Wow, I can't believe Bowser Junior got daddy's clown boat ship thing, while all the original Koopa Kids got the badass airships. New SMB on the DS was kind of a spiritual sequel to SMB1, with no Yoshi and no flying, but this game is a spiritual sequel to SMB3 and Super Mario World combined, with tons of new stuff to boot. I couldn't be more hyped for a game.

Yeah they confirmed 80 levels in an earlier interview somewhere.

And there will be branching paths like in SMB3, SMW, and NSMB.

It just makes me a sad panda...

They could've put Wario in there. Or Waluigi, or Birdo. Maybe some Koopa or Daisy. Donkey Kong? He shows up in all the 'Mario' sports- and Party games, so why not. Maybe even Yoshi. I mean, yeah the characters are riding Yoshis in the game, but that would only make it more awesome! :p

They could've *at least* made a Toadette. :s

Words cannot express

No just no.. Wario and WaLuigi should NEVER be in a main Mario title. Birdo and Koopa are both enemies and DK? Seriously?

I think Nintendo chose the best option tbh.

OMG WOW

REMINDS ME OF SUPER MARIO WORLD!

Meh, I was just giving some examples. Besides, Birdo and Koopa aren't enemies in the party- and sports Mario titles, and in the Paper Mario games, Koopas are actually friendly allies. Well most of 'em anyway. Also, Mario and DK started off together in their very first game. It could happen. In fact, there are tons of games starring both Mario and DK. There's even a series of games called 'Mario & Donkey Kong', for crying out loud, it's not like I suggested they put Master Chief in a Mario platformer or something. :p

And besides, like I said, Toadette! That'd even cater to the oh so precious diversified casual crowd too! :) Honestly, why they included a clone of one character without changing anything whatsoever besides the color cheme is utterly beyond me. They could've at least given one of the Toads unique abilities, like Luigi compared to Mario.

Still, it's gonna be one helluva great game. :) But teh Toads!!1

Oh man I'm so excited for this game! I love how it has some retro stuff like Yoshi, Koopa Kids, giant bullet bills, boos, and some retro level environments, while having some new stuff like the ice flower, propeller suit, new levels, etc. This may actually be a worthy console succesor to Super Mario World/ Yoshi's Island.

I was sold when it said 2D Mario platformer, but with word this game is hard, bringing back the koopa kids, and will support co-op so now instead of taking turns me and my friends can kill each other much like we do in Little Big Planet, I'm looking forward to this title more then I was back at E3 when it was announced.

Like many of you, I am uber-excited for this game. I'm thoroughly happy I already pre-ordered it. eeeeeeeeee!!!! I'm so giddy.