Topic: Wii U and 3DS Mario Games Will Not Connect

[Kairon]

The games are being developed by different teams.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30541

Nintendo has revealed that the upcoming 3DS game New Super Mario Bros. 2 and the upcoming Wii U game New Super Mario Bros. U will not connect to each other, and are under development by two different teams.

There has been speculation on how the two games would relate to each other since both side-scrolling Mario games are believed to see release within months of each other later this year. This led to a question on the two games and Nintendo's development of them by Nintendo World Report's own Jonathan Metts at today's Wii U developer roundtable with Nintendo's Wii U Software Producer Katsuya Eguchi.

In addition to explaining that the two game's teams are not planning any sort of linkup between the two titles, Nintendo General Manager Takashi Tezuka explained that they are trying to make each game suit each hardware's individual strengths. Tezuka said that they would be talking about New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the 3DS at Nintendo's 3DS Software Showcase event tomorrow (June 6).

[SonofMrPeanut]

I am genuinely disappointed by this news, as game connectivity was my one justification for when these games come out.  Now there is absolutely no good reason for two NSMB games to be released practically right next to each other.


Granted I'll be playing both of these, but it's a bummer to hear nonetheless.


I'm actually favoring some other idea I've heard around the internets, turning the goldcentric NSMB 2 into a Wario Land game.

[Pixelated Pixies]

Releasing two 2D Mario platformers within a few months of each other always seemed dubious to me. Especially since 3D Land is such a recent memory as well. With three Mario platformers potentially being released within the span of 12 months, consumer's appreciation of these games, in terms of the worth that they place on them, will inevitably decline (this being distinct from the quality of the games themselves). Nintendo's best bet at avoiding this depreciation would have been to have the two upcoming Mario games connect up to each other in some fashion, as this would give an appearance of value added. Without any link up I personally feel the games are less appealing. I'm sure they'll both still be great platformers, but it's a shame that after all these years of promise (GBA & Gamecube, DS & Wii), Nintendo still hasn't provided a convincing argument for handheld and home console communication.