At a recent DICE panel called "A Renaissance of Gaming", two big names in the video game industry's history chimed in about how $60 is not as bad as things used to be.
Nintendo might not be making big waves at retail with the Wii U, but that hasn't stopped Mario's makers from delivering major hits this year. In a year when Nintendo needed to deliver, it did. Now you get to pick which of the console's releases can lay claim to the Best Wii U Game of 2013.
As if we weren't already chomping at the bit to get our hands on Super Smash Bros., a slew of new screenshots for the Wii U version have been released to tease us even more.
Apparently there's been some concern the upcoming Super Mario 3D World would spell the end of the Super Mario Galaxy series on Nintendo's consoles. Fortunately, we have Shigeru Miyamoto to set the record straight.