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E3: New Wii Mario Game In The Works?

Posted Mon, 01 Jun 2009 by Damien McFerran

More Mario in 2009? Yes please!

More Mario in 2009? Yes please!

Plus more Wii Fit for you old timers

The E3 rumour-mill is in full swing now and one of the more interesting bits of speculation is related to an all-new Mario adventure on the Wii.

Japanese news service Nikkei has reported that everyone's favourite Italian plumber will be returning to the Wii before the year is out. The report also claims that a new version of Wii Fit is on the way which promises online fitness battles with other users and "gentle exercises" for the elderly. Sounds like a hoot!

We'll be bringing you more E3-related goodness as the news starts to break. Keep those eyes peeled.

Source: eurogamer.net.

Tags: Wii, E3 2009, Rumours, Nikkei.

User Comments

Junkface

1. Junkface United States 01 Jun 2009, 09:50 BST

Woo could smell that one coming! Great news :) First.

MegaMan3Dude

2. MegaMan3Dude United States 01 Jun 2009, 09:53 BST

if not then this mario game will be the new mario game for wii 2 the samething happend for mario 128

LEGEND MARIOID

3. LEGEND MARIOID United Kingdom 01 Jun 2009, 09:54 BST

I'd be up for both....we shall see if this truly comes out in E3

Starwolf_UK

4. Starwolf_UK United Kingdom 01 Jun 2009, 10:41 BST

Well one day (fine! 1 day and 7? hours unless its shown at the Miyamoto + Nintendo Presentation then its like 36 hours...) until we know the truth.

Still given the source is Japanese one thing comesto mind: Ever heared of Chinese Whispers?

MickEiA

5. MickEiA Australia 01 Jun 2009, 10:47 BST

Probaly just another Mario party hope it's not though

TheEmulationZones

6. TheEmulationZones Belgium 01 Jun 2009, 10:48 BST

Wasent It Mario & Sonic On The Winter Olympic Games That Is Coming ? Or Do You Guys Meen An RPG Game ?

Turbo Genesis 64

7. Turbo Genesis 64 United States 01 Jun 2009, 11:07 BST

I want New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the DS to come out!

xesbeth

8. xesbeth France 01 Jun 2009, 11:10 BST

I don't care about a Mario 73574!

Where are F-Zero (Wii) and Metroid (2D on DS)? Not good sales for Nintendo? This E3 is going to be an another disappointement to me...on Nintendo's side.

Damo

9. Damo United Kingdom 01 Jun 2009, 11:27 BST

I'd love a new F-Zero game. :)

ALDAWGZ

10. ALDAWGZ United States 01 Jun 2009, 11:34 BST

awesome cant wait should b another classic mario game

KDR_11k

11. KDR_11k Germany 01 Jun 2009, 11:55 BST

Noone knows what kind of Mario game this'll be, most likely it's one of the spinoffs.

TJtheHeretic

12. TJtheHeretic Canada 01 Jun 2009, 12:09 BST

what avout zelda?

AlphaNerd01

13. AlphaNerd01 United States 01 Jun 2009, 12:41 BST

Why do I get the feeling this is going to be yet another disappointment?

Bensei

14. Bensei Austria 01 Jun 2009, 13:12 BST

Mario Party 9!

NESGamepro

15. NESGamepro United States 01 Jun 2009, 13:24 BST

I have that feeling too AlphaNerd. I want to love Nintendo, but they are making it tough.

JohnshiBRPG

16. JohnshiBRPG United States 01 Jun 2009, 13:33 BST

He did say that he might be interested in the sequel to super mario galaxy.

Nintendo-Naut

17. Nintendo-Naut United States 01 Jun 2009, 13:42 BST

Mario=Win. So whatever it is, I'll probably be happy.

jkgatling

18. jkgatling Sweden 01 Jun 2009, 13:50 BST

a new mario game sounds good.

but then again a new starfox or maybe a ressurection of the DKC series would be a whole lotta better

pixelman

19. pixelman United States 01 Jun 2009, 14:06 BST

LOL if Mario is announced, everyone's like "What about Zelda?", and if Zelda is announced, its "What about Mario?"

Mike

20. Mike United States 01 Jun 2009, 14:25 BST

About time Nintendo decided to work on a Mario or Zelda game instead of the usual soccer mom crap.

Adam

21. Adam United States 01 Jun 2009, 14:29 BST

We already had a Mario built for the Wii. I don't think it's unreasonable to say What about Zelda? Hopefully they'll at least show a video of the new Zelda or tell us something about it.

Also online exercise battles? What?

Relevant Latty

22. Relevant Latty United Kingdom 01 Jun 2009, 14:50 BST

It's good to hear a new Mario game but what about the Kirby franchise? It's been too long since he's had his own game.

JohnshiBRPG

23. JohnshiBRPG United States 01 Jun 2009, 14:54 BST

I found the nintendo download source of the week!!! This is epic!!!

http://www.gameplasma.com/news/index/view/id/2084/

Smileoscar

24. Smileoscar Sweden 01 Jun 2009, 14:57 BST

I hope it's not that Mario game for 2-3 year olds they took out a patent on.

Ian Daemon

25. Ian Daemon United States 01 Jun 2009, 15:03 BST

I'm sure this is a "DSi exclusive" to boost sales...

i8cookie

26. i8cookie United Kingdom 01 Jun 2009, 15:07 BST

come on F-ZERO PLEASE!!! I'll be happy with nothing else!!

Nintendophile

27. Nintendophile United States 01 Jun 2009, 15:07 BST

We haven't seen two Mario games in one generation since the original NES! I'd love to see this happen!
(Note; Handheld gaming notwithstanding.)

BellGoRiiing

28. BellGoRiiing United States 01 Jun 2009, 15:40 BST

I'm hoping it could be a Super Mario Bros. :p
But they said a sequel to Galaxy so it's gonna be another 3D game, ah well...that's fine too. lol

minimario man

29. minimario man United Kingdom 01 Jun 2009, 15:43 BST

It might be a spinoff, since mario & luigi 3 has been released in japan, I wouldn't be suprised if it was a mario rpg. Also for all we know other clasics like zelda and f-zero could be anounced at E3. I am personly looking foward to an original concept, I want nintendo to amaze me like they did with pikmin.

The Fox

30. The Fox United States 01 Jun 2009, 15:54 BST

Let's hope it isn't another Mario Party title. That series has sucked for years.

deadly.by.design

31. deadly.by.design United States 01 Jun 2009, 15:56 BST

I'd like something a bit more traditional, or at least with the 2p doing more than shooting stars and ruining jumps.

Super Smash Bros. Fan1999

32. Super Smash Bros. Fan1999 United States 01 Jun 2009, 16:59 BST

Actually, I like to see another Mario Party. If they've been working on the next game for two years, this could actually be an decent entry that we'll keep playing. Personally, I think Mario Party 9 would be an great game to show off at E3, at least it isn't every year this time around.

Gabbo

33. Gabbo United States 01 Jun 2009, 17:12 BST

@Nintendophile
There were 2 Super Mario Worlds on the snes

mariofan5000

34. mariofan5000 United States 01 Jun 2009, 17:28 BST

If this is Mario Party 9 then Mario Party 1 should come out for the VC soon. This could also be Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.

Viral

35. Viral United Kingdom 01 Jun 2009, 20:56 BST

I tried to keep my eyes peeled but it hurt when the eyelid almost came off. ;)

Kid_A

36. Kid_A United States 01 Jun 2009, 21:33 BST

If Nintendo are truly concerned about boosting sales, it will be a Mario platformer. I've never heard of anyone buying a Nintendo console just to get mario party.

motang

37. motang United States 01 Jun 2009, 22:57 BST

Oh...please let this be true, I need my Mario game fix! :D

rustythekid

38. rustythekid El Salvador 01 Jun 2009, 23:29 BST

wii fit mario? that's something....

EDIT: I misread it haha.

Ok, I want mario again... please be a 2.5 platformer. PLEASE!

DaDun

39. DaDun Canada 01 Jun 2009, 23:56 BST

meh....im not really excited, rather see zelda or new ips (especially new fps ones outside of HVS...)more than mario. I really just want a good local multplayer fps, i think ive said this too many times here lol

EDIT: I actually would want to see any good local player games, fps is best right now since thats the least, but ya a new f-zero with 4 player damo....wud be lookin good, don't forget starfox! Starfox could integrate dogfighting in the air, and fps action on the ground, and tank battles xD maybe having all that would be too gud xD

Kizzi

40. Kizzi United States 02 Jun 2009, 03:45 BST

Yes! I hope its a sequel to Galaxy.
Mario Party 9 would be cool too.

calculon

41. calculon United Kingdom 02 Jun 2009, 11:34 BST

Looking at IGN's curtain snapshots, you can bring out what looks like Super Mario Bros Wii with a strong contrast filter applied - the other image appears to be a platformer.so I'm going with a 2/2.5D platformer.

But the real question (other than to appease everyone whose brain is stuck back in the 90's) is WHY? Unless of course it's a WiiWare title - after all, Nintendo did drop something about expecting games that we wouldn't usually see on the service. Maybe Super Mario Bros Wii is Nintendo's first attempt to push a large scale (i.e. bigger than 344 blocks excluding DLC) title for the service. How cool would that be?! It would certainly attract a lot more people to make use of the service too.

valleyoftheunos

42. valleyoftheunos Ireland 02 Jun 2009, 12:41 BST

I would love a 16 Mario World follow up for Wiiware, that would result in a lot of downloads for them.

angel m. rivera collazo

43. angel m. rivera collazo Puerto Rico 02 Jun 2009, 13:00 BST

F-Zero Kart Wii? Anyone?

MAXIMUS_WiiMacus

44. MAXIMUS_WiiMacus United States 02 Jun 2009, 15:03 BST

Mario Galaxy is sooooo good, it may be a little hard to top so soon after it's release. I really hope they continue the retro trend that they had with WarioLand Shake It. I would love a new 2D Super Mario Bros. with some shake, point, and tilt controls to make the game feel new.

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