Impish designer Shigeru Miyamoto has unleashed a few fresh details concerning Super Mario 3DS, claiming that it'll be the bastard offspring of Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy.
"It’s a combination of Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario on N64," he said. "It won’t convey the message if I talk to you today, but if you play it at E3 that will give you more understanding of what I’m talking about."
He also claimed that the 3DS' 3D capabilities will make the game more intuitive: "For example, the floors floating in space: in 2D it’s difficult to judge the distance, but in 3D it’s really easy."
Other details include the fact that the game is completely original, will be released this year and that the "tail" seen in the Mario 3DS logo is "what you think it is," all but confirming suspicions that the beloved Raccoon Suit will be making its return!
Miyamoto Reveals More On Mario 3DS [Edge]
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3:20 PM on 04.22.2011 | 
It was weird enough as it was and replaced by things that were even more strange and tended to clash with the look of Mario, though the cape did work OK.
The bunny ears, winged hat and bee suit, not so much.
@Epic: If the presence of the suit makes you want to be raped, does that make you a furry?
But seriously, a combination of Mario Galaxy and Mario 64? Sign me up now.
Nah. I'm just into beastialities.
*foams from the mouth*
ragrgrahhggarrgah
*passes out*
Now with that out of the way...
This sounds like an awesome Mario game. The only thing that would make it complete to me would be the Cape (My personal favorite power-up) and Yoshi riding. I'll probably have to wait until the sequel for Yoshi though, seeing as Yoshi riding is put into every other Mario game.
Just saying, the Tanuki Suit turned you into a stone, the Raccoon Suit lets you fly
Super Mario Bros 3(DS)
But....Tanuki=Racoon (dog)
Y'know wat I mean.
Actually, you are part of the majority.
The minority is the people who prefer the 3D marios over the 2D marios, however most of that minority is the one that scream a lot for a 3D mario on the forums, blogs or pages dedicated to videogames, meanwhile most of the majority who prefer the 2D marios didn't even visit or comment on forums, blogs or pages dedicated to videogames.
Personally I like a lot the 2D marios. However, I-m going to give this game a chance.
Nooo my priceless collection of Zambonian frog eggs
I hadn't forgotten it's just that the racoon suit can only gaze in awe at the tanooki suit. Instant flight is better then running around like a lemming all for 5 secs of flight.
Umm... wouldn't that just make it Super Mario Galaxy 2? That's the vibe I was getting from that game.
I'd rather it borrow elements from New Super Mario Bros. as well. Regardless, though, it will be awesome.
Well that killed what little interest I had in another 3D Mario...
The whole affair is handled much more sensibly in 64 where the flying ability is time limited and restricted to certain levels. Hopefully Nintendo will see fit to implement a similar system here.
*That's hyperbole. Of course they don't suck.
although i love 2d mario games the ds one i never found it very enjoyable, yust meh.
nsmb wii was a nice game but it didnt have the polish or creative design like galaxy.
@Chongomaster: The Tanooki suit didn't enable instant flight, you still had to run to build up your flight meter (I can't remember the original name) and you could only fly for a limited amount of time just like Raccoon Mario unless you had the P-wing.
Why do people call it the Raccoon suit? The Super Leaf transformed Mario into Raccoon Mario, it was not a suit.