Nintendo's E3'12 Plans

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Shigeru Miyamoto has implied that a new Mario game for Wii U will be revealed at this year's E3. The news comes from an interview Miyamoto gave to Spanish newspaper El Mundo (via GAF).

The passage in question roughly translates as:

"[Miyamoto] anticipates that at E3, the largest exhibition of video games, held in June in Los Angeles, Nintendo will launch a new Super Mario for this platform, which will combine the TV screen with the remote." (Google Translate)

In the same interview, Miyamoto also said that he was currently focused on smaller but important projects for Wii U, Pikmin 3 and Luigi's Mansion 2 for 3DS.

Miyamoto also revealed that he wants to do more with the idea behind Wii Music. He acknowledged the game's disappointing reception, saying, "It is always sad when something does not sell as well as expected." Still, he believes there's a good idea in there somewhere, and revealed that when something under performs, the developers at Nintendo "usually try to work the best idea or at least take it up and concretize it from a different angle for use in another title."

UPDATE (11:00 A.M. PST): Nintendo has confirmed to Eurogamer that it will indeed be announcing a brand new Super Mario Bros. game for Wii U at this year's E3 press conference. Keep it here on IGN for all the details as they emerge.

UPDATE 2 (4:00 P.M. PST): Nintendo has confirmed that both Pikmin and Mario will make appearances at E3 2012 on Wii U.

Nintendo released the following statement regarding Pikmin:

"In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Pikmin game will be shown at the E3 Expo in June. He believes that anyone who has played Pikmin games in the past will enjoy playing."

Separately, Nintendo said the following about Mario:

"In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii U system will be shown at this year's E3 Expo. This is based on the Mario experience that was demonstrated at last year's E3 Expo. We'll have more to announce about our plans for the E3 Expo at a later date."

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