Nintendo 3DS Update

Nintendo gave us some news on Saturday. There is a new Mario game coming out this August titled New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the 3DS. As with New Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, this will be a 2D sidescroller. From the few screenshots revealed, Mario can now climb spider webs, and Mario and the enemies can have a golden color. This makes three Mario 3DS games slated for a 2012 release. We can expect to get word on the release dates of Luigi's Mansion 2 and Paper Mario on the 3DS at E3 this June. Also, later in April, the 3DS will receive an update, which will include patches to currently available software. For example, it will eliminate unfair shortcuts in Mario Kart 7 online gameplay. Hopefully, this will take care of some of the lag. 2012 looks like a great year for Mario games. We'll just have to wait and see if any Mario games are included in the Wii U's first party launch lineup. We'll have to wait to see until then.