New Mario game revealed

In a surprise announcement just days after the close of GDC '09, Nintendo has revealed details of the next Mario game on Wii. Given the working title of Super Mario Ocean, this underwater adventure pits the Italian plumber against a new foe.

Details are scant at the moment, but here's what we know:

  • Majority of the gameplay involves swimming.
  • Scuba equipment allows Mario to stay submerged for long periods of time.
  • Nintendo has reworked the camera system to better allow underwater antics.
  • Mario can set foot on dry land in a series of 32 caves for traditional platforming action.
  • Bowser reduced to a smaller role, new villain featured.

Keep your eyes peeled for more information!

If you believe this, you'll believe anything ^_^.

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BRIAN said:

Nooooooooooo.

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Darunia said:

Cool.

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nintendeth said:

Is this an April Fool's joke a day early?

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guy said:

Nintendo READ MY MIND. But wait that looks like galaxy.

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YoshLee said:

A new villain eh? Sounds interesting Galaxy was a good game so what the heck I'll probably get this. I just hope fludd is SOMEWHERE in this game (although I highly doubt it).

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JRAPOCALYPSE said:

Interesting.

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BrothaZ said:

Umm. Didn't they already get the message that a water-themed Mario game isn't what we're looking for?

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guy said:

Wait a minute this looks like a joke.

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Yoshi-1up said:

I don't like it when you lie to me Wii's World.

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conduit-kid said:

You're kidding me right? I hate the under water levels in Mario galaxy (I like them in the classic ones that are 2-D) and now this is a whole game of it pretty much. I'm not going to get this title.

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Diddy Kong Lover said:

Oh yeah baby it can't get much better. Galaxy was a complete let down after Sunshine graced GameCube and Super Mario 64 practically influenced 3D gaming. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if this was an April Fools joke.

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wiiman said:

This is an April fool joke, good try wii's world.

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BrothaZ said:

Wait. This must be FAKE.

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WiiNinja said:

That seems kind of degrading to go from "Galaxy" to "Ocean". Ah well; hope it's good.

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insultman911 said:

Gahhhh. Hey hey they got this idea from me. I gave them the joke. Meeeee. I posted a comment, they got it and it was my idea.

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insultman911 said:

It's fake anyway. It's just beach bowl galaxy.

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hellen skellen said:

Please no! I hate the swimming levels.

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Darunia said:

Yep. It's fake. You can see photoshop lines on it.

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Step said:

H! I thought Diddy Kong Lover was bringing the serious funny with his parody comment- until I realized at the end that it looks like he's serious!

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Captain Jamesman said:

Jeez guys, don't make such crap up.

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YoshLee said:

@Step: Like DKL I honestly liked Sunshine more than Galaxy. I think it took a bigger step away from the typical Mario platforming thanks to fludd. I'm not saying Galaxy was bad, I just wished Nintendo tried to move towards a new feel to the Mario platforming rather than just inflate SM64 to galaxy size. Anyways if this game is NOT an april fools joke then I think it will have the potential of being a nice addition to Mario's 3-D platforms.

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Jared said:

This is definitely an April fools joke. You can find most of the parts of this picture in the first page of Google Images.

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Supersmashdodo said:

Are you kidding me? I respect people's opinion if they think that sunshine is better than galaxy, but saying galaxy is just SM64 in space, that's just too far.

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BrothaZ said:

Hey, hey, woah, woah, hey. People ACTUALLY like Sunshine more than Galaxy? Holy &*%$@. The world's going to end.

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Brawler 200 said:

It's a fake (looked it up, couldn't find anything) but you know what, I don't care.

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Nintendoof said:

Well, if it's real, hopefully this will be the game that gets swimming right. Or else another game will be added to Mario's Wall of Shame. Which hasn't happened for this decade yet. As far as I know.

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X FrizZz X said:

Hmmmm. Weird yet cool.

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Meta 500 said:

White text at the bottom: "If you believe this, you'll believe anything." Owned.

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Daisy said:

Yay a new mario game wuujuu, also bowser is not the main villain. I really want Tatanga to be the main villain and also involve Daisy this time, not Peach. But it has to be Luigi is this adventure, not Mario. Anyway I hope this is not a fake.

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pokerface said:

This looks like a joke.

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Dark Star said:

I must applaud the Wii's World, you almost had me. What the problem was is that usually you use better quality screen shots. Nice touch adding the spoiler text.

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eGame said:

Is this fake?

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YoungObtain said:

I hope this is a joke, Mario will be swimming most of the time. That will be boring. I think yoshi island would be better if they would make for the Wii.

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Spikeq said:

I want them to make Super Mario Bros The Movie: The Game. No, not kidding, that could be a very good game with a dark tone. I just got an idea, that's a weird feeling.

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