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E3 2013: Peach Almost Wasn’t in Super Mario 3D World

"Super Mario 3D World, which was announced Tuesday during the Nintendo Direct at E3, includes a cast of familiar Mario characters we all know and love. Up to four players can play together or against one another as Mario, Luigi, Toad or Peach. However, one of those characters almost didn’t make the cut.

Director Koichi Hayashida revealed that Peach wasn’t originally going to be included in the game’s lineup. It was producer Yoshiaki Koizumi that suggested she be a playable character."

Moonman4011d ago (Edited 4011d ago )

Glad that gamings most saved princess is helping her man Mario..lol.

GreenRanger4011d ago (Edited 4011d ago )

But if Peach wasn't in the game there wouldn't be anyone to save, or even be kidnapped in the first place.

Mario wouldn't be able to go on an adventure.

Krew_924011d ago

I think they meant as a playable character. This is almost like a homage to their old game Super Mario Bros. 2 (US)

I would have personally preferred Yoshi as a playable character. Although I wouldn't know how it would work, but one can dream.

muffinbutton4011d ago

That could also be why peach wants to help

Rusty5154011d ago

Disappointed in this game. Don't get me wrong, it looks really fun, but this is kind of a step down from galaxy... I personally would have been happy with a sequel to galaxy, sunshine, or even 64. Not a Wii U version of Super Mario 3D Land.

TechnicianTed4011d ago

It doesn't mean it isn't going to happen, just means it won't be for a while :(

diepdiep4011d ago

I have a feeling that Wart from SMB2 will return.

Mr_Nuts4011d ago

Why is it that they have the Super Mario Bros 2 cast but Toad is blue...surely they would add the original red toad.

SilentNegotiator4011d ago (Edited 4011d ago )

You racists need to go back and remember that it doesn't matter if you're blue or red...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

lol

Mr_Nuts4011d ago (Edited 4011d ago )

In the original but when Toad became more established being red he was made like that in Super Mario Advanced

http://gbaweekly.files.word...

Line up

http://gamingmemoirs.co.uk/...

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos15d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H915d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX15d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H915d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro15d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos14d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger8815d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk7715d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos15d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris15d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno32d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.