Today in New York City, at the Nintendo World Store, fans of Mario converged on a life-size 3D Super Mario landscape put together to help celebrate the launch of Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS.
Fans (many in costume), got to jump on Goombas, bounce on trampoline platforms, and go through pipes. All in all, not a bad way to spend an unseasonably warm Saturday in New York City. Here’s a video from the event:
The game is the first full-sized “big” Mario adventure for the 3DS. This game, as a major Nintendo first-party title, will certainly factor in to the news that the 3DS is set to outpace the original DS in first-year sales.
We covered the New Super Mario Bros Wii launch event in the same place a couple of years ago, and the fan excitement was palpable. Seeing thousands of people cheering on Mario, dressing up as characters from the franchise, and waiting hours to be first to buy the new game just serves to remind us that Mario still just may be the king of video game characters.
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