Mario Brothers 4

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Lucky enough to have an extended discussion with someone noteworthy at E3 recently. They slipped me some information I think you would all be very interested in.

During the September Nintendo Direct Nintendo plans to show a short teaser for their next mainline 2D Mario, titled Super Mario Brothers 4 (Super Mario Brothers 5 in JP).

The game is supposed to be a followup to Super Mario World, ignoring New Super Mario Bros. Like it's predecessors, the game is planned to add only new content with nothing familiar, save for Mario staples that have been in every 2d game (question blocks, pipes, etc). Everything else is completely new. New power ups, new level styles, new mounts ala Yoshi, new enemies, you get the picture.

The art in game is all hand drawn including the totally new overworld.

The rest of the information I have is small snippets such as:
>An entire level that takes place on the back of a Gigga Bill
>Multiple yoshi-like mounts including a bull type thing with a football helmet that can smash through enemies and bricks, and a toad-goomba hybrid that turns enemies into powerups (????)
>Only returning powerups are the mushroom, star, and fire flower. New powerups include a pair of metal wings that let's him double jump, "Goomba seed" that allows Mario to tame any non-boss enemy, and mole claws that let's Mario dig down into the ground, with more I haven't been told about.
I haven't been given too much info on how the powerups function but apparently the claws can be used to climb into pipes that have been destroyed, dig under and avoid certain enemies, or even find underground areas that are otherwise inaccessible.

That's all the info I have, so I guess I'll see you guys in September

Pic is fanart obviously.