We play through the first of four worlds in this upcoming DSiWare game.

The two iconic and most recognizable video game characters have teamed up once again in Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! With the game available on  DSiWare, you’ll be able guide the adorable, tiny wind-up Marios to safety. The game was announced during the Nintendo press conference, and we had an opportunity to check it out on the show floor of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

It looks like there will be more than 30 levels in the game, with additional puzzle packs that will be available weekly after launch. It’s unknown at this time how long the service will go on for, but we were told by a Nintendo rep that it will last at least six months. There are four worlds, and each will have eight levels, a bonus stage to unlock, as well as a boss level.

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Nintendo surprised everyone by unveiling Super Mario Galaxy 2 at E3 2009, and we were on hand to check it out.

It’s clear that Nintendo got the message from its hardcore fans about its core franchises. The company has answered with not one but two new Mario platforming games today. Not only will New Super Mario Bros. be jumping from the DS to the Wii, but a sequel to Super Mario Galaxy is also under development. Nintendo showed us the first footage of the game at its E3 2009 press conference, and we were massively impressed with what we saw.

The first thing to note is that the game looks very similar to the original Galaxy in terms of style, with lots of galaxies to explore and stars to collect. The first new feature that we saw was a screw device that Mario can use to drill through planets. We also saw how Mario was able to turn the world black and white, and there was a section in which he was being chased by multiple shadow Marios. But most exciting of all was when Mario flew through space on the back of Yoshi, which we’ll take as a guarantee that the green dinosaur will appear in the finished game.

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