Nintendo recently announced that starting in August with New Super Mario Bros. 2 most new Nintendo retail releases will also have a digital counterpart. These releases will make it onto the eShop the same day as their retail brethren, and will probably cost the same as well. I guess the real question end up being how will this change the current market?

Let me get this out of the way. I think that Super Mario 4 should be for the 3DS. I feel like the New Super Mario Bros. franchise has veered away from the path set by its NES and SNES predecessors. Due to all the new features and power ups it seems as if the New Super Mario Bros. franchise belongs on a console. I loved the DS version but the Wii version was superior. The console setting allowed for simultaneous co-op play, and the "bubble" system was brilliantly engineered, allowing younger players to still enjoy the experience. The levels became larger and power ups became much more abundant with a larger variety. This type of a game naturally called for a larger console setting.

Nintendo has been letting quite a few leaks into the press. It all began in January, when at an investor briefing Mr. Iwata revealed that a new Mario title was being developed for the 3DS. Then, there was silence for a few months...

Nintendo has revealed all the titles that have sold more than a million units so far in its fiscal year (April-December 2011). Super Mario 3D Land sold over 5 million units and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword sold more than 3 million copies. If Nintendo hadn't revealed its losses, then some would assume that everything is going great financially, even if it isn't. This high number of software sales indicates a profitable Nintendo in the future. Click below the break to see all the titles selling more than one million. The first number indicates the amount sold so far this fiscal year, and the number in parentheses indicates the amount of units sold over the game's lifetime.

Surprise! Nintendo has stated that in the first 9 months on the market the 3DS has sold more units than the Wii sold in its first 9 months. This is contrary to what most, including Nintendo, thought would happen. It seems like the sharp $80 price drop helped sell the 4 million systems sold this year.

It seems like this can be attributed partly to Mario. Both Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 each sold 1 million units. Not only that, but a small game called Zelda moved 1 million units as well, becoming the fastest selling Zelda game ever.

This news comes after it was revealed that the Vita sold less than the PSP, Wii, and 3DS in its second week sales.

What happens when a 3D and 2D Mario game make love in the back of your 3DS? You get to play Super Mario 3D Land. Mario is still moving towards a goal on a 2D plane, but there is depth added, so you have a vertical plane in addition to the traditional horizontal plane. This mechanic, bundled in with 3D viewing experience, makes this game unlike any others, but is the change for the better?

This morning, at Nintendo's E3 press conference Nintendo showed new trailers for many games. These games include Mario Kart 3D, Star Fox 64, Mario 3DS, Kid Icarus, and Luigi's Mansion 2. Below are the trailers for these games.