Is peach supposed to be that small? Or is that just the way she's positioned? She's even shorter than Mario.

But they're particularly proud of this one, and they speak of the upcoming Wii U game as if this is the next great Mario—the next big platformer that we'll hold up on the level of greats like Super Mario World and Super Mario Galaxy.

"I'm not exactly married to the visual gag there," Wreden said, "it doesn't make or break anything about that particular section, and we always wanted the game to be something that could be played by anyone of any age. If a person would feel less comfortable showing the game to their children then I've got no problem…

It's not the lack of sleep, buddy.

...Super Mario Bros. 3 was one of the best Mario games of all time. One of the best Mario games of ALL TIME!

For me, part of that allure is how many upgrades there are. I mean, there's just so much stuff! It's like the difference between Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 3.

That would be a nice alternate to making the secrets really easy to find.

My dad always used to say that.

Me too! I've gone with Bulbasaur, too. It just seemed like a really quirky, unique thing with Leech Seed and stuff like that. I think I chose it for a lot of the reasons other people didn't choose it.

Dark Echoes

The Holy World

The Luminoth surveyed the devastation. The Phazon seed was gone – it had indeed collided with the dark universe. Entire continents, with millions of inhabitants, had vanished with it. [MP2 / MP2 SP

Few made it back. They told of a cauldron of evil, an environment so hostile and vicious that it had birthed the most terrible things. [M2]

Generations passed, and the Chozo expedition finally located the blue planet. As they approached, they witnessed the living world as it endlessly pulsed with blue and white energies. There was nothing like this place elsewhere in the universe. [MP3 SP]

I think it's supposed to be a tear.

You like those shows, too? Awesome! Cutthroat Kitchen is like the Mario Party of cooking challenges. All about that sabotage.

I can see her, though.

We all remember the disastrous Super Mario Bros. movie. It’s pretty much the entire reason that Nintendo generally doesn’t put its properties in other media. But, Eiji Aonuma—the guy in charge of all things Zelda—says that if there ever were a film based on the Hero of Hyrule, it couldn’t be just another passive,…

Let's just say they're both wrong and leave it at that.

Aonuma: "...the main place where I'm hoping to change a lot of things and show a lot of new ideas is in this next console Zelda. In the process of coming up with them, some of those ideas wound up in A Link Between Worlds."