14 DAY TRIAL // The Nintendo 3DS will get a brand new Super Mario game, as well as legacy titles from the Sega Game Gear and Turbografx consoles, according to an announcement made by the Japanese company at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
The Nintendo 3DS is getting ready to be released in Europe and North America, after already selling out in Japan.
As such, the company saw fit to make a few big announcements at the GDC summit in the USA, through the voice of its president, Satoru Iwata.
At the Nintendo keynote held yesterday evening, the executive officially confirmed that a new Super Mario game would be developed exclusively for the 3DS.
More details about the game will appear later this year, at the E3 conference, but Iwata confirmed that the development team is the same one who worked on the innovative Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii home console.
The logo, which you can see above, has also been showcased, and sports a particular mark at the end of the 'O' in Mario, similar to a tail.
Immediately, Mario fans started speculating that this hints at a return of the popular Raccoon Suit for the Italian plumber.
Iwata didn't comment on these rumors, but did announce that the 3DS' eShop would be getting new classic games.
Besides the Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles, Nintendo 3DS owners will be able to download older games made for the Sega Game Gear and TurboGrafx consoles.
The 3DS eShop will also deliver, besides these legacy titles, 3D classics, updates of older Nintendo games with 3D support and lots of other content.
The eShop, as well as the DSiWare and other online services will be activated by Nintendo through a beefy system update after the 3DS will be launched across the world.
The Nintendo 3DS will appear in Europe on March 25, and in North American on March 27.