Online gaming publication CVG is reporting that the brand new 3D Mario game for the Wii U should be coming in October, if their sources are correct. The publication says that a number of blockbuster Wii U games will be released from summer until the end of the year, one of which is a new 3D Mario title. Both the new Mario Kart and the 3D Mario title for Wii U will apparently be playable at this year’s E3 event in June.

Discussions with retail chains at executive level paint Nintendo’s 2013 release strategy as extensive, with the headline draw being a new 3D Mario game released on Wii U by October.

 

http://mynintendonews.com/2013/05/03/3d-mario-for-wii-u-coming-in-october/

 

 

And other news:

- Nintendo holding internal discussions with retailers to boost morale
- Nintendo was not comfortable fully promoting Wii U until the release the spring update
- working on a significant global Wii U marketing campaign
- more system issues ironed out in another big update
- blockbuster titles hitting Wii U from this Summer until early next year
- new Mario Kart will debut in playable form at E3
- marketing campaign will commence at E3
- 3D Mario game will also be playable on the show floor. The title will be released before October, pending development delays.

Awww yeah (even if those news aren't exactly newsworthy)!!!

This feels early, but crazy if true. I don't know whether this is a good or a bad thing (only because I worry that the game might be better if they take more time with it).

The most interesting part is this one: "The publication says that a number of blockbuster Wii U games will be released from summer until the end of the year." I was expecting this, of cource, but it seems like the retailers were satisfied. Which again interests me. I'm wondering what else they have in line...

Can't wait! 3D Mario games always deliver!

Their plan probably is letting the Wii U remain in a coma until the second semester, then a global relaunch, which includes far better marketing (it can´t be that hard, considering how pitiful it has been), a price cut plus Pikmin 3/W101/3D Mario/Mario Kart/Wind Waker remake...starting in August, 5 games and 5 months, one game per month.

Smash, WiiFit, WiiSports U, etc..for next year.

That´s my guess.

I just started playing Super Mario Galaxy today for the first time! xD

I've grown tired of 2D Mario games so this is welcome news.

Well? What do you think? Its in my top 3 games this gen, but i'm curious what a newcomer thinks...

I doubt the retailers care too much about Pikmin and W101, they ain't system sellers, and I think that most of the ones that are going to buy those already owns a Wii U. The others are major system sellers, but I still feel that something is missing. Nintendo have been speaking about the NFC thing, but it seems like it is Pokemon rumble they are talking about, which is a shame. 

And I'm not really sure about that marketing. It's been sucky for a long while now. Especially those "I'm not a gamer, but I get paid for doing stupid commercials so I play them anyways" have been going one for quite a while now, and even though fans in the comment section on youtube have been calling Nintendo out for these commerials, they don't listen. Not to mention, some of the recent ones have been half private (you need the link to watch them), which make it seem like Nintendo understands that their fans hate the commercials, but they don't really do anything about it. And those commercials haven't really been setting the world on fire either.

- new 3D Mario game due out by October
- Nintendo holding internal discussions with retailers to boost morale
- Nintendo was not comfortable fully promoting Wii U until the release the spring update
- working on a significant global Wii U marketing campaign
- more system issues ironed out in another big update
- blockbuster titles hitting Wii U from this Summer until early next year
- new Mario Kart will debut in playable form at E3
- marketing campaign will commence at E3
- 3D Mario game will also be playable on the show floor. The title will be released before October, pending development delays.

Here's a summery from Gonintendo on the same source.