
3rd November for Japan

View 3D photos of the game on your 3DS here


OR
Download all the Photos here (Thanks Snailface!)

Boxart

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Japanese Boxart:

North American:

Euro:

Story:

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There is a Tanooki-tailed tree outside of Princess Peach's Castle, with Tanooki leaves on its branches that all of the Mushroom Kingdom is familiar with, but one night, a huge storm blows all of the Tanooki leaves off. The next morning, Princess Peach goes outside to see if the tree is okay, but during her inspection, Bowser once again kidnaps her.
Later on, Mario and three Toads (Red, Yellow, and Blue) go looking for the princess. Eventually, they discover that she is missing and the Tanooki leaves are gone too. Yellow Toad notices a hovering letter near the tree, which the group of four go to. Mario grabs and opens it, and a picture of Bowser holding Princess Peach with Tanooki leaves flying in the background pops out. The message shocks the three Toads and Mario, and immediately, Mario and the three Toads run to save Princess Peach

Locations :

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World 1-2: An underground area, which features a Super Mario Bros. World 1-2 Warp Zone-like area. The stage's music is the Super Mario Galaxy remix of the Super Mario Bros. underground theme.
World 2-1: A plain with many stones and grass. This level features a new overworld theme also heard in the trailer for the game and has similarities with the Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros overworld themes.
World 2-5: A level with many airships. At the end, Boom Boom is battled. The stage's music is the Super Mario Galaxy remix of the Super Mario Bros. 3 airship theme, and the Boom Boom battle music is Peewee Piranha's theme from Super Mario Galaxy 2.
World 3-3: A place in the sky with green panels that generate temporary green platforms to navigate through the level. The stage's music is the Super Mario Galaxy remix of the Super Mario Bros. 3 athletic theme, and the music of the bonus area included in the stage is the Super Mario Galaxy 2 Teleporter bonus area theme.
An airship level with Bob-ombs and Spike Pillars.
A sky level with rotating blocks and a white floating wall.
A place with many platforms and blocks. Elevators, blue blocks with white arrows on them, and Donut Lifts appear here.
A ghostly stage with a giant piano.
A beach area.
A underwater hole with purple eels.
A dark area with metal gears and Bob-ombs.
Giant 8-bit platforms, representing Mario and Super Mushroom from Super Mario Bros., much like Toy Time Galaxy and Mario Squared Galaxy.
A snowy area with tightropes and Fuzzies.
A haunted level with giant books.
A dungeon-like level with Spinies that is played from an overhead view, as a homage for the 25th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda

Controls:

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: Move.

: Choose level.

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: Jump, Wall Jump.
Hold

: Flutter Jump (Tanooki Mario).

: Crouch, enter a Warp Pipe.

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: Crawl.

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: Somersault.

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): Long Jump.

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: Ground Pound

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): Backwards Somersault.

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: Dash, shoot Fireballs (Fire Mario), attack with tail (Tanooki Mario).

: Pause menu

Confirmed Bosses:

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Boom Boom from SMB3
Bowser
Fake Tanooki Bowser
Female Boom Boom named Punpun

Confirmed Enemies:

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• Piranha Plants
• Goombas
• Paragoombas
• Koopa Troopas
• Dry Bones
• Hammer Bros.
• Boomerang Bros.
• Bob-ombs
• Tanooki-tailed Bob-ombs
• Tanooki-tailed Goombas
• Golden tanooki-tailed Goombas
• Tanooki-tailed Grand Goombas
• Boos
• Big Boos
• Tanooki-tailed Boos
• Fuzzies
• Flying Bill Blasters
• Bill Blasters
• Bullet Bills
• Tanooki-tailed Bullet Bills
• Cheep-Cheeps
• Bloopers
• Porcu-Puffers
• Spinies
• Chain Chomps
• Monty Moles
• Mega Moles
• Rocky Wrenches
• Thwomps
• Tanooki-tailed Thwomps
• Grinder
• Spiked Balls
• Pokeys
• Podoboos[21]
• Biddybuds - Different colored ladybug-like creatures that bear a passing resemblance to Soarin' Stus.
• Para-Biddybuds
• Unnamed Bee enemies
• Unnamed black Piranha Plants that spit ink to cover the screen
• Goombas that stack on top of each other
• Unnamed purple eels
• Tanooki-tailed Brick Blocks
• Black Venus Fire Traps
• Flying Bill Blasters
• Blue blocks with yellow spikes
• Ball 'n' Chain
• Rocket Engines
• Spike Pillar
• Yellow Blargg-like creature that emerges from sand
• Unnamed fortress-like monster with black eyes and mouth
• A blue flying dragon-like creature that looks similar to an Eerie
• A spiked blue enemy
• Moneybags
• Green spiked pointy block enemies
• Spiky Plants
• Firebars
• Rotating bars made of blue balls with spikes similar to Firebars
• Blue spiked cilinders or prisms that roll
• Spiked blue shell enemies with suction cup legs

Mario's Power Ups:

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Super Mario(Super Mushroom)
Fire Mario(Fire Flower)
Tanooki Mario(Raccoon Leaf)
Invincible Mario(Star)
Several Other Classic Power up suits will be included
A suit with Mario in a Propeller box similar to NSMBW (Propeller Box)
Boomerang Suit (Boomerang Flower)
Golden Super Leaf which grants Mario invincibility (it appears after the player loses 5 lives in a level)[

E3 2011 Trailer

Gameplay Footage from E3 2011

Nintendo 3DS conference 2011

October Trailer

Overview Trailer



Many Screen Shots

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This Post will be updated when new info is released
Or if I forgot something
And Please let me know if there is something I should add!
EDIT: apparently I've hit the maximum number of Videos in this post

 

[wiibob]

i wasn't impressed by it at e3 but, i watched the trailer in the eshop and the 3d made up for it. It looks kind of cartoony though - like cell shaded or something.

 

[Deleted User]

I'm definitely going to buy this. It's a new mario which shares a great resemblance to the 2D titles and those never let me down.

I also like how everyone voted 'HECK YEAH! IT'S MARIO!' so far.

 

[Ikki]

I'm so getting this game as soon as I can.


I hope they don't fall short on powerups like they did in NSMB DS

 

[jpxdude]

I wasn't impressed by the E3 trailer, but I loved the gameplay trailer above! Definitely getting this now. It looks like it'll be pretty feature packed judging from the screen shots!

 

[Scott-105]

Game looks awesome. I can't wait.

Ha ha, heard Temple of Time music in the background of the gameplay video

 

[Deleted_171835]

That looks awesome.
After seeing the gameplay video, my opinion of the game totally changed.
It seems that certain levels have a open-world-ish design while others seem like linear levels.

The game seems like a cross between Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Super Mario 64. I'm definitely getting this.
alsoomgomgomgairships

 

[princefarzan]

Can you still fly in the tanooki suit or is it just for "floating" and the tail attack?

 

[chris888222]

I really like Mario in that tanooki suit

It's a must buy! The game looks awesome

But I find the game looking a little similar to new super mario bros...
I thought it was going to be more similar to super mario 64

 

[ChaosZero816]

Getting this one when I have a chance. The gameplay looks good. I have been waiting for a new handheld Mario for a while.

 

[BoxmanWTF]

Can you still fly in the tanooki suit or is it just for "floating" and the tail attack?

It's Just for Floating and the tail attack, they said that flying on the small screen wouldn't work well

 

[Terenigma]

I hope those demo 4 levels come to the Eshop

I dont think iv ever played a mario game i didnt like so this is a must buy for me and it cant come soon enough

 

[codezer0]

It's like they're finally acknowledging that the powerups in Super Mario Bros 3 are the ones we want to use most. Seeing the Raccoon leaf and Tanooki Suit again, along with the musical note blocks, were welcome sights in the trailers.

But how well it will play is what will matter most. We do not need another "Sonic 4", which while looking fantastic, never felt right controls-wise.

 

[CarbonX13]

The game's definitely received a lot of nostalgia over the throwbacks to classic power-ups and level designs. I'm hyped for it despite people complaining about the game's flow, camera, and controls.

 

[dsfanatic5]

It's a must buy for me. Not only do I love Mario games, I have every bit of confidence this will be a AAA quality game. Plus I'm excited to see a new game built from the ground up to take advantage of the 3DS's capabilities.

 

[Arnold Schwarzen]

Killer app, that is all. Convinced me that my $250 investment in the 3DS is more than worth it (prior to I thought it was just worth it).

 

[Shiro09]

NEED TO BUY... but I have no moneh.

 

[thegame07]

The camera angle in the video is horrid. 2d/Side scrolling Mario is way better IMO.

 

[chris888222]

The camera angle in the video is horrid. 2d/Side scrolling Mario is way better IMO.

The actual game isn't completed though.

 

[granville]

The camera angle in the video is horrid. 2d/Side scrolling Mario is way better IMO.

I think this warrants an explanation. Especially since the camera angle seems to be the least intrusive and annoying a camera has ever been in a 3D Mario game. The game is being developed with pure platforming in mind, this type of angle seems to perfectly suit it. It never gets stuck behind walls, never changes abruptly (throwing off the controls), and you can actually change it anyways (there are buttons on the touch screen for the camera, and someone mentioned to me on another site that the dpad controls the camera).