Super Mario Creator Is Obsessed With Fun and Accessibility

Super Mario 3D World results from the evolution of a lot of different Mario games, its creators say, and they hope it's the most fun and accessible title in the long series.

When fans first get their hands on this new Mario title, out Nov. 22 for Wii U, they'll notice it feels like the culmination of a lot of different ideas. You'll see the free-roaming movement from single-player games like Super Mario 64, and the chaotic multiplayer of recent titles like New Super Mario Bros.

"The 3D Mario games, up until Super Mario Galaxy, had really been a separate series for us, but after Galaxy we began to explore the relationship back to these 2D side-scrollers. In the case of Super Mario 3D World, we've figured out a way to evolve these elements," Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario's creator and producer of almost all his games, told Mashable. "Our goal right now is to expose as many people as possible to this type of gameplay in a 3D world." Read more...