Shigeru Miyamoto said he wants to see a Zelda unveiling at E3 in 2010, and new comments from another Nintendo decision-maker indicate that those plans are still in motion. What's more interesting, though, is that in addition to adding MotionPlus support, producer Eiji Aonuma expects to see the next Zelda title overhaul the series' traditional game format.

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While other franchises boldly venture into the future, with fully 3D worlds, procedural gameplay and killstreak unlocks, "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" takes a look back. But can this retro reboot stand the test of time?

The Basics

Imagine the classic "Super Mario Bros." gameplay. Now add four people, all playing at once, jumping off one another, throwing each other into pits, stealing mushrooms. Suddenly it's a whole new experience. Well, that's the idea behind "New Super Mario Bros. Wii," a multiplayer-centric Mario game.

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This weekend, in honor of the launch of "New Super Mario Bros. Wii," Nintendo has decked out the Nintendo World Store in Rockefeller Center with objects from the history of the overall'd plumber. My favorite, strange and awesome Mario shampoo, is pictured above, but there are plenty more shots from the event.

Check out the full gallery of the Mario Museum.

If you'd like to take a look yourself, Nintendo is hosting a public launch event for "New Super Mario Bros." at the Nintendo World Store on Saturday (tomorrow) from 3pm to 7pm.

Nintendo's new double-sized screen DSi screen, confirmed earlier this week in Japan on the the DSi LL, has now officially been slated for U.S. and European releases as well. On the east side of the Pacific Ocean, however, the new handheld will be called the DSi XL.

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A few days back, rumors spread that Nintendo was working on a new version of the DSi with a larger screen. Seems that these rumors are 100% accurate, as Nintendo officially announced their latest hardware iteration at a press conference in Japan.

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In an announcement that should surprise no one, Nintendo has a new unnamed Mario game in the works, and it's at least to the stage in development where they're gathering its acting talent. Charles Martinet, the bubbly voice behind Mario, Luigi, Wario and Baby Mario, leaked a no-longer secret Nintendo project from his Twitter account over the weekend, and his red-hatted plumber will appear.

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For many people, "Super Mario Bros." was their first video game experience. But what about Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of "Mario"? You may be surprised to learn that it was a game featuring guns! In my interview with the legendary game designer, he revealed the first game he remembered playing:

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Captain Lou Albano, the WWE Hall of Fame inductee who parlayed his wrestling career into becoming the live-action face of Mario in "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" died Wednesday at age of 76. The gruff-voiced actor who starred alongside Danny Wells as Nintendo's marquee plumber from Brooklyn popularized one of the only video game character-based dances on television as a footnote in his long entertainment career.

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You see screenshots of "New Super Mario Bros." on the Wii and you scoff. You've played dozens of Mario games in the past. You've rocked the whole "All-Stars" collection, you mastered the Japanese "Super Mario Bros. 2," you think you can handle just about everything. Well "New Super Mario Bros." on the Wii is going to teach you a lesson in humility. It's really hard.

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Even though "Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box" is out in the wild, Nintendo isn't giving up on bringing the puzzles to the masses. As a means of promoting the game, they'll be sending a representative dressed up as the one and only puzzle professor, to cities across the country.

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